Snow Monkey

Snow Monkey
reż. George Gittoes/Australia, Norway, Afghanistan, 2015/98 min
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One of Australia’s greatest photojournalists takes you on a riveting first-hand journey through an Afghanistan you’ll never see on the news.

In ”Snow Monkey”, Gittoes paints a portrait of a Jalalabad seething with humanity, adversity and hope – focusing on three gangs of children: the Ghostbusters, persecuted Kochi boys who hawk exorcisms of bad luck and demons; the Snow Monkeys, who sell ice cream to support their families; and the Gangsters, a razor gang led by a nine-year-old antihero called Steel, terrifying to the core but still capable of experiencing aspects of the childhood seemingly taken from him.

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  • projection time:
    98 min
  • country/year:
    Australia, Norway, Afghanistan, 2015
  • director:
    George Gittoes
  • pictures:
    George Gittoes
  • production:
    Gittoes Films Pty Ltd
  • selected festivals and awards:
    IDFA Amsterdam, 2016, IFF Syracuse, 2016, IFF Tbilisi, 2016, IFF Sheffield 2016

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