A Flickering Truth

A Flickering Truth is a 2015 New Zealand documentary film written and directed by Pietra Brettkelly. It follows the attempts by Ibrahim Arify to restore the Afghan Film archives in Kabul following the Taliban capture of the city. It world premiered in the Venice Classics section at the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival.^[2][3] It was selected as the New Zealand entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.^[4][5]

A Flickering Truth
Directed by	Pietra Brettkelly
Written by	Pietra Brettkelly
Produced by	Pietra Brettkelly
Cinematography	Jacob Bryant
Music by	Benjamin Wallfisch
Release date	5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) (Venice Film Festival)
Country	New Zealand
Language	Dari
Box office	$5,382[1]

Cast

• Ibrehim Arif
• Mahmoud Ghafouri
• Isaaq Yousif

Awards and accolades

The movie received the Cercle D'or award for Best Documentary in the International competition at the Festival Cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke.^[6]

See also

• List of submissions to the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of New Zealand submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film