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A Dream for Kabul
20081 h 21 min 35 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Philippe Baylaucq
Production: Nathalie Barton (InformAction Films Inc.)Yves Bisaillon (National Film Board of Canada)Patricia Bergeron
Script: Philippe Baylaucq
A InformAction production in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada with the financial participation of the Canadian Television Fund, CTF; the Québec - Film and Television Tax Credit - Gestion SODEC; the SODEC - Société de développement des entreprises culturelles - Québec; the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit and Rogers Documentary Fund.
In 2001, Haruhiro Shiratori lost his only child and son in the World Trade Center attacks. Instead of isolating himself in grief, he decided to visit Afghanistan, speak to the people and try to end the cycle of violence. Over four years and on three continents, Philippe Baylaucq filmed the quest of this Japanese Don Quixote in his dream of building a cultural centre for the children of Kabul.
Everywhere he goes, Shiratori speaks about the disasters the Afghan children have undergone. He preaches, persuades and relentlessly fund-raises with admirable determination. The film is the twin story of a humanist project ambushed by problems and a father seeking reconciliation with his dead son.
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Subject categories
- Developing Countries > AsiaForeign AidWar, Conflict and Peace
- War, Conflict and Peace > Asia
- Social Issues > Foreign Societies
- Children and Youth > Living ConditionsWar and YouthYouth of the World
- Families > Parent-Child Relationships
Credits
- participation
- Haruhiro Shiratori
- Kisho Kurokawa
- Yasuhiro Nakajima
- Zabiullah Naseeri
- Ihsanullah
- Tomoko Shiratori
- researcher
- Philippe Baylaucq
- writer
- Philippe Baylaucq
- director
- Philippe Baylaucq
- editing
- Dominique Sicotte
- camera
- Philippe Lavalette
- Philippe Baylaucq
- supplementary footage
- Dominic Morissette
- sound
- Richard Lavoie
- additional sound
- Karim Amin
- composer
- Robert Marcel Lepage
- musician
- Bernard Falaise
- Yanik Cloutier
- Jocelyn Drainville
- Ganesh Anandan
- Shinichi Kinoshita
- music editing
- Nicolas Borycki
- recording
- Robert Langlois
- mix
- Robert Langlois
- Luc Léger
- script consultant
- Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol
- archival research
- Françoise de La Cressonnière
- Catherine Drolet
- production coordinator
- Brian Hulse
- Zabiullah Naseeri
- Catherine Drolet
- Hélène Regimbal
- assistant to the director
- Brian Hulse
- interpreter
- Miya French
- Zabiullah Naseeri
- Tsutomu Fujiki
- second unit
- Kei Nakagome
- Yasuhisa Kaburagi
- Osamu Yoda
- Misato Nagasu
- Kouyou Isihikawa
- liaison
- Sanae Hozumi
- Atsuko Matsunami
- Etienne Verstraelen
- translation
- Michel Richard
- Yukari Hamagaki
- consultant
- Kimi Amano
- Daniel Desmarais
- translator
- Arezo Yousufzai
- production assistant
- Tsutomu Fujiki
- digital effects
- Guillaume Millet
- assistant editor
- Marie Maquaire
- technical support - editing
- Danielle Raymond
- titles
- Philippe Raymond
- calligraphy
- Hiroko Okata
- Massoud Golriz
- subtitles
- Anrà Médiatexte
- on-line image post-production
- Denis Pilon
- sound designer
- Benoît Dame
- sound editing
- Benoît Dame
- Patrick Rioux
- voice
- Christian Allard
- rights
- Catherine Drolet
- marketing coordinator
- Ian Oliveri
- production secretary
- Laurence Gravel
- production accounting
- Richard Bellerose
- Sébastien Chagnon
- Mélanie Beauregard
- marketing officer
- Julie Arseneault
- Jenny Thibault
- marketing officer - assistance
- Solen Labrie Trépanier
- administrator
- Denise DesLauriers
- administrative staff
- Mirabelle Bélanger
- Dominique Brunet
- Lise Lévesque
- technical coordinator
- Jean-François Laprise
- associate producer
- Johanne Bergeron
- Maryse Chapdelaine
- Ian Quenneville
- producer
- Nathalie Barton
- Yves Bisaillon
- Patricia Bergeron
Awards
- Award for Outstanding Canadian Documentary- with a one year FAP (Filmmaker Assistance Program) membership which includes $5,000 in technical services from the NFBReelWorld Film Festival
- Robert M. Lepage: Best Original Music : DocumentaryPrix Gémeaux