Sima’s Song

Screened as part of Refugee Week and SAMA Brighton Film Festival

Suraya and her inseparable friend, the talented singer Sima, try to cope in Afghanistan‘s unstable political landscape at the end of the 1970s.

From university halls to intimate gatherings, their contrasting visions of freedom clash and converge: Suraya, a wealthy advocate for communism, blinded by it‘s promise of equality, assumes a pivotal role within the pro-Russian faction, while Sima, a humble, conservative Muslim, skeptical of political power games, seeks refuge in tradition and gets married.

Despite their differences, their shared conviction to women‘s rights still binds them in sisterhood.

This will be the first screening in the inaugural SAMA Brighton Film Festival taking place from 15 - 19 June. This is a new offshoot of the SAMA International Film Festival which has been held in Stockholm for nearly two decades and which provides an international platform dedicated to freedom of expression and to amplifying the voices of displaced, diasporic and underrepresented filmmakers. SAMA Brighton is  brought to you by Stories from Nowhere CIC and is generously supported by Chalk Cliff Trust and Enjoolata Foundation.