Afghan Film Explained

Full Name:Afghan Film Organization
Formation:1968
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Founding Location:Kabul
Type:State-run company
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Status:Company
Purpose:Cinema of Afghanistan
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Headquarters:Kabul
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Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Mawlawi Shafiullah Javid
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Afghan Film also known as Afghan Film Organization (AFO) is Afghanistan's state-run film company, established in 1968.[1] Its former president Sahraa Karimi, who attained a PhD in Cinema from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and was its first female president.[2] [3] Afghan Film is now headed by Mawlawi Shafiullah Javid "Afghan".[4]

It is also a film archive. Many of its contents were destroyed by the Taliban, 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 documentary A 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 documentary The Forbidden Reel, which details the history of Afghan cinema through interviews and archives, was released. Directed by Afghan-Canadian filmmaker Ariel Nasr, the film premiered internationally at IDFA 2019, and won the Rogers Audience Award at Hot Docs 2020.[8]

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  1. Web site: Afghan Film Organization Celebrates 52nd Year. 2021-08-15. TOLOnews. en.
  2. Web site: Sahraa Karimi. 2021-08-15. Asia Peace Film Festival. en-US.
  3. Web site: Afghan Film Organization. 2021-08-15. IMDb.
  4. Web site: Afghan Film resumes operations after six-month stoppage . Ariana News . 3 December 2023 . 13 March 2022.
  5. Web site: 2008-02-20. Erlend Clouston on the men who saved the Afghan film archive from the Taliban. 2021-08-15. the Guardian. en.
  6. Web site: SAA: Awards Acknowledge Outstanding Achievements. 2021-08-15. www.archivists.org. 2017-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202000947/http://www.archivists.org/recognition/sanfrancisco2008-awards.asp#spotlight. dead.
  7. Web site: A Flickering Truth. 2021-08-15. New Zealand Film Commission. en.
  8. Web site: The Forbidden Reel. 2020-06-15. Hot Docs. en.