{"id":814454,"date":"2026-05-22T11:19:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/814454\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T11:19:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:19:19","slug":"ken-loachs-sixteen-films-boards-elham-ehsas-doc-forgotten-spaceman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/814454\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Loach’s Sixteen Films Boards Elham Ehsas’ Doc ‘Forgotten Spaceman’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tKen Loach<\/a> and Rebecca O\u2019Brien\u2019s Sixteen Films has boarded \u201cForgotten Spaceman<\/a>,\u201d a documentary short written, directed and edited by BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Elham Ehsas, with Jack Thomas-O\u2019Brien serving as executive producer, ahead of the film\u2019s festival debut later this year.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film centers on Abdul Ahad Momand, who traveled to the Mir space station in 1988 as Afghanistan neared collapse \u2013 a moment of brief national hope that has since been largely scrubbed from public memory. Ehsas weaves archival footage with personal history to trace that legacy and surface his own connection to Momand\u2019s journey.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019m incredibly honored to have Sixteen Films supporting \u2018Forgotten Spaceman,’\u201d Ehsas said. \u201cThey have built a legacy of telling deeply human stories that too often go unseen, so their belief in this film means a great deal to me. Abdul Ahad Momand\u2019s journey is an extraordinary and largely forgotten piece of Afghan history, and I\u2019m excited for audiences to discover it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThomas-O\u2019Brien, speaking on behalf of Sixteen Films, added: \u201c\u2018Forgotten Spaceman\u2019 is a deeply moving film about memory, identity and the histories that risk being lost. Elham is an exceptional filmmaker with a distinctive voice, and we were immediately drawn to both the extraordinary true story at the heart of the project and the humanity and sensitivity with which he approaches it. It\u2019s exactly the kind of bold and deeply personal filmmaking we\u2019re proud to support.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEhsas is a BAFTA-nominated and Oscar-shortlisted filmmaker whose short \u201cYellow\u201d received a BAFTA nomination in 2024. His most recent short, \u201cThere Will Come Soft Rains,\u201d won Best Film at both Raindance and Encounters Film Festival. His debut feature \u201cOur Kind of Love\u201d is currently in development with the BFI. As an actor, he recently appeared in David Mackenzie\u2019s action thriller \u201cFuze\u201d and served as second unit director on \u201cThe Crown.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cForgotten Spaceman\u201d is produced by Lorraine Bhattachary of MonoFilm Productions \u2013 Ehsas\u2019 collaborator on \u201cThere Will Come Soft Rains\u201d \u2013 alongside executive producer Catherine Tschaepe, who previously worked with the filmmaker on \u201cYellow.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ken Loach and Rebecca O\u2019Brien\u2019s Sixteen Films has boarded \u201cForgotten Spaceman,\u201d a documentary short written, directed and edited…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":814455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[28],"tags":[49625,327568,171,330741,256630,53,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-814454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-cannes-film-festival","tag-cannes-film-market","tag-entertainment","tag-forgotten-spaceman","tag-ken-loach","tag-movies","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116617960887540525","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}