The world-renowned filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf appeals to Finland in Helsingin Sanomat:

“The Taliban are secretly killing people in Afghanistan all the time. The whole nation cannot be evacuated, but the filmmakers, poets, dancers, journalists and others on our lists are in the greatest danger. Open even one door for one person! ”

Read the interview here: https://dia.so/5zo (in Finnish)

Find a google-translated version here: https://www-hs-fi.translate.goog/kulttuuri/art-2000008506365.html?fbclid=IwAR3bthITlblC0sgy5y1h44Hkn0beVZXYl5PTtzAtvIBedbS2N1hW-Paqh8s&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US

Mohsen Makhmalbaf has been working closely with Artists at Risk (AR), coordinating lists and securing visas to #SaveAfghanArtists – one of whom will shortly be announced as AR’s first resident at AR-Goa, India.

Special thanks to Harri Römpötti for bringing this to a wider audience.

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