The Network
Eva Orner
| Australia, UK
| 2013
| 97 min
The power of television to reflect and challenge society is examined in this film by award-winning filmmaker Eva Orner. Under Taliban rule, public executions served as the only form of mass entertainment in Afghanistan. Now, Afghan migrants return to participate in what they hope will be the country’s rebirth. Orner artfully observes the hope and excitement as a television station is built from scratch. But an underlying fear is never far away. Will the changes, such as the emergence of a feminist movement, last once the foreigners depart Afghanistan? The constant dangers the TV station covers, such as urban warfare and suicide bombings, suggest that this is very far from certain.
Director Eva Orner
Producer Eva Orner
Premiere Australian Premiere
Section Australian Competition
Festival Year 2013