Afghanistan Movies

Through this haunting portrayal of an aid worker’s story, Salar Pashtoonyar sheds light on the troubling realities of a nation in turmoil in...

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)....

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...

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...

Shooting on location in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, director Salar Pashtoonyar uses a thought-provoking yet powerfully humane hybrid of...

The doomed love story of Sher, a kitemaker, and his cousin, Tahera. A tale of Old Kabul, based on a short story by Akram Osman.

Five friends live their lives to the fullest in Kabul, Afghanistan on the cusp of an ending era that tests friendship and their very lives, to the...

A young Afghan-Kiwi couple journey from New Zealand to Afghanistan to change 51 lives, including their own, in honor of those killed in a terrorist...

Hamid, a rich car salesman from Kabul, is plagued by nightmares. Are these just figments of his imagination or is he hiding some dark secrets from...

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

Sameer is a middle-class young man, who lives with his younger brother. He doesn't have much except a big house left by his parents. He is sick of...

As a refugee, Homayoon Zarian has been in Afghanistan for eight years now and his future looks bleak. His situation and that of many others shows how...

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

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

In March 2001, the ruling Taliban destroyed Afghanistan's foremost tourist attraction, the 1600 year-old Buddhas of Bamiyan. This film follows the...

Mahbouba Seraj had what every other Afghan wanted. A US passport and protected passage through the frenzied masses that had descended on Kabul...

An Afghan man and his wife attempt to cross the border to reach Europe illegally. After many difficulties and dangers, it is time to give birth...

Azim, an afghan refugee, who works at the municipality at night, lives in Tehran along with his family. Being the head of entire family, he has to...

Janan, a simple and naive young man with short-term memory loss, is sent out of his home to buy salt. But along the way, he becomes caught in...

"Mom made it home alive from the street protest again today!" As soon as Zainab Entezar opens the door to her home and walks in, she is greeted by...