Angels Are Made of Light
The daily struggles and inner lives of students and teachers at a school in Kabul.
Angels Are Made of Light is an observational documentary by twice Oscar-nominated filmmaker James Longley (Iraq in Fragments), that takes the viewer on a journey into the heart of Afghanistan, following children and teachers in a public school in Kabul over three years at the formal end of US military involvement.
Angels Are Made of Light is set in one main location, the Jada Maiwand neighbourhood of old Kabul, and includes a multi-generational ensemble of students, teachers, and administrators from the Daiqiqi Balkhi School who are joined by family and a commitment to each other’s well-being.
Perched precariously before an uncertain future as NATO combat forces withdraw, broad questions arise: will Afghanistan stabilize or teeter back into civil war and political Islamism? What will happen when the new generation of Afghans comes of age? Will Afghanistan move toward a future as a representative democracy, the Taliban under a different flag, or something else?
Technical Specifications
Year 2018
Length 117 min
Director James Longley
Languages Dari, Pashto, Arabic & English
Production companies Angels Film, Final Cut for Real, Piraya Film
Production countries USA, Denmark, Norway
Sales/Distribution International Sales Ro*Co Films
Format DCP / Dolby Atmos / Scope 2.39:1
World Premiere Telluride Film Festival 2018
Website facebook.com/angelsaremadeoflight/
IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4509494/
Awards
Camden International Film Festival 2018, Harrell Award - Special Mention
Festivals
2018
Telluride Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
New York Film Festival
Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival
AFI Fest
IDFA International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam
Iran International Documentary Film Festival
2019
CPH:DOX
Cleveland International Film Festival
ACT Human Rights Film Festival
Istanbul Film Festival
Docs Against Gravity Film Festival
