While most Oscar-nominated stars will spend the weeks
leading up to the Oscar ceremony living a lavish, uber-luxurious lifestyle
being chauffeur-driven from one red carpet to another, 14-year-old Fawad
Mohammedi will be celebrating by doing something he never thought possible.
He'll be flying on a plane for the first time.
"When I go there, I will meet lots of people,"
Fawad Mohammedi, one of the two young stars of the critically acclaimed
"Buzkashi Boys," says from his home in a quiet, snow-lined part of
Kabul.
"Some people might even take me to some films."
"Buzkashi Boys" is the surprise hit of this year's
Oscars, nominated in the Best Live Action Short category. The film chronicles
the lives of two impoverished young boys as they grow up in Kabul, dreaming of
playing buzkashi, Afghanistan's national sport. It's similar to polo, but
played with a goat or sheep carcass.
