Yasmeen's Element

Yasmeen's Element

Director: Amman Abbasi
Country: Pakistan, USA

2024 | 74 min. | Urdu
Synchronization in German
FSK 6
Age recommendation: ab 9

Cast_ Eshal Fatima, Nazir Ahmed Bulbul, Abeera Rubab, Naveed Hassan Screenplay_ Amman Abbasi, Jeffrey E. Stern, Sana Jafri Camera_ Amman Abbasi, Ujjal Bastakoti Producer_ Amman Abbasi, Jeffrey E. Stern, Alex Nystrom, Sana Jafri, Missy Laney Rights_ Visit Films

A Pakistani schoolgirl who won’t let anything stop her. A parable about girls’ education in an unsafe place, set against a breathtaking mountain backdrop.

The sublime mountains of Pakistan. It’s here that the clever Yasmeen attends a school for girls. But the very same day that the teacher assigns a particularly important homework, she loses it while playing on the way home. Without further ado, this tough girl sets off in search of her teacher’s house. However, it turns out to be more difficult than she expected. Thus we accompany Yasmeen across an exciting day as she traverses the beautiful countryside of her homeland. She has to overcome all kinds of obstacles along the way. What Yasmeen doesn’t know is that an even bigger challenge awaits her and her classmates the next day.

Director

The Pakistani-American director, screenwriter, editor and composer Amman Abbasi comes from Arkansas. His films have screened at international festivals and he has received an Emmy nomination. ›Yasmeen’s Element‹ celebrated its premiere at South by Southwest.

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