Afghan Lives

Shukrullah is panting, trapped on the floor in his own home. The next day the situation is the same, but eventually Shukrullah makes it to the basement, where his entire family is hiding for the third day. Their home has become no man's land on the battleground between Taliban and the ISAF-forces

A year ago, we travelled to the 'forbidden zone' behind the front lines in the Helmand province and provided 30 Afghans with mobile phones with HD cameras and basic training in storytelling on film.

Shukrullah, a teenager with a dream of becoming a journalist, is just one of them. For the first time, Afghan civilians living behind the front line document their everyday life living in the shadow of a war they have no influence on.

The film will focus on three main characters, and their stories of hope and progress, failures and desperation, corruption and power struggle in the wake of the ongoing withdrawal of the ISAF forces. They are showing us an Afghanistan that is never in the news and they offer us a rare opportunity to understand the war and the effect it has from the inside.