Donya, a young Afghan translator who used to work with the U.S. government, has trouble sleeping. She lives by herself in Fremont in a building with other Afghan immigrants and often dines alone at a local restaurant watching soap operas. Her routine changes when she’s promoted to writing the fortunes at her job at a fortune cookie factory in the city.
Winner of the best director award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. It was also presented at the Sundance Film Festival.
Fremont
2023
16 years
88 min.
Fiction
USA
USA, refugees, youth, international festivals, awarded films
P&B
Babak Jalali
Carolina Cavalli, Babak Jalali
Laura Valladao
Babak Jalali
Anaita Wali Zada, Hilda Schmelling, Avis See-tho, Siddique Ahmed, Taban Ibraz, Gregg Turkington, Jeremy Allen White
Marjaneh Moghimi, Sudnya Shroff, Rachael Fung, George Rush, Chris Martin, Laura Wagner
Butimar, Extra A Production
Mahmoud Schricker
Memento International
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