Malek Shafi'i

Malek Shafi'i
Malek Shafi'i

whit Golden Minbar Award
Born March 27, 1971
Afghanistan, Qarabagh, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
Occupation Filmmaker- Festival Organizer

Malek Shafi’i(Dari:ملک شفیعی) is a film director.

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Biography

Born in 1971, Shafi’i has been making documentary films in and outside of Afghanistan for the last 8 years. He completed his education at Baagh Ferdaws Islamic Film making Center in 1999 in Iran, and additionally attended a film production course in the Netherlands. Coming back to Afghanistan after 20 years of exile, it is five years he has been living in Kabul, where he launched the Afghanistan Cinema Club BASA Film. He also worked as a senior adviser for the Radio Television of Afghanistan. He has made about 30 films; some of them received international film awards from different countries.Up to the parliament (2005) , Drought in Hazarajat (2003), Pamir Territory (2003), and End of the Earth (2001) is the filmmaker’s most renowned works. Malek also organizing International Film Festival Kabul and second take Film Festival, for more info about him: BASA Film and Kabul Film Festival

He is married to Azra Jafari who became Afghanistan's first female mayor in December 2008 when President Karzai appointed her mayor of Nili, in Daykundi Province.

Activities

  • Making of Three parts of documentary film of "Rawayati Hejr"(Tale of migration)
  • Documentary film of Asiaye kochak (small Asia)
  • Making of documentary film of Afghanistan ghalbe Asia (Afghanistan the heart of Asia) in six parts for an Arabic TV.
  • Film taking of kite and the brown parcel
  • Twelve years experience in story and article writing in Afghanistan and Iran Magazines.
  • Participation Afghan Abad (Heritable Afghan) In Gutenberg of Sweden and Amsterdam of Holland (IDFA) film festivals in 2000.
  • CheraghayeRabete (communication lights) in Tehran Fajr film festival in 2002.
  • Nan avaran kochak (small workers) in special showing of Berlin film festival (Kabul-Tehran) of German in 2004.
  • Making of a forty minutes documentary about 11 September event and Afghan refugees in European countries that its name is Entehaye Zamin (the end of the land) showed to Afghanistan film festival Köln/Germany in 2005. One of two important films in Anti war Film festival 2005 in Canada.
  • Making of a thirty minutes documentary its name is Drought in Hazarajat. Showed to Kish International film festival /2004 and won the golden plaque also this film showed to FICC filmfestival in Italy/2005
  • Making of a 39 minutes documentary its name is Pamir territory

Pamir territory (A group of film makers intend to travel to the farthest region of Afghanistan "Wakhan district of Badakhshan province" on the pretext of election. They pass from Faiz Abad and Eshkashem paths and as for as reaching to Wakhan take film from the people lives in the elections day. In spite of an unprecedented snow in the Election Day, people participate in election days. The elections take place in a complete security and the film maker group return on their feet. Pamir Territory won best non fiction film from Kazan international film festival (Golden Minbar) in 2006 and participial in Berlin Asia Pacific film festival in 2006

  • Making of a documentary film (Up to the Parliament) about the life, campaigning and politically idea of three women of parliament candidates to three provinces. Participial in FICC (IFFS) in Italy in 2006

Festival Organizer

  • 2- 3rd International Documentary and Short Film Festival Kabul 2007/ 2008
  • Second Take Film Festival 2008
  • Autumn Human Rights Film Festival

Jury Member Of Film Festival

  • Jury Member of second International Documentary and Short Film Festival Kabul
  • Jury Member of Tolo TV Film Festival Tolo TV
  • Amnesty Award Jury Member of CPH:DOX 2008

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Award

  • Best Non-fiction Film Prize for Pamir Territory MFMK
  • Best Non-fiction Film Prize for End of the Earth from Kabul Film Festival First

Interview

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