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Women and the Guards

The film is a portrait of female prisoners and their guards in Afghanistan showing parallel lives – the lives of the female prisoners, the life of the warden of the women’s prison, as well as foreign experts. The film shows the interplay of the various levels of being in prison. One level is the women themselves, another the strict and repressive rules for Afghan women, while yet another is the security threat of the outside world perceived by the experts.

Festivals

East Silver Nomination (2009)

Una Celma

She was born in 1960 in Riga. In 1984-1989 she studied film and TV directing at the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography. Since 1996 she has been a member of Filmmakers Union of Latvia. She worked for BBC World Service as well as Swedish television. Since 1995 she has been a freelance film director at various studios. Una has directed and produced several feature and documentary films, including the award-winning documentary "Egg Lady".

Selected Filmography

Finding Elvis / Kur pazudis Elvis? (2008)
Don’t Talk about It / Neruna par to (2007)
Handful of Bullets / Sauja lozu (2002)
Egg Lady / Olu kundze (2000)
Reply with Photo / Svar med foto (1999)
The Island / Sala (1991)

Information

Director and Scriptwriter: Una Celma
Cinematography: Uldis Jancis
Sound: Jevgenijs Kobzevs
Film Editing: Olegs Aleksejevs
Producer: Dace Siatkovska
Production: Latsfilma ltd.
Latvia, 2009, 52 min.