Every now and again someone makes a film in circumstances that are hard to believe. Jirga is one such. Benjamin Gilmour, who made Son of a Lion, is a Sydney paramedic and filmmaker with a strange ...

An Afghan film festival is to be held soon in Australia. Fahim Hashimy is one of the organisors who talks about various aspects of the festival. Ancient sound resonates with modern audiences: ...

Berlin (AFP) – Are there any good men in Afghanistan? The opening film at this year's Berlin Film Festival poses the question against the backdrop of the Taliban authorities returning to power. Naru, ...

In this image made out of film "Comrade Kim Goes Flying" released on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 by Busan International Film Festival, Comrade Kim Yong Mi played by Han Jong Sim is pulled up in the air by ...

Singer-music composer Adnan Sami will be shooting in Afghanistan next year for his debut film Afghan: In search of a home as an actor. The film will be directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru and will ...

Cornell Cinema will present a screening of the documentary “Rule Breakers,” chronicling the founding of Afghanistan’s first all-girls robotics team, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with the ...

In 1988, Afghanistan sent its first cosmonaut into space. Yes, really. Abdul Ahad Momand went where no Afghan had gone before - or has gone since - making Pashto the fourth language ever spoken beyond ...

Ahead of the Locarno premiere of 'Forgotten Spaceman,' the London-based actor-director discusses his accidental documentary, a startling family connection and Afghanistan's "buried" history of ...