Being surrounded by people in floods of tears doesn’t suggest an enjoyable evening. On this occasion, it was in response to a deeply moving film, When Mom is Gone, at the Edinburgh Short Film Festival. Zeynep Kecelier’s film was the clear highlight of an evening of films at the Voodoo Rooms under the banner of ‘The Ties that Bind Us’. Beautifully shot in Afghanistan, this short documentary told the tale of a single father, dealing with his wife’s death and looking after his young family.
