The Silhouettes with Afsaneh Salari

 A conversation with Director / Producer Afsaneh Salari from Iran about her feature film, The Silhouettes (2020).    The Silhouettes, tells the intimate story of an Afghan refugee family living in Iran for over 35 years as their youngest son makes the difficult decision to return to Afghanistan because of the limited opportunities for immigrants in Iran.  Afsaneh has an impressive eye that is immediately visible in her framing from the film's first frame and carries through until the last. Her talents as a filmmaker also go well beyond composition. She also has strong intuition as a filmmaker and manages to artfully capture the tension in quiet, everyday moments. In a special conversation between friends, Anna Savchenko (a filmmaker, friend, and fellow film school classmate of Afsaneh) connects with her on the eve of her film’s world premiere at Visions du Réel for a beautiful exchange reflecting on the lengthy filmmaking process that required managing multiple roles as producer, director, and cinematographer, and her decision to premiere the film online during COVID.For show notes, visit docsinorbit.com and be sure to follow us on social media @docsinorbit