Three Songs for Benazir

Elizabeth and Gulistan Mirzaei’s moving short film shines a light on life for refugees in modern-day Afghanistan through the story of Shaista, a young man who—newly married to Benazir and living in a camp for displaced persons in Kabul—struggles to balance his dreams of being the first from his tribe to join the Afghan National Army with the responsibilities of starting a family.

Araponga

Drowning in Holy Water

Rona and Hamed are two young Afghans who are in love with each other. Searching for a better life, they have decided to immigrate to Europe but they have to make a big decision to make it happen, a decision that relates to their religion and beliefs.

Porn Crush

Marius and Mila enjoy each other and decide to build a relationship together. Except that one day Marius discovers that Mila is a porn actress. Find out how this news will affect what they are going through together.

پرورشگاه

I Am You

"I Am You" focuses on the story of Masoud, who is trying to emigrate to Europe to make a better life for himself, his mother and his fiancé. After embarking on a difficult and dangerous immigration journey with his best friend, Masoud meets a pregnant doctor and an old man on the way and they band together. Having to flee because of war and terror, Masoud tries to reach his goal with a hopeful but painful journey. The story of Masoud is also the story of thousands of war victims who had to ...

Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)

The story of young Afghan girls learning to read, write and skateboard in Kabul.

The Prince of Nothingwood

About a hundred kilometers away from Kabul, Salim Shaheen, the most popular and prolific actor-director-producer in Afghanistan, comes to show some of his 110 films and to shoot the 111th in the process.

The Patience Stone

In a war ridden country a woman watches over the husband reduced to a vegetable state by a bullet in the neck, abandoned by Jihad companions and brothers. One day, the woman decides to say things to him she could never have done before.

Hell and Back Again

What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home? Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and intimacy no previous film about the conflict in Afghanistan has been able to achieve. It is a masterpiece in the cinema of war.

Drachenläufer

Kabul, 1978. Amir, Sohn eines angesehenen Afghanen, und Hassan, Sohn seines Hausdieners, sind Freunde. Doch das Band zerbricht, nachdem Amir Hassan nicht zu Hilfe kommt, als dieser von anderen Jugendlichen grausam erniedrigt und vergewaltigt wird. Nach dem Einmarsch der Roten Armee fliehen Amir und sein Vater in die USA. Jahre später holt Amir, mittlerweile verheiratet und ein erfolgreicher Schriftsteller, die Vergangenheit ein, und bietet sich ihm die Chance zur Wiedergutmachung und ...

The White Diamond

This 2004 documentary by Werner Herzog diaries the struggle of a passionate English inventor to design and test a unique airship during its maiden flight above the jungle canopy.

Osama

Khuda Gawah

Baadshah Khan falls in love with Benazir, a member of a rival clan who has defeated him in a game of buzkashi. Benazir will not marry him unless he brings back the head of her father's killer, Habibullah, from India. He is successful, but he must return to India. He is then tragically separated from Benazir through a series of incidents that are only resolved years later with the arrival of his daughter, Menhdi, and his release from prison.

Marco the Magnificent

Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder.