Afghanistan Movies

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 a golden statue recently discovered in Afghanistan. When their initial plan fails, they resort to kidnapping th...

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 improvement of the position of women is undone by geopolitical violence. The film follows the fortunes of Noori’s...

After the death of the family's matriarch, her husband and son must confront not only the corruption in society around them but the corruption within themselves.

Two convicts - a veteran smuggler and a vengeful surburbanite - escape from prison while chained by the wrists.

The first of George Gittoes Love City trilogy made with actors and crew in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. A young filmmaker falls in love with Jasmin, the daughter of a former mujahedin who happens to own Love City, a Jalalabad wedding hall, but he opposes their lov...

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 must decide: which bride is the right choice?

In March 2001, the ruling Taliban destroyed Afghanistan's foremost tourist attraction, the 1600 year-old Buddhas of Bamiyan. This film follows the story of one of the refugees who now lives among the ruins….an eight-year-old boy named Mir.

The second of George Gittoes Love City trilogy made with actors and crew in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. In the second film the focus shifts to Jasmin’s older sister Asma, who is studying in Peshawar with her Afghan-American friend Ghuty. Unfortunately they are ki...

A New Psychological Documentary About Children

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 preserving imagination itself.

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 suddenly finds himself as a messiah as a result of the rumours in the village.

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 remains: will the truth be uncovered?

Inside a confined cube, chaotic shadow dancers move without rhythm or order. A mysterious figure, seen only through fragments of a face, begins reshaping their world — pulling curtains, rebuilding space, and restoring structure to the movement. As the environm...

Salim Shaheen film from Afghanistan

Story of an artist who loves a spoiled rich girl, who marries a wealthy man instead, only to find out that he's a gangster. Both artist and girl get embroiled in gang schemes.

Completed in 1991 by the acclaimed director and writer Eng. Latif Ahmadi, "GUMASHTA" stands as a poignant reflection of societal realities, human struggle, and justice. Due to the outbreak of the Afghan civil war shortly after its completion, this film never...

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 into the homes and hearts of his people.

The film is based around the life of Emaan, a young, honest policeman who doesnt mind bending the rules to uphold justice. The story begins with the police investigating the rape and murder of a girl and soon after arresting the culprit. Emaans character, play...

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 limit.