by Elizabeth Mirzaei, Gulistan Mirzaei (Canada, Afganistan 2018)

Laila Haidari survived child marriage and her own traumatic past to battle one of the deadliest problems in Afghanistan: heroin addiction. As the “mother of the addicts,” she must prevail over a crisis of addiction and a corrupt government in a country on the verge of collapse. Premiere at CPH:DOX 2018,Winner of Fact Award. BIFF – Human Rights Award. Santa Barbara IFF – Social Justice Award.

“Joelle and Iikka were immensely helpful. When we sent them the rough cut, we knew that the film was in there but it wasn’t coming through the way we wanted. Their constructive notes and specific suggestions helped us to continue to carve the footage, like a sculpture, to reveal the film. We would absolutely work with Rough Cut Service again.” Elizabeth Mirzaei, director.