WAYS TO RUN (2019)
In development
A feature length hybrid/fiction film inspired by the documentary film Kabul, City in the Wind (2018) by Aboozar Amin. Director: Aboozar Amini.
THE CINEASTE (2021)
In development
Fiction. Director: Aboozar Amini. Selected at Opendoors Locarno 2016.
Logline: Asif is an Afghan cinéaste, deeply passionate about cinema. He cannot abandon his precious collection of films that includes the works of Ozu, Kurosawa and Chaplin despite the ban on films by the Taliban. Caught by the Taliban, Asef asks to screen them just one film before they kill him. […]
KABUL, CITY IN THE WIND (2015-2018)
Released
Documentary. Director: Aboozar Amini.
Opening film IDFA 2018. First Appearance Competition IDFA 2018. In co-production with NHK Enterrprises, Color of May Germany, KinoKabul Afghanistan. Supported by IDFA Bertha Fund, DMZ Fund, Netherlands Film Fund, Busan AND fund, EZEF fund.
Logline: A city is an orchestration of its inhabitants. The film portraits the city Kabul through daily details […]
WHERE IS KURDISTAN (2015-2016)
Released
A short fiction film by Aboozar Amini. Premiered at IFFR 2016.
https://iffr.com/nl/2016/films/where-is-kurdistan
Logline: a damboora melody is playing somwhere in Rotterdam. For Dawood, a young man from Bamiyan, […]
ANGELUS NOVUS (2014-2015)
Released
Premiered at IFFR2015.
A short fiction film about refugee children from Syria and Afghanistan in Turkey. Director: Aboozar Amini.
www.iffr.com/nl/films/angelus-novus
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/angelusnovusfilm
BECOMING THE STEEL ROSE (2014-2016)
Released
Documentary about women (17 years old) football in China. Director: Yang Yang. In coproduction with Beijing Southern Clouds Communication and CICC, PR China.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/112234817
ON THE STRING OF FORGETFULNESS (2011)
Released
Documentary about the complexity of life and choices of Afghan young people in Tehran. Director: Aboozar Amini. Screened at NFF 2011, Broadcast by BBC in 2012. In coproduction with Submarine NL.
KABULTEHRANKABUL (2010)
Released
KABULTEHRANKABUL (2010). Short documentary about the dilemma of the second generation Afghan immigrants grown up in Iran. Director: Aboozar Amini. Winner of Wildcard 2010, Dutch Film Fund. Screened at NFF 2010.