The poetic mid-length documentary by Iranian director Mahdi Kiasari depicts scenes from the everyday life of Abolfazl, a young boy who is missing both hands. Despite his disability, Abolfazl lives a full life with his family and friend Setayesh in a palm orchard near the Afghan-Iranian border, where foreign visitors often head for eco-tourism. Both belong to a group of children who live stateless in Iran, which poses another major disadvantage for their future.


People all over NZ can enjoy world class documentaries this June at the 17th annual Doc Edge Festival to be held online nationwide from Wednesday 1 June - Sunday 10 July with special one-off screenings of selected films in-theatres to be enjoyed in their full cinematic glory.

Theatrical venues are:

Auckland
• The Silky Otter in Orakei and The Capitol in Balmoral, Weds 15 - Sun 19 July
• The Civic, Queen Street, Weds 22 – Sun 26 June

Wellington
• The Embassy, Thurs 30 June – Sun 3 July.
• The Roxy Weds 6 July – Sun 10 July.

The full programme of over 100 features and short films will be released with tickets on sale on Monday 2 June.

Head to docedge.nz for more detail.

Doc Edge is a not-for-profit organisation, advocating the power of documentaries. It is an Academy Award-qualifying film festival and has received filmmaker permission to upload this trailer to the Doc Edge YouTube channel.