Angels Are Made Of Light (2018)

Angels Are Made of Light (original title)

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1h 57min
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24 Jul 2019 (USA)
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A dozen years after his Oscar-nominated Iraq in Fragments, American documentarian James Longley delivers a sweeping, profoundly compassionate group portrait of Afghan students and teachers still weathering national turbulence.

Director:

James Longley

Stars:

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations.
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Photos and Videos

Still of Yaldash Mir-Habibullah in Angels Are Made Of Light (2018)

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13 photos | 1 video

Cast

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Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Fazula	...	Self - schoolteacher
	Hasiba	...	Self - schoolteacher
	Yaldash Mir-Habibullah	...	Self - student
	Rostam Mir-Mohammed-Ullah	...	Self - student
	Sohrab Mir-Safiullah	...	Self - student
	Faiz Mohammed	...	Self - school principal
	Nik Mohammed	...	Self - schoolteacher
	Sayed Muqaddas-Saies	...	Self - schoolteacher
	Nabiullah	...	Self - student
	Rogul	...	Self - school custodian
	Sita	...	Self - student

Directed by

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James Longley

Produced by

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Joslyn Barnes	...	co-producer
Danny Glover	...	executive producer
Torstein Grude	...	co-producer
James Longley	...	producer
Susan Rockefeller	...	co-executive producer
Jeff Sanderson	...	executive producer
Lara Sanderson	...	executive producer
Anatoly Savin	...	executive producer
Basil Shadid	...	executive producer
Signe Byrge Sørensen	...	co-producer
Tony Tabatznik	...	co-executive producer

Music by

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John Erik Kaada

Cinematography by

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James Longley

Editing by

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Janus Billeskov Jansen
James Longley
Waltteri Vanhanen

Editorial Department

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Silke Campbell Jolly Engberg	...	assistant editor
Amy Enser	...	assistant editor
Sofie K. Jansen	...	assistant editor
Nikki Jones	...	assistant editor
Alex Perrault	...	assistant editor
Basil Shadid	...	assistant editor
Samori Tovatt	...	assistant editor

Production Management

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Maria Kristensen	...	post-production manager
Joakim Hauge Vocke	...	post-production manager (as Joakim Hauge)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Nasim Aalemi	...	assistant director
Jamshid Amiry	...	assistant director
Nasim Ansari	...	assistant director
Saboor Arghandiwal	...	assistant director
Ali Hashemi	...	assistant director

Sound Department

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Nasim Aalemi	...	sound recordist
Jamshid Amiry	...	sound recordist
Nasim Ansari	...	sound recordist
Thomas Arent	...	re-recording mixer
Saboor Arghandiwal	...	sound recordist
Steen Bondrop	...	foley recordist
Henrik Garnov	...	re-recording mixer
Torben Greve	...	foley artist
William Skov Hansen	...	audio intern
Emran Nourestani	...	dubbing artist
Thomas Perez-Pape	...	foley artist (as Thomas Pape)

Visual Effects by

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Kyrre Hervik Larsen	...	assistant colorist
Tom Chr. Lilletvedt	...	colorist (as Tom Christer Lilletvedt)
Hamid Rahmanian	...	title design

Camera and Electrical Department

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Farzad Fedaei	...	assistant camera
Meelad Ferkat	...	assistant camera
Mikhail Galustov	...	videographer
Ali Hashemi	...	still photographer
Mir Mohammed-Ullah	...	assistant camera
Nicolas Ropert	...	still photographer

Music Department

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Guro Asheim	...	musician
Theresa Drift	...	musician
Tove Margrethe Erikstad	...	musician
Bendik Foss	...	musician
Bjørnar Habbestad	...	musician
Mohammed Hamahang	...	musician
Khalid Hashemi	...	musician
Hanif Hassan	...	musician
Sindre Hotvedt	...	music preparation
Zalgi Kabuli	...	musician
Nikolai Matthews	...	musician
Sara Ovinge	...	musician
Torun Stavseng	...	musician
Siv Bugge Vatne	...	musician
Frida Fredrikke Waaler Wærvågen	...	musician

Additional Crew

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Nasim Aalemi	...	translation
Zahra Ahmadi	...	translation
Jamshid Amiry	...	translation
Nasim Ansari	...	translation
Iddo Arad	...	legal services: Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz
Saboor Arghandiwal	...	translation
Korthe Barfod	...	production accountant: Final Cut for Real
Sarah Dhanens	...	production associate
Ali Hashemi	...	translation
Abdul Rashid Khalequar	...	translation
Javid Khuramy	...	translation
Jacob Leander	...	post production consulting
Mads Liljendahl	...	production assistant
Michael McEvoy	...	translation
Sarisa Middleton	...	production accountant: Louverture Films
Elissa Mirzaei	...	translation
Jad Mourad	...	production assistant
Katrine Schlüter	...	legal services
Habibuddin Shaban	...	translation
Karen Shatzkin	...	legal services: Shatzkin & Mayer, P.C.
Sofie Lykke Steenstrop	...	production assistant
Neil Sussman	...	legal services
Waheed-Ullah Farooqi Zargar	...	translation
Pandora Zolotor	...	production accountant: Hemvist
Ida Ågård	...	production assistant

Thanks

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Matthieu Aikins	...	very special thanks
Kate Amend	...	very special thanks
Susan Angle	...	very special thanks
Ibrahim Arify	...	very special thanks
Maureen Atwell	...	very special thanks
Siddiq Barmak	...	very special thanks
Andrew Berends	...	very special thanks
Joe Bini	...	very special thanks
Isaac Blacksin	...	very special thanks
Doug Block	...	very special thanks
Pietra Brettkelly	...	very special thanks
Hassina Burgan	...	very special thanks
John Burgan	...	very special thanks
Lola Cecchinel	...	very special thanks
Catherine Tsz Ki Chan	...	very special thanks
Cecilia A. Conrad	...	very special thanks
Christopher Crawford	...	very special thanks
Natasha De Souza	...	very special thanks
Carol Dysinger	...	very special thanks
Sara Edelson	...	very special thanks
Kristen Elsby	...	very special thanks
Lewis Erskine	...	very special thanks
Mansoor Farotan	...	very special thanks
Saeed Taji Farouky	...	very special thanks
Mohsen Farshchi	...	very special thanks
Kristin Feeley	...	very special thanks
Ola Fløttum	...	very special thanks
Yance Ford	...	very special thanks
Jannat Gargi	...	very special thanks
Mauricio Gonzalez-Aranda	...	very special thanks
T. Griffin	...	very special thanks
Zayer Hassan	...	very special thanks
Simeon Hellerman	...	very special thanks
Robin Hessman	...	very special thanks
Lone Hey	...	very special thanks
Melissa Hibbard	...	very special thanks
Nick Higgins	...	very special thanks
William Horberg	...	very special thanks
Dave Howe	...	very special thanks
Patrick Salvador Hutter-BlÜml	...	very special thanks
Tabitha Jackson	...	very special thanks
Azad Jafarian	...	very special thanks
Rahul Jain	...	very special thanks
Abdul Aziz Karimi	...	very special thanks
Caitlin Margaret Kelly	...	very special thanks
Kathy Kelly	...	very special thanks
Alex Khadivi	...	very special thanks
Adnan Khan	...	very special thanks
Mohammed Iqbal Khan	...	very special thanks
Senain Kheshgi	...	very special thanks
Anna Krawagna	...	very special thanks
Jenna Lehmussaari	...	very special thanks
Thomas Lennon	...	very special thanks
Tony Loda	...	very special thanks
Alison Longley	...	very special thanks
Kate Longley	...	very special thanks
Margaret Longley	...	very special thanks
Sara Longley	...	very special thanks
Gabriel Keenan Maas	...	very special thanks
Marcus MacGregor	...	very special thanks
Vivek Maddala	...	very special thanks
David Mason	...	very special thanks
Billy McMillin	...	very special thanks
Cara Mertes	...	very special thanks
Daniel Mesa	...	very special thanks
Priscilla Meyer	...	very special thanks
Aase Mikkelsen	...	very special thanks
Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs	...	very special thanks
Ted Mott	...	very special thanks
Ariel Nasr	...	very special thanks
John Naughton	...	very special thanks
Ahmad Mukhtar Nazar	...	very special thanks
Minka Nijhuis	...	very special thanks
Shabmam Nourestani	...	very special thanks
Veton Nurkollari	...	very special thanks
Asif Obaidee	...	very special thanks
Joshua Oppenheimer	...	very special thanks
Mary Ann Peters	...	very special thanks
Laura Poitras	...	very special thanks
Thom Powers	...	very special thanks
Gosha Prokoshenkov	...	very special thanks
Sophie Rahmanian	...	very special thanks
Thomas Rankin	...	very special thanks
Jennifer Roth	...	very special thanks
Omar Rubi	...	very special thanks
Walid Sabooryar	...	very special thanks
Marjan Safinia	...	very special thanks
Ömer Sami	...	very special thanks
Daniel J. Socolow	...	very special thanks
Dri Sommer	...	very special thanks
Paul Sturtz	...	very special thanks
Rahdi Taylor	...	very special thanks
Win-Sie Tow	...	very special thanks
Betsy Tsai	...	very special thanks
Jean Tsien	...	very special thanks
Lorenzo Tugnoli	...	very special thanks
Darren Walker	...	very special thanks
Max Walker	...	very special thanks
Zach Warren	...	very special thanks
Abbey Williams	...	very special thanks
Wendi Wills	...	very special thanks
Simon Lereng Wilmont	...	very special thanks
Piotr Winiewicz	...	very special thanks
Lambert Yam	...	very special thanks
Chi-Hui Yang	...	very special thanks
Ruby Yang	...	very special thanks
Sacha Yanow	...	very special thanks

Production Companies

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Distributors

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Grasshopper Film (2019) (United States) (theatrical)

Special Effects

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Hinterland

Other Companies

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Edit House (post-production facilities)
Gi'Lyd! (sound post-production)
JAYA (post-production facilities)
Kong Gulerod Film (post-production facilities)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords	portrait afghanistan schoolchild See All (3) »
Genres	Documentary
Parents Guide	Add content advisory for parents »
Certification	Denmark:11

Additional Details

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Also Known As	Lysets engle - Afghanistans børn (Denmark) Angels Are Made Of Light (United States) Anioły zrodzone ze światła (Poland) See more »
Runtime	117 min
Official Sites	Official film website
Country	Denmark Norway United States
Language	Dari Pashto Arabic English
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	2.39 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Dolby Atmos
Filming Locations	Kabul, Afghanistan See more »

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Trivia

Afghanistan was not the first country in which director James Longley tried to make a school-based film. He made multi-year attempts at the project in both Iran and Pakistan before moving the film to Afghanistan. He then filmed continuously for over three years in a Kabul school to make Angels Are Made Of Light. See more »

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