Shahrbanoo Sadat
January 1, 1990 · 36 years old
Shahbranoo Sadat was born in Teheran, Iran, in 1990 and now lives and works between Copenhagen and Kabul. She is a young Afghan scriptwriter, producer and director. Her first short fiction "Vice Versa One" (2010) was selected at Directors' Fortnight in Cannes in 2011. In 2016, her first feature film…
Known For
3 titles
The Orphanage
A 15-year-old ticket scalper in Kabul dreams of Bollywood until the Soviets force him into a state facility.
Wolf and Sheep
Based upon unpublished diaries, the film assumes the role of an anthropologist observing remote shepherd communities in Afghanistan where wolves and sheep have equal importance.
No Good Men
Naru, 25, films cooking shows but despises men after her husband's affairs. She lives with her 3-year-old son in her parents' Kabul apartment, though Afghan law favors the father. Her ex calls during a live show, demanding her ret...