Earth and Ashes

Earth and Ashes (Persian: خاکستر و خاک) is a 2004 Afghan film directed and co-written by Atiq Rahimi, based on his book of the same name which was published in 2000. It was Afghanistan's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film but was not nominated.^[1][2] It was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.^[3] It won the Golden Dhow award at the 2005 Zanzibar International Film Festival.^[4]

Earth and Ashes
Directed by	Atiq Rahimi
Written by	Kambuzia Partovi Atiq Rahimi
Produced by	Dimitri de Clercq
Starring	Abdul Ghani
Cinematography	Éric Guichard
Edited by	Urszula Lesiak
Release date	13 May 2004 (2004-05-13)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Afghanistan
Language	Dari

Cast

• Abdul Ghani - Dastaguir
• Jawan Mard Homayoun - Yassin
• Kader Arefi - Fateh
• Guilda Chahverdi - Zaynab
• Walli Tallosh - Mirza Qadir
• Malik Akhlaqi - Malik Khan

See also

• List of submissions to the 77th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• 16 Days in Afghanistan