Afghanistan Movies

Akhtar is a good humored working class man who is nicknamed The Joker, and tries to rise on the social ladder during the 1970s in Kabul.

A 45 minute black and white film originally produced as part of a three-part anthology film called Rozgaran (each part with a different director)....

After the death of the family's matriarch, her husband and son must confront not only the corruption in society around them but the corruption within...

In an old library, two people trade book titles as secret codes-an exchange no one around them notices. But as tension quietly builds, one question...

Two convicts - a veteran smuggler and a vengeful surburbanite - escape from prison while chained by the wrists.

The film is based around the life of Emaan, a young, honest policeman who doesnt mind bending the rules to uphold justice. The story begins with the...

Inside a confined cube, chaotic shadow dancers move without rhythm or order. A mysterious figure, seen only through fragments of a face, begins...

A historical epic that follows a family feud spanning two-generations that is played out on the buzkashi field and two young lovers who defy their...

Little Statue" directed by Bahram Baryal, is a crime drama film. The story revolves around a gang of criminals who are hired for a mission to steal...

Majedi Lala, worried about his own and his son's bachelorhood, goes to Mama Shirin's home to meet his four very different daughters. Now the family...

Salim Shaheen film from Afghanistan

Annie Goldson and Kay Ellmers’ doco, expanded from the film they made for Maori Television, takes a timely look at New Zealand’s military...

The story of an old, lonesome talisman-writer, who earns his money with prophecy and has already lost the hope for acknowledgement in life, but...

Story of an artist who loves a spoiled rich girl, who marries a wealthy man instead, only to find out that he's a gangster. Both artist and girl get...

A New Psychological Documentary About Children

A young girl becomes the last guardian of dreams in a surreal world where her existence—and the fate of her three sisters—depends on...

The first of George Gittoes Love City trilogy made with actors and crew in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. A young filmmaker falls in love with Jasmin, the...

A woman is raped. Instead going after her attacker, the law and society imprison the victim.

With astounding access, Norwegian journalist and filmmaker Anders Hammer captures the rapidly changing situation in Afghanistan as the Taliban retake...

For ten years, the journalists of the Etilaat Roz have been making the most widely circulated daily newspaper in Kabul—entirely transparent,...