Afghanistan Movies

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

Through a child's lens, The Honest Poet reveals a rarely seen side of Afghanistan, following 11-year-old Raheem on a journey through his country and...

Two refugee siblings are separated in different parts of the world. The impossibility to meet in person due the pandemic, forces them to share their...

What happens when you can no longer practice the profession that is part of your identity? You Can’t Stop the Music is a portrait from...

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 mother and a US filmmaker, connected through one stray bullet, forge a surprising friendship amidst America's longest war.

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

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...

Mahwash: A Documentary Film follows the extraordinary journey of Mahwash, Afghanistan’s pioneering female singer, whose voice transcends...

When war breaks out, borders separate people from one another; love remains on both sides of the borders.

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

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...

A man who advises his son about the highs and lows of life — its beauty and ugliness, desires and dreams, shame and honor, lies and truth,...

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...

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...

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...

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

A New Psychological Documentary About Children

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...