Afghan Cinema Society

 

The Afghan Cinema Society, a non-profit initiative, aims to introduce Afghan films to international film festivals and markets to help gain recognition for the country’s fledgling industry. 

Leveraging from our connections both from within the Afghan film community and the international film industry, we present high-quality Afghan films to film festivals for showcase and film buyers for distribution.

The carefully selected films are chosen on the merit of their production-quality and content-relevancy for the international audiences. Only films that meet these criteria are selected, so programmers are assured of engaging films and quality world cinema pieces.

 

Our current line-up includes these films:

• – Hip-Hop Kabul / 90’ Doc / Afghan, Hong Kong co-production / Trailer
• A feisty and vibrant documentary about the struggle and the dream of Afghanistan’s first female rapper.
• Produced by Paul Lee (Previous films at Berlin IFF) / Directed by Fazila Amiri (Previous film at Montreal IFF)

 

• – Fariba / 35′ Doc / Afghan, Iran, US co-production
• A personal story of a persecuted minority community of Iran.
• Produced by Mithaq Kazimi (Previous films at British Museum & on Amazon’s top sold docs on Afghanistan)

 

• – One Sky, Two Dreams / 60′ doc / Afghan-US co-production with Duke University
• Comparing the lives of two woman activists, one from Afghanistan and the other in the US
• Produced by Malek Shafi’i (Previous films on Mostra IFF, Asiatica IFF and BBC TV)

 

News on Afghan Cinema:  The New Yorker, Radio Free Europe, The Independent