ROCKSTAR & MULLAHS HITS SCANDINAVIA

Salman will make a quick visit to Denmark and Sweden in February to show “The Rockstar and the Mullahs” and take part in discussions at two prestigious film festivals in Copenhagen and Malmö -  the twin cities in two countries connected by a bridge

In Malmö Salman will take part in the Music Doc Festival 2 on February 9th.

The Music Doc Festival is a new independent film festival focussing on high quality music documentaries from all over the world.

In a unique showcase the festival will present three remarkable music documentaries on music & Islam: “The Rockstar & the Mullahs” featuring Pakistani rock star , Salman Ahmad, and two documentaries by Simon Broughton : Sufi Soul and Breaking the silence”

The unique screening is a result of a collaboration between Freemuse – the World Forum on Music and Censorship and the  Music Doc Festival.

One of the themes of the festival is “music and religion” and Simon Broughton and Salman Ahmad will take part in a discussion following the showing of “Rockstar” and “Sufi Soul”. The discussion will be conducted by Jonas Otterbäck. Phd Islamic Studies.

As Muslim extremists dominate the headlines, Salman Ahmad in “Rockstar” and historian, William  Dalrymple in Sufi soul, explore an altogether different side of Islam - the mystical and musical side of Islam.

Where Salman Ahmad in “Rockstar” confronts conservative Mullahs in Pakistan North West Frontier and their ban on music Broughtons Breaking the silence was filmed in 2002 just a few weeks after the fall of the Taliban in Kabul. The Taliban's prohibition of music was the most severe ever imposed and this documentary charts the return of music and the way music has been caught in the crossfire of 25 years of fighting in Afghanistan.

 

“Rockstar” shown at Copenhagen’s most prestigious movie theatre

 

Salman will attend and and meet the audience when Copenhagen’s most prestigious movie theatre, The Grand, will make a special showcase of “the Rockstar and the Mullahs” on Saturday 10 February.

The showcase will also mark the beginning of Denmark’s acclaimed film festival Salaam.dk , which focus on quality films from all over the world.

A veritable (even a venerable) institution - the Grand occupies a special position on Copenhagen's cultural scene. Opened in 1913, the cinema is one of the oldest in the capital, a kind of historic monument that has managed to adapt to the market and to audience's tastes. The Grand has succeeded in building up a loyal audience by favouring cinema d'auteur, and, more specifically, European films. A bold decision that has enabled it to achieve more than 350,000 admissions per annum. It is not unusual for certain films to be shown only at the Grand.
American cinema is not entirely absent from the screens, but priority is given to the works of established auteurs or to films originating from the independent scene. In general terms, "the Grand Teatret favours quality films over commercial productions.
Read more at
http://www.grandteatret.dk