A Letter to the President

A Letter to the President is a 2017 Afghan drama film written and directed by Roya Sadat. It was selected as the Afghan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.^[1]

A Letter to the President
Film poster
Directed by	Roya Sadat
Written by	Roya Sadat
Produced by	Aziz Deldar Roya Sadat
Starring	Leena Alam
Cinematography	Behrooz Badrooj
Edited by	Ahmad Farid Farahmand Razi Kashi
Music by	Zabih Mahdi
Release date	7 August 2017 (2017-08-07) (Locarno)
Country	Afghanistan
Language	Dari

The film was the winner of One Future Prize at the Munich Film Festival in 2018.^[2]

Plot

Soraya, a low-level government official, is imprisoned when she defends a woman from village lords. Behind bars, she writes to the Afghan President for help.

Cast

• Leena Alam as Soraya
• Aziz Deldar as Behzad

See also

• List of submissions to the 90th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Afghan submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film