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Layla's Melody: Faith Hope Afghanistan
Jens Pedersen, Denmark, 2013
16 min.DK/DocumentaryChildren's films
Layla hasn't seen her mother for four years. Her father was killed in the war and poverty landed Layla in a Kabul orphanage. She is happy to be there, because she gets to go to school and play music, which she loves. Then she gets a message that her mother is coming to visit. Layla is worried that her mother wants to take her back to the village and marry her off.
The film is one of five short films in "Faith Hope Afghanistan", a series of portraits of Afghan children in Kabul and the ups and downs of life in the shadow of war.
| Original title | Tro Håb Afghanistan: Laylas melodi |
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| Danish title | Tro Håb Afghanistan: Laylas melodi |
| Part of | Faridullah's Day Off |
| Keywords | Children, Living conditions, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2010-2019 |
| Director | Jens Pedersen |
| Co-director | Taj Mohammad Bakhtari |
| Screenplay | Jens Pedersen |
| Producer | Jakob Gottschau |
| Director of Photography | Jens Pedersen, Taj Mohammad Bakhtari |
| Editor | Jesper Osmund |
| Production country | Denmark |
| International sales | DR International Sales |
| Online release | 28.11.2013, Filmstriben |
| Danish rating | Allowed for all |
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| Production company | Pedersen & Co Aps |
| With support from | Det Danske Filminstitut, Danmarks Radio, Undervisningsministeriets Tips- og lottomidler, Danida |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Jens Pedersen |
| Co-director | Taj Mohammad Bakhtari |
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Script |
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| Screenplay | Jens Pedersen |
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Production |
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| Producer | Jakob Gottschau |
| Consultant | Maria Mac Dalland |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematographer | Jens Pedersen |
| Cinematographer | Taj Mohammad Bakhtari |
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Editing |
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| Editor | Jesper Osmund |
| Additional editing | Jens Pedersen |
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Music |
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| Music | Paul Lawler |
| Music | Teddy Lasry & Laurent Caillon |
| Music | Bruno Alexiu |
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Voice |
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| Voice | Martine Ølbye Hjejle |
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