In this episode of Purso Pal, host Farahnaz Frotan has discusses the status of cinema in Afghanistan with director and filmmaker Roya Sadat.

Roya Sadat’s new movie A Letter To The President has been nominated for the Opera Prima Award at the 70th Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.

A Letter To The President is the only eligible film from Afghanistan. And it will be amongst 22 other films from all over the world which will be competing for the Opera Prima Award/First Features, in the festival.