Film about Afghan-Canadian man scoops Welsh prize

A film about a first-generation Afghan Canadian man has scooped the top honours at a Welsh film festival. Organisers at the ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Cate Blanchett, Afghan, Syrian Creators on Fund for Displaced Directors Backing “Surprising Narratives”

"Part of the DNA of the fund in its pilot stage is to sort of reject and challenge the stereotypes and the categorizations that swirl around the discourse about what it means to be displaced," says ...
The Hollywood Reporter

In ‘Cinema Jazireh,’ a Woman Dresses up as a Man in Taliban Afghanistan in Search of Her Son, Hope

In ‘Cinema Jazireh,’ a Woman Dresses up as a Man in Taliban Afghanistan in Search of Her Son, Hope "Believing in the existence of hope gives you the strength to resist," Turkish writer-director Gözde ...
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'Afghan Spielberg' Shaheen goes down a storm

Shaheen and his endearingly eccentric band of actors are the stars of the festival's hit documentary. Afghan director Salim Shaheen has made 111 films which The Hollywood Reporter reckons may make him ...
Napa Valley Register

Film about Afghan all-girls robotics team screens in St. Helena

A film showing Sunday at the Cameo Cinema follows the true story of an Afghan all-girls robotics team that overcame obstacles to learn coding and robotics, ultimately traveling the world to compete in ...
The Daily Gazette

Filmmaker Mariam Ghani to Screen Rare Afghan Films at EMPAC [Berkshire on Stage]

A 7pm tonight (Monday, April 24), artist Mariam Ghani will present a selection of rare films produced between 1978-1991 from the Afghan Film Archive at EMPAC at RPI in Troy. What We Left Unfinished is ...