A Tajik Woman

A picture of an unknown Tajik woman found in a Russian book on Tajikistan encourages videomaker Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa to reflect on issues of exile and cultural conflict for Muslim women from Afghanistan and Iran living in

Soviet Tajikistan: The Right to Take Risks. And Work and Song

The Art of Tajikistan

This movie short, entitled "The Art of Tajikistan", was produced by the Union of the Soviet Associations of Friendship and Cultural partnerships with the foreign countries, in association with the movie studio Tajikfilm

Son of Tajikistan

The film tells about the front-line friendship between the sons of two people- Gafiz and Ivan.

Soviet Tajikistan: Arrival of the first train in Dushanbe

On September 11, 1929, the first Termez-Dushanbe train arrived at the newly built station in the Tajik capital. However, not only the train was the first that day - the shots of the arrival of the locomotive, as well as

Soviet Tajikistan: International Youth Day

Events that took place in the capital of the Tajik SSR, the city of Dushanbe in 1929.

Tajikistan: Islam Under Surveillance

In Tajikistan, Islam is viewed with suspicion. In a country with a population of more than 95% Muslims, the state monitors the faithful and maintains strict rules about how men’s beards and women’s clothes are.

Cycling Across Tajikistan

"Cycling Across Tajikistan" is not only about the kilometers cycled, the challenges overcome or the conflicts endured. It talks about the meaning of "freedom" inside the hearts of cyclists, as well as the locals met on t

Nowruz in Tajikistan

The film shows the celebration of Norouz (the Iranian new year) in Persian-speaking Tajikistan today. Some of the Persian traditional rites of Norouz, such as cleaning the house and cooking Samanoo is common in Tajikista