RocKabul is a documentary film that was produced between 2009 and 2016 in Afghanistan by Australian filmmaker Travis Beard. The film had its world premiere at the 2018 Rotterdam International Film Festival.[1] It has been featured in over 40 film festivals, and had a limited cinema release within Australia in 2019.[citation needed] Bill Gould from the American alternative metal band Faith No More is an Executive Producer on the film and describes it as “A coming of age documentary which deals with youth identity and freedom of expression”[2]
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| Directed by | Travis Beard |
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| Starring | District Unknown |
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| Music by | Jason Beard |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Countries | Afghanistan, Australia |
| Language | English |
Critical reception
editThe film was generally very well-received critically. As of 17 January 2020[update] it has an overall rating of 7.7/10 on review aggregator website IMDB.com.[3] The Australian website The Curb described it as "A respectful, powerful, entertaining, informative, engaging documentary that kicks ass."[4]
RocKabul has been featured in some of the biggest music magazines such as Rolling Stone,[5] Metal Hammer,[6] and Kerrang.[2]
Funding
editThe film was funded by the US State Dept under the Public Diplomacy Grant Initiative at the US Embassy in Kabul and Screen Australia.[citation needed]
Festivals
editRocKabul had its world premiere at the 2018 Rotterdam International Film Festival[1] and its Australian premiere at Sydney Film Festival.
- Arizona Film Festival - US Premiere - Winner 'Best Music Documentary'
- Sharm El Sheik International Film Festival - Egypt
- Diorama Film Festival - India
- Heildelberg International Film Festival- Germany
- Rokumentti - Finland
- Braunschweig International Film Festival - Germany
- Doc n Roll - UK Premiere
- Verona Film Festival -Italy
- 34th Warsaw Film Festival - Poland Premiere
- Slash Film Festival- Vienna - Austrian Premiere
- African Premiere - Festival Wave Rock Weekender Festival - Western Australia
- Off Cinema- Lago dei Cigni - Florence, Italy
- Soundtrack Festival- Cologne - Germany Premiere
- Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival - Asian PREMIERE
- Revelation International Film Festival -Perth Australia
- River film Festival, Padua, Italy
- NordicDocs, Trondheim, Norway
- Dokfest, Volda, Norway
- Reykjavik Deathfest, Iceland
- Cinemateket Film Festival, Trondheim, Norway
- Middle East Now Film Festival, Florence, Italy
- Titanic International Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary
- Inferno Extreme Metal Festival, Oslo, Norway
- Weesp Refugee Film Festival, Netherlands
- Kosmorama Festival- Trondheim, Norway[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b "RocKabul". IFFR. 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ^ a b "District Unknown: Meet The Band Who've Literally Risked Their Lives For Metal". Kerrang!. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ^ RocKabul, retrieved 2020-01-17
- ^ Andrew Peirce (2018-07-09). "RocKabul Review". The Curb. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ^ "District Unknown: quando l'heavy metal diventa una condanna a morte". Rolling Stone Italia (in Italian). 2018-04-14. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ^ Hammer, Eleanor Goodman2018-10-30T16:20:38Z Metal (30 October 2018). "Afghan metal documentary Rockabul to premiere in London". Metal Hammer Magazine. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
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