'Generation Kunduz. The war of others'

Film screening and discussion with its director Martin Gerner at ZEF in Bonn, 4-6 pm

We are excited to announce that journalist, Afghanistan freelance correspondent and film-director, Martin Gerner, will join us on the 25th January, 16h00-18h00, in the ZEF downstairs right conference room, for a screening and discussion of his film 'Generation Kunduz. 

The war of the others'. Martin Gerner has been covering Afghanistan (as a freelance correspondent) for German ARD, DeutschalndRadio, Deutsche Welle and national print media since 2004. He is a trainer, lecturer and consultant for a new generation of Afghan journalists with various media NGOs. He is the curator of a number of initatives on Afghan documentary film, most prominently the 'Afghanistan from Inside' special at Dok-Leipzig Festival 2008. His film Generation Kunduz has won the DEFA-Award at the recent Dok-Leipzig documentary filmfestival as "oustanding Geman documentary". 

The synopsis of Generation Kunduz. The war of the others is as follows: The story of five young Afghans in Kunduz, a city in the Afghan war. Mirwais, 10, who defines war and peace with the words of a child. Nazanin, a local reporter who fights for women's rights while wearing a burqa. Hasib, a student and democracy activist, who dreams of free and fair elections. Ghulam and Khatera, who are shooting a film in the middle of the armed conflict. A look into the minds of a young generation that lives in constant fear of Taliban attacks and the consequences of the foreign military’s presence. Daily life suddenly switching to disrupting realities. Nonetheless, all five protagonists dream of a modern society, like their counterparts in the Arab world. But will the wishes of these young Afghans be heard?

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