Dawood Hilmandi

After fleeing his home as a boy for freedom in the West, an Afghan-Dutch filmmaker returns year later to confront his father and explore the meaning of freedom.

Dutch-Afghan filmmaker, Dawood Hilmandi, revisits his authoritarian father, an imam with a violent past, to reconcile their troubled history. Through journeys across Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq, they explore family, spirituality, and the immigrant experience. This film is both a personal quest for liberation and a universal story of overcoming alienation, inspiring others to find freedom and creativity amidst adversity.