2018 Afghanistan, Australia film
RocKabul Directed by Travis Beard Produced by Starring District Unknown Edited by Music by Jason Beard Production companies
Distributed by Release date
February 1, 2018 (2018-02-01 ) (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
Running time
86 minutes Countries Afghanistan, Australia Language English
RocKabul is a documentary film that was produced between 2009 and 2016 in Afghanistan by Australian filmmaker Travis Beard . The film had its world premiere at the 2018 Rotterdam International Film Festival .[ 1] It has been featured in over 40 film festivals, and had a limited cinema release within Australia in 2019.[citation needed ] Bill Gould from the American alternative metal band Faith No More is an Executive Producer on the film and describes it as “A coming of age documentary which deals with youth identity and freedom of expression”[ 2]
Critical reception
The film was generally very well-received critically. As of 17 January 2020[update] it has an overall rating of 7.7/10 on review aggregator website IMDB.com .[ 3] The Australian website The Curb described it as "A respectful, powerful, entertaining, informative, engaging documentary that kicks ass."[ 4]
RocKabul has been featured in some of the biggest music magazines such as Rolling Stone ,[ 5] Metal Hammer ,[ 6] and Kerrang .[ 2]
Funding
The film was funded by the US State Dept under the Public Diplomacy Grant Initiative at the US Embassy in Kabul and Screen Australia .[citation needed ]
Festivals
RocKabul had its world premiere at the 2018 Rotterdam International Film Festival [ 1] and its Australian premiere at Sydney Film Festival .
Arizona Film Festival - US Premiere - Winner 'Best Music Documentary'
Sharm El Sheik International Film Festival - Egypt
Diorama Film Festival - India
Heildelberg International Film Festival- Germany
Rokumentti - Finland
Braunschweig International Film Festival - Germany
Doc n Roll - UK Premiere
Verona Film Festival -Italy
34th Warsaw Film Festival - Poland Premiere
Slash Film Festival- Vienna - Austrian Premiere
African Premiere - Festival Wave Rock Weekender Festival - Western Australia
Off Cinema- Lago dei Cigni - Florence, Italy
Soundtrack Festival- Cologne - Germany Premiere
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival - Asian PREMIERE
Revelation International Film Festival -Perth Australia
River film Festival, Padua, Italy
NordicDocs, Trondheim, Norway
Dokfest, Volda, Norway
Reykjavik Deathfest, Iceland
Cinemateket Film Festival, Trondheim, Norway
Middle East Now Film Festival, Florence, Italy
Titanic International Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary
Inferno Extreme Metal Festival, Oslo, Norway
Weesp Refugee Film Festival, Netherlands
Kosmorama Festival- Trondheim, Norway[citation needed ]
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