Afghan Refugee Doc ‘Far From Home' Adds Indian Thespian Naseeruddin Shah as Executive Producer in Oscar Push (EXCLUSIVE)

Revered Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah (“Monsoon Wedding”) has joined the Oscar-qualifying documentary “Far From Home” as ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Cinema Jazireh’: An Afghan Woman Looking for a Loved One Must Transform Herself (KVIFF Trailer)

“'Nothing is as it seems' perfectly captures the Afghanistan experience," Turkish filmmaker Gözde Kural says about her second feature, world premiering in Karlovy Vary's Crystal Globe Competition. By ...
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UPenn grad stars in new film ‘Rule Breakers’ highlighting Afghanistan’s all-girls robotics team

‘Rule Breakers’ a new film highlighting the makings of Afghanistan’s first all-girls robotics team debuts in theaters on March 7. FOX 29’s Kamryn Scrivens spoke with actress and UPenn grad Amber ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Cate Blanchett, Afghan, Syrian Creators on Fund for Displaced Directors Backing “Surprising Narratives”

"Part of the DNA of the fund in its pilot stage is to sort of reject and challenge the stereotypes and the categorizations that swirl around the discourse about what it means to be displaced," says ...
The Washington Post

New documentary scrutinizes the lies that fueled the war in Afghanistan

“Bodyguard of Lies,” a documentary examining the deceit that drove the longest war in American history, takes its title from a Winston Churchill line: “In wartime, truth is so precious that she should ...
The Daily Gazette

Filmmaker Mariam Ghani to Screen Rare Afghan Films at EMPAC [Berkshire on Stage]

A 7pm tonight (Monday, April 24), artist Mariam Ghani will present a selection of rare films produced between 1978-1991 from the Afghan Film Archive at EMPAC at RPI in Troy. What We Left Unfinished is ...