The Crying of Tanbur / Nolai Tanbur

Credits

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Anisa Sabiri

Director
08/29/1991

Biography

Anisa Sabiri was born in 1991 in Dushanbe, Tajic republic. Since childhood she wrote poems and stories, dreamed to be a director. After school, at the insistence of her parents, she entered the Moscow University of the Ministry of the Internal Affairs, graduated with honors in the rank of a senior lieutenant. Worked as touristic guide for several years. That job allowed also to have time for independent literature writing and photography. In 2016 she entered to The Moscow School of New Cinema, the workshop of Fred Kelemen and Irakliy Kvirikadze.

Filmography

2017/ Redemption/ 8 min/ short fiction | 2018/ The Crying of Tanbur/ 25 min/ short fiction

Directors Statement

I'm a young filmmaker from Tajikistan –a country which experienced a terrible civil war following the collapse of the SovietUnion.To this day the tragic stories of the war are almost unknown to the outside world.This is,in part, due to how the narrative of the war and its legacy have been managed by the state.As a result, few artists engage with this vital period in our history. Although the country is peaceful today, many still remember that time,among them many who were children during the war