#Afia Nathaniel
Director Afia Nathaniel Talks ‘Dukhtar,’ Pakistan’s Oscar Submission About Fleeing Child Marriage
Trailer Premiere: A Mother Saves Her Daughter From Child Marriage in Pakistan’s Oscar Submission ‘Dukhtar’
“I was 15 when I got married,” a woman named Allah Rakhi (Samiya Mumtaz) says bitterly in Afia Nathaniel’s gorgeous thriller “Dukhtar.” “After that, my story ends.” Allah Rakhi is...
17% of Oscar Submissions for Foreign Language Film Are Directed by Women
In the past few decades, the Oscar race for Foreign Language Film has been kinder — or maybe just fairer — to female filmmakers. Three women — Marleen Gorris, Caroline Link, and...
TIFF Women Directors: Meet Afia Nathaniel — ‘Dukhtar’
Afia Nathaniel was born in Quetta, Pakistan, grew up in Lahore, and is now based in Brooklyn, NY. She graduated from Columbia University’s Film Directing program. She directed the short films...
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