Earlier this month I had the privilege of bringing Nowzad: Warzone Animal Rescue to the Crossing Borders Workshop in Asan, Korea.   Organised by the EDN – European Documentary Network and the Broadcast Content Promotion Foundation, this workshop allow me to share my work and get feedback from skilled peers attending the workshop and several […]

Dear Friends & Colleagues,   For over a year now I have been developing Nowzad: Warzone Animal Rescue, a documentary series about 2014 CNN Hero of the Year Pen Farthing and his vet team at the Nowzad Animal Clinic in Kabul Afghanistan. You can check out our official trailer here:   Nowzad: Warzone Animal Rescue […]

A few years ago Jenny and Blonski invited me to visit with them at their new apartment in QC. There, I had a chance to meet their pup Angelo for the first time while Jenny cooked up a delicious, aromatic chicken and rice dish for us.   And over that lunch we sat down together […]

“… Built in measureless eons behind history, there lay the nightmare corpse-city of R’lyeh…”

While combing through my YouTube account I re-discovered this very early promotional sizzle for Asian Tigers, developed with Maricel Royo, Sol Galang the some of the excellent talent at Engine Room and Independent Minds Productions. Using mostly found footage, it still plays well after all these years. Am glad again for all the generous support […]

So after almost 3 years of keeping this under wraps, I feel that this is now a good time to share an effort I am very proud to have been involved in; the developmental pilot episode of ASIAN TIGERS. Originally developed after an informal expression of interest from Kevin Dickie, SVP for Content at Discovery […]

When I joined Tolo TV one of my first assignments was Afghan Star, a music program similar to American Idol.   For 10 years this show had given Afghan men and women a precious chance to sing and shine. It remains the most popular TV show in Afghanistan and I relished the challenge of working […]

Dear Colleagues, If you are an Afghan filmmaker based in Afghanistan, please read on. I am currently providing unofficial assistance to one of the programmers for the Locarno Film Festival (LFF) in Switzerland. The Locarno Film Festival is well known worldwide as a festival of discovery. Throughout its history the festival has discovered new trends […]

So proud of my time working with Wajiha, Ahmad, Zubair, Rafi, Javed and Khadijah jan on Baghch-e-Simsim/Sesame Street – Season 4. My sweetest memories of my time at Tolo TV are with this amazing team. It was truly a special thing, having the chance to bring learning and laughter into the homes of families across Afghanistan. Sharing their […]