Afghanistan Movies

Afghan documentary maker Najiba Noori offers not only a loving and intimate portrait of her mother Hawa, but also shows in detail how the arduous...

For centuries the Afghan people threw back all invaders. But in 1979, the Russians invaded with planes and tanks. 5 million Afghans fled the country....

Elderly Dastaguir and his newly deaf 5-year-old grandson Yassin hitchhike and walk, but mostly walk, as they make their way to the coal mine where...

As the U.S. planned to withdraw troops from Afghanistan in September 2021, Canadian-Afghan filmmaker and journalist Brishkay Ahmed was filming IN THE...

In a remote area in Afghanistan, stories of the lives of a young shepherdess, a birdcatcher boy and a mourning teacher are intertwined after their...

Completed in 1991 by the acclaimed director and writer Eng. Latif Ahmadi, "GUMASHTA" stands as a poignant reflection of societal realities, human...

A 10-year-old boy in a pink salwar kameez stands near a dune-coloured wall under a powder-blue sky. He frowns and gesticulates, conversing in stops...

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.

A New Psychological Documentary About Children

In a mysterious, ruined world, AI toys awaken-and in the silence of the wreckage, they wonder why they have returned to life

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.

There is a world beyond our world where men say NO to Women when it comes to the making decision. Most women suffer extreme inequality, but only few...

Afghan refugee Samira goes on her first date in London with Harun, a second-generation British Afghan. Based on the 2018 shoet film of the same name.

When Khatera, a 23-year-old Afghan woman, forces her father to stand trial after a lifetime of sexual abuse, she risks her family, freedom, and...

This is an educational documentary by Hana Makhmalbaf on Samira Makhmalbaf’s style of filmmaking and the techniques she uses to lead non...

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

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...

Two men travel a shared road. One acts with honesty and gratitude, the other with deceit and disgrace. Though their destination is identical, their...

A gullible man, once manipulated, rises with clarity and vengeance, determined to dismantle the liars who used him