Rokhsar Sediqi, 14, lives in Denmark with her mother, father and five siblings. In her spare time she plays on the local football team. Around five years ago Rokhsar and her family fled from Afghanistan, and after six months on the run they ended up in Denmark and applied for asylum. But the Danish Immigration Service is not convinced they are persecuted by the Taliban in Afghanistan, and the family has repeatedly been refused asylum. They are now waiting for the final decision, but the wait has changed Rokhsar forever.
The Wait made its debut at IDFA 2016. Emil Langballe’s graduation film Beach Boy (2013) from UK’s National Film and Television School was honoured at such film festivals as Karlovy Vary, Thessaloniki, Tampere and Toronto’s Hot Docs. Langballe has previously directed Josephine’s Farm (2015), a television series for children.
Professional Jury's 1st Prize for best Documentary
2017
Chicago Int. Children's Film Festival 2017
Youth Jury's Award for Best Feature Documentary
2017
Chicago Int. Children's Film Festival 2017
Chrildren's Jury for Best Documentary
2017
Chicago Int. Children's Film Festival 2017
Friedrich Ebert Foundation Award
2017
Hamburg FilmFest GmbH 2017
Festival screenings
Festival
Festival date
Lübeck, Nordische Filmtage
2017-11-01
Chicago Int. Children's Film Festival
2017-10-27
Hamburg FilmFest GmbH
2017-10-05
Warszawa, Against Gravity
2017-05-12
Haag, Amnesty Int. Movies that Matter Festival
2017-03-29
Malmö, BUFF
2017-03-20
London, Human Rights Watch Film Festival
2017-03-07
Prague, One World Human Rights Film Festival
2017-03-06
Amsterdam, IDFA
2016-11-16
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