Paschtunisch wird u.a. in Indien, Pakistan und Afghanistan gesprochen und 7 Filme (zwischen 1997 und 2021) mit dieser Sprache wurden bislang erfasst. Die meisten dieser Filme wurden in Afghanistan (6) gedreht. Besonders beliebte Genres für Paschtunisch Filme sind Drama (4), Horror (1) und Musik (1). Zu den bekanntesten & erfolgreichsten Filmen zählen Three Songs for Benazir (2021), Osama (2003), Wajma – Eine afghanische Liebesgeschichte (2013), Kabul Kinderheim (2019) und Mina Walking (2015).
Saddled by a senile grandfather and a neglectful father, Mina, an impulsive twelve-year-old Afghan street seller sees her future slipping away when she is forced to neglect her education and walk the streets of Kabul to support her fragmented family. In the seven days that follow her life, Mina’s quest to emancipate her father from the claws of a local drug dealer and her attempt to secretly attend school underlines the current struggle of a young generation of Afghans trying to shake off the echoes of oppression from the Taliban era that continues to haunt those who bore witness to it.
It’s snowing in Kabul, and gregarious waiter Mustafa charms a pretty student named Wajma. The pair begin a clandestine relationship—they’re playful and passionate but ever mindful of the societal rules they are breaking. After Wajma discovers she is pregnant, her certainty that Mustafa will marry her falters, and word of their dalliance gets out. Her father must decide between his culturally held right to uphold family honor and his devotion to his daughter.
The film is yet another variation on the familiar rape and revenge theme (I Spit on Your Grave territory). This time around we are shown that the vengeful, vice-busting Cat-Beast is the result of a ghastly gang rape which ended up with her birth (five minutes later) in some dark cave in the woods one stormy, cursed night. Her mother died upon child birth and the helpless infant was taken in by a stealthy black cat who was roaming the forest that fateful night and decided to adopt a human infant. This is how the child grew to become the awesome Cat creature – a cheerful, overworked domestic maid servant by day and crime busting Super Cat-Beast by night with special powers.
Erde und Asche ist der erste Spielfilm Atiq Rahimis. Das Kriegsdrama erzählt die Geschichte eines afghanischen Großvaters, der bei einem Angriff auf sein Heimatdorf alle Familienmitglieder verliert. Nur er und sein Enkel überleben. Gemeinsam machen sie sich auf eine beschwerliche Reise zu seinem Sohn, welcher in einem weit entfernten Bergwerk arbeitet, um ihm die schlimme Nachricht zu überbringen.
Ein Straßenjunge im Kabul der 1908er Jahre wächst in einem Kinderheim auf.
After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a pre-teen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.
The story of Shaista, a young man who—newly married to Benazir and living in a camp for displaced persons in Kabul—struggles to balance his dreams of being the first from his tribe to join the Afghan National Army with the responsibilities of starting a family. Even as Shaista’s love for Benazir is palpable, the choices he must make to build a life with her have profound consequences.