Official selection of the Whistler Film Festival
Oxus Apertura Films
A view into Central Asia
Overflow crowd in Edmonton!
Thanks to the audience in Edmonton for your warm and enthusiastic response to The Sweetest Embrace! It was great to see so many turn out for the show,...
Overflow crowd in Edmonton!
Thanks to the audience in Edmonton for your warm and enthusiastic response to The Sweetest Embrace! It was great to see so many turn out for the show, and I’m sorry that so many had to be turned away because of the full house. Thanks also to NFB for the reception held after the screening [...]
The Sweetest Embrace Review in Ottawa Xpress!
October 30, 2008
One World Film Festival
The forgotten boys
T.S. Warren
Soorgul Sakai in front of the war-torn Presidential Palace in Kabul
photo: courtesy of Najeeb Mirza
Search for lost Afghan families makes for compelling cinema
Emotions run as deep as the churning mountain rivers crossed in Ottawa filmmaker Najeeb Mirza’s The Sweetest Embrace: Return to Afghanistan, an intimate and intensely cinematic [...]
The Sweetest Embrace in Metro News
Films a window to the world
Tracey Tong /Metro Ottawa
28 October 2008 05:22
Photo courtesy Najeeb Mirza
Amir Alamunbek takes a rest during his month-long walk in search of his parents in The Sweetest Embrace, a film about young Afghan-Canadians searching for their families in Afghanistan.
Although not everyone can relate to searching for their families in Afghanistan, Najeeb [...]
Full house for Calgary Film Fest screening!
The Sweetest Embrace had its first ever full HD screening on an IMAX screen at Calgary International Film Festival on September 25, 2008! Soorgul and Amir, the two subjects of the film, Director Najeeb Mirza and DOP Jimmy Bustos, and NFB Producer Bonnie Thompson were in attendance. We were delighted to see such a warm [...]
TSE Review in Fast Forward
Fast Forward, Calgary’s weekly arts and entertainment paper, had this review of The Sweetest Embrace on September 25, 2008. Here it is:
Bittersweet embrace
Ottawa filmmaker documents the homecoming odyssey of two of Afghanistan’s forgotten boys
Published September 25, 2008 by M.D. Stewart in Film Reviews
It goes without saying that anyone ambitious and courageous enough to undertake shooting [...]
Calgary Herald review of TSE
The Calgary published an Entertainment Section front page review of The Sweetest Embrace in time for its screening on Thursday, Sept 25 at the Calgary International Film Festival. Here it is:
Calgarian’s film searches for lost Afghan families
Eric Volmers, Calgary Herald
Published: Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Spotlight
The Sweetest Embrace: The Return to Afghanistan will have its Alberta premiere on [...]
THE SWEETEST EMBRACE In Whistler!
Event: Whistler Film Festival
Where: Whistler, B.C.
When: Thursday, December 4, 1:00 p.m.
Director Najeeb and DOP Jimmy will be in attendance.
Central Asia photos
- The Sweetest Embrace in Whistler December 4
- Overflow crowd in Edmonton!
- Warm reception in Ottawa!
- The Sweetest Embrace Review in Ottawa Xpress!
- The Sweetest Embrace in Metro News
- TSE screens in Edmonton November 7
- TSE in Ottawa on November 1
- Full house for Calgary Film Fest screening!
- TSE Review in Fast Forward
- Calgary Herald review of TSE