ABOUT THE FILM
LONG SYNOPSIS
Conceived as a cinematic ode to Afghan civilians, filmed over three years, ANGELS ARE MADE OF LIGHT traces the lives of young students and their teachers at a school in the old city of Kabul. Interweaving the modern history of Afghanistan with a present-day portrait of a working-class neighborhood, the film offers an intimate and nuanced vision. Moving seamlessly through the points of view of multiple characters—three brothers, their friends, parents, male and female teachers, an elderly cleaning woman at the school—the film allows their thoughts and ideas to play out on the grand stage of Kabul. Their memories of the Afghan kingdom, the communist revolution and the civil war are brought to life through rare 35mm archival material unearthed in Afghanistan.
Producer James Longley
Executive Producers Danny Glover, Anatoly Savin, Jeff & Lara Sanderson, Basil Shadid
Co-Executive Producers Susan Rockefeller, Tony Tabatznik for Bertha Foundation
Co-Producers Signe Byrge Sørensen, Joslyn Barnes, Torstein Grude
Editors Waltteri Vanhanen, Janus Billeskov Jansen, James Longley
Cinematographer James Longley
Sound Henrik Gugge Garnov
Music John Erik Kaada
FESTIVALS
2018: Telluride (World Premiere), Toronto International, New York, AFI FEST, IDFA
FESTIVAL TERRITORIES
The World
EXHIBITION FORMATS
DCP, Blu-Ray
PRESS KIT
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DIALOGUE LIST
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