It tells the story of Aniqa Bano, a woman who fights for diversity in a small Pakistani village in the Karakoram mountain range.
The documentary ‘Flying hands’, directed by Paula Iglesias and Marta Gómez, is a tribute to deaf girls in a small Pakistani village in the Karakoram mountain range. The film arrives in Spanish cinemas this Saturday, December 7 in Bilbao and on the 11 of the same month in Madrid.
After its premiere competing in the Official Section of Hot Docs Festival, and its passage through international festivals, the film had its Spanish premiere at the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best International Documentary.
Thus, it tells the story of Aniqa Bano, a woman who fights for diversity, through the story of three generations of women. Aniqa not only fought for the rights of her daughters, but for all the deaf girls in her community, providing them with an education and opportunities they had not had until then.
“When we met Aniqa and she gave us her diaries, we received them as a treasure. By sharing something so intimate and powerful, we asked ourselves how we could convey all the emotional component they contained. The trip to Pakistan began with that reading and continues with us every time we watch the film again. Recording among the Karakoram mountains was a challenge, immersing ourselves in cultures and languages that we did not know helped us think about the film through our senses. Listening but not understanding made us question many things. things that have been key to creating a story in which to value the experiences faced by the deaf community,” the directors, Iglesias and Gómez, stressed in a statement.
The school for deaf children in Pakistan, which challenges the reality of its region (Baltistan), in the north of Pakistan, was created by Aniqa in 2012, beginning its activity with a first basic literacy course in sign language for parents. Currently a group of 82 students live and study at the school, 40 boys and 42 girls.
SCREENING IN A SCHOOL IN MADRID
Precisely, the film – entered in the 39th edition of the Goya Awards – shows the reality of the school, the difficulties along the way, and the excitement of the arrival of new students to the school where for the first time they are given a name. .
In this sense, Aniqa and her husband will visit the Ponce de León bilingual sign language school in Madrid this December 11, where they will share experiences and accompany the screening of the long documentary to more than 400 students. That same day in the afternoon, Aniqa will be at the Golem Cinemas at 7:30 p.m. for the screening of the feature film and a subsequent discussion.
“The story of Aniqa Bano came to us from the Baltistan Fundazioa through their cooperation work in the area. In the last decade they have supported and accompanied Aniqa in the challenge of building a school where deaf girls and boys receive education and respect, and above all access to a world of possibilities and rights unimaginable until a few years ago,” the producers of the work Noelia del Potro and Marta Casquero, from Labografías Nodos de Expresion, have detailed.