Afghan Film
Afghan Film Organization | |
| Formation | 1968 |
|---|---|
| Founded at | Kabul |
| Type | State-run company |
| Legal status | Company |
| Purpose | Cinema of Afghanistan |
| Headquarters | Kabul |
President | Mawlawi Shafiullah Javid |
Afghan Filmalso known asAfghan Film Organization(AFO) isAfghanistan's state-run film company, established in 1968.[1]Its former presidentSahraa Karimi,who attained aPhDin Cinema from theAcademy of Performing Arts in Bratislavaand was its first female president.[2][3]Afghan Film is now headed by Mawlawi Shafiullah Javid "Afghan".[4]
It is also afilm archive.Many of its contents were destroyed by theTaliban,although some staff members saved valuable films, risking their own lives.[5][6]A number of rescue and archival efforts were chronicled in the 2015 documentaryA Flickering Truth.[7]
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 documentaryThe Forbidden Reel,[8]which details the history of Afghan cinema through interviews and archives, was released. Directed by Afghan-Canadian filmmakerAriel Nasr,the film premiered internationally atIDFA 2019,[9]and won the Rogers Audience Award atHot Docs 2020.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Afghan Film Organization Celebrates 52nd Year".TOLOnews.Retrieved2021-08-15.
- ^"Sahraa Karimi".Asia Peace Film Festival.Retrieved2021-08-15.
- ^"Afghan Film Organization".IMDb.Retrieved2021-08-15.
- ^"Afghan Film resumes operations after six-month stoppage".Ariana News. 13 March 2022.Retrieved3 December2023.
- ^"Erlend Clouston on the men who saved the Afghan film archive from the Taliban".the Guardian.2008-02-20.Retrieved2021-08-15.
- ^"SAA: Awards Acknowledge Outstanding Achievements".archivists.org.Archived fromthe originalon 2017-02-02.Retrieved2021-08-15.
- ^"A Flickering Truth".New Zealand Film Commission.Retrieved2021-08-15.
- ^Canada, National Film Board of,Forbidden Reel,retrieved2020-06-15
- ^oberon.nl, Oberon Amsterdam,The Forbidden Reel | IDFA,retrieved2020-06-15
- ^"The Forbidden Reel".Hot Docs.Retrieved2020-06-15.
External links
[edit]- https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023402/http:// afghanmagazine /2004_07/photoessay/afghanfilm.shtml
- Heros of Saving Afghan Film ArchivesonYouTube
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