Against oppression, change, and seismic political shifts, a father and his daughter find solace in the seemingly clandestine act of kite flying, in the latest by Afghan filmmaker Tarique Qayumi.

Black Kite

Hassan runs a nonprofit lotto company to treat poor youth with heart diseases. After losing his organization financially and also his mother, due to the political situation, Hassan is left with no choice but to leave the country and join his fiancé Tabasom, who has waited him for seven years in Canada. After feeling hopeless and struggling to adjust in the new country and culture, the young couple decides to follow their dreams and passion and return to their homeland and to re-establish the lotto company in order to help the children again.

Hassan (A Film from Afghanistan)

With the Cold War about to break out in Afghanistan, young, lifelong friends Suraya and Sima must question their life choices and moral principles when they get involved in opposite sides of the conflict.