docUNight | A Fox Under A Pink Moon

Join us for a docUNight screening of the award-winning documentary “A Fox Under the Pink Moon” in UN City Copenhagen!

The film tells the story of Soraya – a young Afghan artist who began filming her life at age 16 in Iran. Her journey spans from Afghanistan through Iran to Europe and is shaped by the realities faced by many people forced to flee and be on the move, including gender-based violence, dangerous migration journeys, displacement, refugee protection, and determination to rebuild her life.

Dive into a conversation about the realities faced by people on the move – with Soraya Ghaderi herself, the film’s director Mehrdad Oskouei, Afghan activists and journalists, IOM (the International Organization for Migration), and UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency).

Together, we will explore: What really happens after someone is forced to leave? What does meaningful protection along displacement and migration journeys look like? And what helps people regain safety, agency, and the possibility of shaping what comes next?

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Run time: 1h 26 minutes

Language: Persian & Dari with English subtitles

This docUNight is organised in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), HUM:Global of the University of Copenhagen, and International Media Support (IMS).

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PROGRAMME

15:30 | Check-in opens

16:30 | Welcome

16:40 | Opening Conversation and Q&A

• Orzala Nemat – Afghan scholar and civil society activist
• Wahida Faizi – Award-winning Afghan journalist and Gender Coordinator for International Media Support’s Afghanistan programme
• Arash Bordbar – Private Partnerships and Philanthropy Officer, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
• Moderated by Mette Berents Bojesen, Senior Media and Communications Associate, IOM

17:10 | Film Screening: A Fox Under the Pink Moon

18:25 | Conversation with Soraya Ghaderi and Mehrdad Oskouei and Q&A

Following the film, Soraya and Mehrdad will join us to reflect on the story behind the documentary and share more about the experiences captured on screen.

Mehrdad Oskouei is an acclaimed Iranian filmmaker known for intimate documentary storytelling.

With interpretation by Marjan Rahimi

18:55 | Closing and Space for Networking

19:15 | End

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Please bring a valid photo ID to get through security at UN City and set aside time for the security check before the event.

Please note that the check-in will open at 15:30 and close at 16:20. It will not be possible to enter UN City after this time.

Please reserve each ticket under each person’s name. DO NOT book tickets under your name for someone else.

Small refreshments will be available for purchase between 15:30–16:20. You are also welcome to bring your own beverages and snacks to the event.

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ABOUT THE FILM

A Fox Under the Pink Moon tells the story of Soraya Ghaderi, a young Afghan sculptor and illustrator who began filming her life at the age of 16 while living in Iran. She puts all her worries, joys, and fears into her drawings and the sculptures she makes from soaked egg cartons or clay that she finds along her escape routes. Many of her drawings feature recurring figures: a loyal fox who is her traveling companion, a pink moon that always watches over her, and a clown who ever laughs—a character Soraya identifies with. Using Soraya’s own footage alongside animation and documentary storytelling, director Mehrdad Oskouei follows both the uncertainty of her journey and her determination to continue making art and rebuilding her life. Through one young woman’s experience, the film opens a wider window onto forced displacement, gender-based violence, dangerous migration routes, refugee protection, and what it can mean to hold on to identity and aspirations while searching for somewhere safe to begin again.

ABOUT IOM

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the leading intergovernmental organization within the UN system, dedicated to promoting safe, humane, and orderly migration since 1951. IOM Denmark supports and works with migrants, governments, and partners to save lives and protect people on the move, drive solutions to displacement, and facilitate pathways for regular migration. IOM works with migrant protection, immigration and border governance, climate mobility, data, refugee resettlement, return and readmission, and labour mobility. Our work takes place in countries of origin, transit, and destination along key migration corridors in North, East, West, and Central Africa, the Middle East, and the Western Balkans. IOM supports people on the move and communities affected by migration, helping to build safer migration pathways, strengthen resilience, and create opportunities for sustainable futures.

ABOUT UNHCR

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights, and building a better future for people forced to flee their homes because of conflict and persecution. We lead international action to protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people. We deliver life-saving assistance, help safeguard fundamental human rights, and develop solutions that ensure people have a safe place called home. Our vision is a world where every person forced to flee can build a better future. Today, over 100 million people across the world have fled persecution, violence, or conflict, or are stateless, and need our help. Since our establishment in December 1950, we have helped tens of millions of refugees to successfully restart their lives, and we continue to protect, support, and seek long-lasting solutions for the millions who are currently displaced.

ABOUT HUM:GLOBAL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN

HUM:Global is a cross-faculty initiative that maps, harnesses, and stimulates researchers, projects, networks (both with external global partners and internally at KU), and centres at the Faculty of Humanities to generate and bring to life their greatest and most daring ideas on global processes and challenges. HUM:Global intends to be the best possible partner and facilitator for exciting, groundbreaking, and highly relevant research on global processes and challenges at the Faculty of Humanities. Their aim is to build bridges across departments and to the wider world to create new research, teaching, and public engagement.

ABOUT INTERNATONAL MEDIA SUPPORT

IMS is the largest media development organisation in the Nordic region. IMS works in more than 30 countries across four continents promoting press freedom, good journalism, and safety for journalists.