Nowzad: Warzone Animal Rescue for the 2016 Crossing Borders Workshop

Dear Friends & Colleagues,
 
For over a year now I have been developing Nowzad: Warzone Animal Rescue, a documentary series about 2014 CNN Hero of the Year Pen Farthing and his vet team at the Nowzad Animal Clinic in Kabul Afghanistan. You can check out our official trailer here:
 
Nowzad: Warzone Animal Rescue – Official Trailer

I am honoured to formally announce both our developmental effort around the Nowzad: Warzone Animal Rescue program and it’s selection for the 2016 Crossing Borders Workshop.

I am looking forward to attending the discussions with this year’s trainers and meeting my peers that will be attending the workshop with me. This journey has been a long one, with great promise and equally great setbacks.

Despite these challenges, I remain indebted to Pen Farthing and Nowzad Dogs, the Nowzad Team, Afghan filmmakers Ro Ya Heydari and Edris Salehi, former Nowzad Clinic general manager Louise Hastie, graphic designer Stephanie Medeiros, Independent Minds Productions editor Anna Dollero, Terry Garcia at the National Geographic Society and Mark Bauman at Smithsonian Enterprises for each of their valuable contributions to this journey.

I would like to especially thank Chris Humphrey, my colleague at A+E Networks Asia, for encouraging me to send in the program for consideration. You can learn more about the Crossing Borders Documentary Campus here:

http://www.documentary-campus.com

Wish us luck.

Yrs,
– Waise Azimi

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