Latif Ahmadi
Latif Ahmadi is an Afghan film director, also known as Engineer Latif Ahmadi. He co-founded Afghanistan's first private film production company Ariana Films (with Toryalai Shafaq and Juwansher Haidary), and became the president of Afghan Film, the state-run Afghan film company. In early 2021, he was interviewed about Afghan Film, the feature films he has directed and the history of filmmaking in Afghanistan, for the TVO/Al Jazeera documentary series The Forbidden Reel, a program which also featured filmmaker Siddiq Barmak and actor Yasamin Yarmal (from the 1989 film Epic of Love).
Also recorded as Abd al-Latif Ahmadi · Engineer Latif Ahmadi · Abdul Latif Ahmadi
Latif Ahmadi
- Name
- Latif Ahmadi
- Birth Name
- Abd al-Latif Ahmadi
- Born
- 1950
- Birthplace
- Kabul, Kingdom of Afghanistan Abdul Latif Ahmadi is an Afghan film director, also known as Engineer Latif Ahmadi.
- Nationality
- Afghanistan
- Occupation
- film director
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Latif Ahmadi is an Afghan film director, also known as Engineer Latif Ahmadi. He co-founded Afghanistan's first private film production company Ariana Films (with Toryalai Shafaq and Juwansher Haidary), and became the president of Afghan Film, the state-run Afghan film company. In early 2021, he was interviewed about Afghan Film, the feature films he has directed and the history of filmmaking in Afghanistan, for the TVO/Al Jazeera documentary series The Forbidden Reel, a program which also featured filmmaker Siddiq Barmak and actor Yasamin Yarmal (from the 1989 film Epic of Love).
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Ahmadi writes while undergoing dialysis treatment in Europe.
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• Name — Latif Ahmadi • Birth Name — Abd al-Latif Ahmadi • Born — 1950 • Birthplace — Kabul, Kingdom of Afghanistan Abdul Latif Ahmadi is an Afghan film director, also known as Engineer Latif Ahmadi. He co-founded Afghanistan's first private film production company Ariana Films (with Toryalai Shafaq and Juwansher Haidary), and became the president of Afghan Film, the state-run Afghan film company. As the head of Afghan Film, he has been credited with assisting many of the recent films produced in Afghanistan such as Buzkashi Boys, The Black Tulip and The Kite Runner as well as traveling around the world to introduce Afghan cinema to various audiences. In early 2021, he was interviewed about Afghan Film, the feature films he has directed and the history of filmmaking in Afghanistan, for the TVO/Al Jazeera documentary series The Forbidden Reel, a program which also featured filmmaker Siddiq Barmak and actor Yasamin Yarmal (from the 1989 film Epic of Love). Ahmadi writes while undergoing dialysis treatment in Europe. As of 2023, he says he has written 6 feature film scripts and 100 episodes for a comedy TV series.
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As director
Titles in English from The Forbidden Reel: • April Revolution • Patient Soldier • Epic of Love (1989), with Yasamin Yarmal, Habib Zorghai, Qader Faroukh and Zarghuna Aram (also known as Hamas-e eshq) • Sin • Green Fields • The Sculptures are Laughing
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1950
Latif Ahmadi was born in 1950.
Films
Films that Ahmadi has been involved with include: • Gonah • Farar • Sabor-e sarbaz • Parenda hai mahajer • Eshq-e Pery • Mazrea Sabz • Sher aqa wa Sheeren goal • Gumashtan
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- 1.The Forbidden Reel, Episodes 1 to 4 on AlJazeera in September 2021
- 2.TVO | Current affairs, documentaries and education.
- 3.Hamas-e eshq | Epic of Love.
- 4.Compiled by the Embassy of Afghanistan in Canada.
- 5.Women struggle in Afghan cinema. 2004-11-12.
- 6."KABUL, I LOVE YOU" Film Project Premieres in Afghanistan. UNAMA. 2012-05-17.
- 7.Kuhn, Annette. A Dictionary of Film Studies. OUP Oxford. 2012-06-21. 9780191034657.
- 8.Afghan Film 'Utopia' Selected For Oscar TOLOnews. TOLOnews.
- 9.Engineer Latif. IMDb.
- 10.Ahmed Latif. IMDb.
- 11.Afghan film festival to be held in Germany in April Pajhwok Afghan News. archive.pajhwok.com.
- 12.Meek, James. Through the dark black smoke of war. The Guardian. 2004-01-16. 0261-3077.
- 13.TVO | Current affairs, documentaries and education.
- 14.Shaheed, Munaza. Afghan Cinema in Exile. 52 Documentary Series. Voice of America News. 9 November 2023.
- 15.Afghanland.com Afghanistan Fims Movies. www.afghanland.com.
- 16.Reel Afghanistan Festival (2008) - Highlight Arts. Highlight Arts.
- 17.Mayroth, Natalie. Making films from nothing. The Hindu. 2017-11-03. 0971-751X.
- 18.Hamas-e eshq | Epic of Love.
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