Abdul Latif Ahmadi is an Afghan
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
, also known as Engineer Latif Ahmadi. He co-founded Afghanistan’s first private film production company Ariana Films (with Toryalai Shafaq and Juwansher Haidary), and became the president of
Afghan Film
Afghan Film also known as Afghan Film Organization (AFO) is Afghanistan's state-run film company, established in 1968. The current president is Sahraa Karimi, who attained a PhD in Cinema from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and is i ...
, the state-run Afghan
film company
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
.
As the head of Afghan Film, he has been credited with assisting many of the recent films being produced in Afghanistan such as ''
Buzkashi Boys
''Buzkashi Boys'' is a 2012 film, co-produced in Afghanistan and the United States. It was nominated for the 2013 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
After being nominated for an Oscar, the film was released along with all the other 1 ...
'', ''
The Black Tulip'' and ''
The Kite Runner'' as well as traveling around the world to introduce Afghan cinema to various audiences.
In early 2021, he was interviewed about Afghan Film, the feature films he has directed and the history of filmmaking in Afghanistan for the
TVO/
Al Jazeera
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documentary series ''The Forbidden Reel'', a program which also featured filmmaker Siddiq Barmak and actor Yasamin Yarmal (from the 1989 film ''Epic of Love'').
Films
Films that Ahmadi has been involved with include:
* ''Gonah''
* ''Farar''
* ''Sabor-e sarbaz''
* ''Parenda hai mahajer''
* ''Eshq-e Pery''
* ''Mazrea Sabz''
* ''Sher aqa wa Sheeren goal''
* ''Gumashtan''
as director
Titles in English from ''The Forbidden Reel'':
* ''April Revolution''
* ''Patient Soldier''
* ''Epic of Love'' (1989) with Yasamin Yarmal, Habib Zorghai, Qader Faroukh and Zarghuna Aram (also known as ''Hamas-e eshq'')
* ''Sin''
* ''Green Fields''
* ''The Sculptures are Laughing''
References
External links
MTSA: ReportsLemar-Aftaab , www.afghanmagazine.com , July 2004 , Vol 3 , Issues 5 , Photo Essay , Afghan Film: Spring 2004 , By Yama Rahimi
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Living people
Afghan film directors
1950 births