About the film
A Flickering Truth is a 2015 New Zealand documentary film written and directed by Pietra Brettkelly. It follows the attempts by Ibrahim Arify to restore the Afghan Film archives in Kabul following the Taliban capture of the city. It world premiered in the Venice Classics section at the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival.
It was selected as the New Zealand entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
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