Afghanistan Movies

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

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...

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

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

A New Psychological Documentary About Children

An anti-war film in the tradition of Pablo Picasso’s Guernica as well as John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s ‘Happy Xmas (War Is...

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

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

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

In 1979, after the Soviet Union attacked Afghanistan, millions of Afghans were forced to leave their homeland to save their lives, and in the...

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...

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

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...

Twenty-five years ago, when the Taliban took over Afghanistan and music was banned, Gholam Nabi and his family suffered a lot of oppression. He and...

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...

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...

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

The postman’s inextricable difficulties as he does his rounds in the streets of Kabul, where addresses are often mysterious and deliveries akin...

An independently-produced dramatic feature that depicts Taliban atrocities committed from Kabul to the northern border during the dark era of Taliban...

The film introduces us to an Afghan woman who wants to travel to another city and an American woman who mistreats her.