Movies: Afghan Films

Akhtar is a good humored working class man who is nicknamed The Joker, and tries to rise on the social ladder during the 1970s in Kabul....

Inspired by the Communist president Najibullāh's grand project to bring about reconciliation with the mujahidin, the story of Baba concerns two small villages drawn into conflict by a murder, a revenge plot, and the dishonorable dealings of a spy. Th...

Manand Oqab is a 1969 Afghan film directed by Khair Zada, starring Zahir Waida and a young girl named Najia.. It is considered the first feature film made in Kabul by Afghan Film using Afghan artists. It is a kaleisdoscopic tour of Afghanistan's cap...

A historical epic that follows a family feud spanning two-generations that is played out on the buzkashi field and two young lovers who defy their families’ expectations and pay a tragic price....