Latif Ahmadi

Latif Ahmadi
Ahmadi in October 2020
Born
Abd al-Latif Ahmadi

1950 (age 73–74)
Kabul, Kingdom of Afghanistan

Abdul Latif Ahmadi is an Afghan film director, also known as Engineer Latif Ahmadi.[1][2] He co-founded Afghanistan's first private film production company Ariana Films[3] (with Toryalai Shafaq and Juwansher Haidary), and became the president of Afghan Film, the state-run Afghan film company.[4][5][6][7]

As the head of Afghan Film, he has been credited with assisting many of the recent films being produced in Afghanistan such as Buzkashi Boys, The Black Tulip and The Kite Runner[8][9][10] as well as traveling around the world to introduce Afghan cinema to various audiences.[11][12]

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,[13] 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.[14]

Films

Films that Ahmadi has been involved with include:[15][7][16][17]

  • Gonah
  • Farar
  • Sabor-e sarbaz
  • Parenda hai mahajer
  • Eshq-e Pery
  • Mazrea Sabz
  • Sher aqa wa Sheeren goal
  • Gumashtan

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) [18]
  • Sin
  • Green Fields
  • The Sculptures are Laughing

References

  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 Archived August 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Women struggle in Afghan cinema". 2004-11-12. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  6. ^ ""KABUL, I LOVE YOU" Film Project Premieres in Afghanistan". UNAMA. 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  7. ^ a b Kuhn, Annette; Westwell, Guy (2012-06-21). A Dictionary of Film Studies. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780191034657.
  8. ^ "Afghan Film 'Utopia' Selected For Oscar | TOLOnews". TOLOnews. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  9. ^ "Engineer Latif". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  10. ^ "Ahmed Latif". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  11. ^ "Afghan film festival to be held in Germany in April | Pajhwok Afghan News". archive.pajhwok.com. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  12. ^ Meek, James (2004-01-16). "Through the dark black smoke of war". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  13. ^ "TVO | Current affairs, documentaries and education".
  14. ^ Shaheed, Munaza (9 November 2023). "Afghan Cinema in Exile". 52 Documentary Series (short documentary). Voice of America News. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  15. ^ "Afghanland.com Afghanistan Fims Movies". www.afghanland.com. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  16. ^ "Reel Afghanistan Festival (2008) - Highlight Arts". Highlight Arts. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  17. ^ Mayroth, Natalie (2017-11-03). "Making films from nothing". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  18. ^ "Hamas-e eshq | Epic of Love".