

Writing Hawa
Afghan documentary maker Najiba Noori offers not only a loving and intimate portrait of her mother Hawa, but also shows in detail how the arduous improvement of the position of women is undone by geopolitical violence. The film follows the fortunes of Noori’s family, who belong to the Hazaras, an ethnic group that has suffered greatly from discrimination and persecution.
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- Language
- Persian
- family's daily life
- afghanistan
- women's rights
- women and society
- struggle for independence
- observational documentary
- indigenous women
- testimony
- daily life
- female emancipation
- afghan women
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Produced in
Afghanistan, France, Netherlands, Qatar
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Release dates
AustraliaAU
- PremiereSydney Film Festival7 Jun 2025
- PremiereCastlemaine Documentary Film Festival5 Jul 2025
CzechiaCZ
- PremiereOne World Film Festival14 Mar 2025
EstoniaEE
- PremiereDocpoint Tallinn Documentary Film Festival7 Feb 2025
FranceFR
- Digital / OTTArte•tv5 Nov 2025
- TVArte12 Nov 2025
JapanJP
- TheatricalG1 Aug 2026
LatviaLV
- PremiereBaltic Sea Docs3 Sept 2025
NetherlandsNL
- PremiereInternational Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam14 Nov 2024
- TheatricalAL11 Sept 2025
South KoreaKR
- Premiere12Jeonju International Film Festival1 May 2025
- TVEBS International Documentary Festival31 Aug 2025
TaiwanTW
- PremiereTaiwan International Documentary Festival2 May 2026
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Writing Hawa was released on 11 September 2025.
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