A Letter to the President

{{short description|2017 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = A Letter to the President

| image = A Letter to the President.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Roya Sadat

| producer = Aziz Deldar
Roya Sadat

| writer = Roya Sadat

| starring = Leena Alam

| music = Zabih Mahdi

| cinematography = Behrooz Badrooj

| editing = Ahmad Farid Farahmand
Razi Kashi

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|2017|8|7|Locarno|df=yes}}

| runtime =

| country = Afghanistan

| language = Dari

}}

A Letter to the President is a 2017 Afghan drama film written and directed by Roya Sadat. It was selected as the Afghan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/global/afghanistan-a-letter-to-the-president-afghanistan-foreign-language-oscars-1202573638/ |title=Afghanistan Sends ‘A Letter’ to Oscars |work=Variety |first=Patrick |last=Fratter |date=26 September 2017 |accessdate=26 September 2017}}

The film was the winner of One Future Prize at the Munich Film Festival in 2018.{{Cite web |title=Munich Film Festival 2018 |url=https://mubi.com/en/awards-and-festivals/munich?year=2018&page=1&status=1 |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=MUBI |language=en}}

Plot

Soraya, a low-level government official, is imprisoned when she defends a woman from village lords. Behind bars, she writes to the Afghan President for help.

Cast

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