Afghan Film also known as Afghan Film Organization (AFO) is
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
'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
The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava ( sk, Vysoká škola múzických umení v Bratislave, abbr. VŠMU) is a university founded on June 9, 1949.
The university consists of three faculties:
*''Theatre Faculty'' (Acting, Directing, Dramat ...
and is its first female president.
It is also a
film archive
An archive is an accumulation of Historical document, historical records or Historical source, materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumula ...
. Many of its contents were destroyed by the
Taliban
The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalist, militant Islamist, jihadist, and Pasht ...
, although some staff members saved valuable films risking their own lives. A number of rescue and archival efforts were chronicled in the 2015 documentary ''
A Flickering Truth''. An eight-day film festival was launched on August 3, 2019, showcasing 100 films around different cinemas in the country in celebration of the country's 100th anniversary of independence.
In 2019, the documentary ''
The Forbidden Reel
''The Forbidden Reel'' is a 2019 Canadian documentary film, directed by Ariel Nasr. The film profiles the cinema of Afghanistan through a history of the Afghan Film Organization.
The film premiered in 2019 at the International Documentary Film ...
'', which details the history of Afghan Cinema through interviews and archives was released. Directed by Afghan-Canadian filmmaker,
Ariel Nasr
Ariel Nasr is a Canadian documentary film director. , the film premiered internationally at
IDFA 2019, and won the ''Rogers Audience Award'' at
Hot Docs 2020.
See also
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Cinema of Afghanistan
Cinema was introduced in Afghanistan at the beginning of the 20th century. Political troubles slowed the indusry over the years. However, numerous Pashto cinema, Pashto and Dari films have been made both inside and outside Afghanistan throughout ...
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List of film archives
This is a list of film archives and cinematheques. Film archives collect, restore, investigate and conserve audiovisual content like films, documentaries, television programs and newsreel footage. Often, every country has its own film archive to ...
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023402/http://www.afghanmagazine.com/2004_07/photoessay/afghanfilm.shtml
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Cinema of Afghanistan
Film archives in Asia
Archives in Afghanistan
Mass media companies established in 1968
1968 establishments in Afghanistan
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