Laughing in Afghanistan

Karim Asir, the Afghan Charlie Chaplin, in the midst of bombs and disasters, gives performances using laughter as his only weapon. When the Taliban takeover, Karim is threatened with death. After a series of adversities,

Afghanistan Night Stories

This documentary film follows a small band of military commandos, members of the Afghan army who fight their country's enemies during predominantly night missions. A story of war, love, life and death, it is an unprecede

Exit Afghanistan

Featuring interviews with participants on all sides, this documentary questions Norway and the West's protracted military involvement in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Collateral Damage

A documentary that follows the efforts of aid workers to re-open a hospital in Kabul from October to December 2001, while fighting between US and Taliban forces was still underway.

Ghosts of Afghanistan

As a young and idealistic war correspondent, Graeme Smith followed the troops into battle in Afghanistan. Now he returns to a place that gave him nightmares to see if there is hope for peace. Smith revisits old friends a

Yellow House Afghanistan

In 2010, renowned Australian artists George Gittoes and Hellen Rose established the Yellow House in Jalalabad, Afghanistan - a sanctuary for artistic expression amidst conflict. This documentary chronicles their return t

Scars of Afghanistan

A film about Estonian men currently in their forties. When twenty-years old, they were sent by Moscow to the Afghan War, where no one had ever left as a winner. This was a war for a foreign country and unknown purposes.

Surfing in Afghanistan

A disillusioned Marine and an Afghan soldier escape the battlefield in a battered Volkswagen bus, journeying through a surreal, war-torn purgatory where the fight is no longer for survival but for their very souls.

Isis in Afghanistan

Witness the rise of ISIS in Afghanistan and how they're training the next generation of jihadists. With rare access to ISIS, correspondent Najibullah Quraishi sees first-hand their spreading power. Also, Pakistan's polic

Pictures from Afghanistan

Photojournalist David Pratt has spent almost forty years capturing indelible images of global conflicts. His career has taken him from Somalia and Syria to Colombia and Croatia. He has retained a special affection for Af

Shadow of Afghanistan

Documentary about the epic story of Afghanistan seen through the eyes of an Afghan warrior, independent filmmakers and a small group of independent journalists, two who died covering the story. The filmmakers spent more

Camp Victory, Afghanistan

Camp Victory, Afghanistan is the true story of the American Exit Strategy. Using 300 hours of footage shot over the course of three years, the film follows a battle-tested Afghan General and the steady stream of U.S. Nat

Bomb Patrol Afghanistan

This documentary follows the Afghan mission of the U.S Navy's Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit during their deployment in 2011, hunting down IEDs and disposing or detonating them. All of their missions included a camera cr

Far from Afghanistan

Taking inspiration from the collaborative 1967 militant anthology film Far from Vietnam, five of the boldest and most prominent American militant filmmakers unite to create this searing (and seething) omnibus work, emplo

The Spaceman of Afghanistan

In 1988 the first and only Afghan astronaut, Ahad Momand, went into space. He spent a week on the Russian space station Mir and was welcomed back a hero. But civil war tore his country apart and Ahad fled with his family

Escape From Afghanistan

In August 2021, U.S. forces withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban were back in power. One group answered the call of duty and volunteered to save our allies. Their effort to rescue one interpreter turned into an evac

A Darkness Visable: Afghanistan

Outsiders often see Afghanistan as a problem in need of a solution: a conflict region that needs more troops or another election. But in seeing Afghanistan as a problem, the people of the country, and their desire for se

Sententia: Inside Afghanistan

In June 2011, V75 deployed as part of MTF-3 to Southern Afghanistan. From resupply runs to heavy contacts with the Taliban, this film follows their 8 month deployment, as told by the soldiers on the ground.

Return to Afghanistan

Afghanistan: The Unknown Country

A journey through the parts of Afghanistan that don't normally feature in news coverage to meet some amazing people and see fascinating places. Lyse Doucet uses her many years experience in Afghanistan to show a differen