Summer 2003 in Afghanistan, a country toing and froing between peace and war.
A German humanitarian aid manager Suzana Lipovac has already spent eighteen months in Kabul and surrounding regions. Supported by the German Department for Foreign Affairs and private donations Suzana runs several emergency aid stations and supplies the destroyed capital with vital equipment and medication.
However, the situation in Afghanistan’s rural areas is often more critical, especially in the southeast where the traditional Pushtu live. This region is known to be extremely dangerous and therefore avoided by aid organisations. Because of this the 35 year old manager is trying to establish an ambulance in the desert south of Kabul, far from the safety zone guarded by the international forces.
This is no easy task, especially not for a woman….

With:
Suzana Lipovac, Elisabeth Menge, Ghulam Sakhi Humayoon, Sabine Becker, Sabine Zissener, Jure und Katica Lipovac, Stefan Meyer u.v.a.

Writer and Director:
Jochen Frank

Director of Photography:
Dietmar Ratsch

Sound:
Kerstin Pommerenke

Editor:
Anna Weber

Dramaturgical Advisor:
Raimund Barthelmes

Music:
Jens Grötzschel

Violonist:
Natalie Dittrich

Sound Mixing:
Oliver Neumann

Production Management:
Ulrike Ernst (SWR), Mark Müller-Kaldenberg (Filmakademie)

Producer:
Sonia Otto (INDI FILM), Sebastian Grusnick (Filmakademie)

Executive Producerü:
Arek Gielnik (INDI FILM)

Supervision:
Thomas Schadt

Editorial Board:
Ebbo Demant, Stefanie von Ehrenstein

German Film Award 2005
SPONSORSHIP AWARD FOR JOCHEN FRANK

One World International Film Festival Prague 2005
BEST DOCUMENTARY

38. International Film Days Hof 2004
KODAK AWARD

AWARD OF THE BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG FILM INDUSTRY 2004 (DOCUMENTARY)

International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam 2004

Hotdocs International Documentary Filmfestival Toronto 2005

Film Days Augsburg 2005