Parastoo

Currently in production, premieres winter 2024. Please help us finish the film!

Filmed over the course of seven years, short documentary PARASTOO is a coming-of-age story that follows a young Afghan girl named Farzana through the growing pains of young adulthood, the heartbreaking refugee resettlement process, and her dreams of becoming an actress. The above clip is a character sample introducing Farzana.

Director: Jennifer Macedo Yang
Producer: Justine Rose Armen
DP: Jane Macedo Yang
Consulting Producer and Interpreter: Amin Kamrani
Interpreter: Reza Mohammedi