Welcome to the 16th. Edition of SAMA International Film Festival Stockholm,Sweden 18-19 October 2025

🎬 Screening Schedule 2025

📅 Saturday, October 18

🌟 Opening Program – Sal 1

13:00 –

• Farda Cultural Club representative Zahir Afshar (5 min)
  
  

🎥 Film Screenings – Sal 1

Part 1

• 13:10 Living With the Taliban – Documentary, Siarhei Marchyk & Witold Repetowicz, Poland, 2024, 53 min
• 14:10 Bint El Shalabiya – Short Film, Saro Heidari, Iran, 2025, 08:08 min
• 14:20 Hozan – Short Fiction, Sana Yozi, Iran, 2025, 07 min
• 14:30 – Break (30 min)

Part 2

• 15:00 The Sweet Perfume – Short Film, Mohammad Reza Mohammadi, Afghanistan/Iran, 2025, 14:53 min
• 15:15 Rashid – Short Film, Bartosz Inglot, Poland, 2025, 16:20 min
• 15:40 Shot: The Voice of Freedom – Documentary, Zainab Entezar, Afghanistan, 2024, 70 min
• 17:00 – Break (30 min)

Part 3

• 17:30 Umit – Short Fiction, Amir Karakulov, Kazakhstan, 2024, 12:49 min
• 17:45 Discussion with actor Mia Tarp 15 min
• 18:00 Afghanistan – Documentary, Farid Rahimi, Italy/Afghanistan, 2025, 73 min
• 19:30 End
  
  

🎥 Film Screenings – Sal 2

Part 1

• 13:00 A Childless Village – Feature Fiction, Reza Jamali, Iran, 2022, 82 min
• 14:25 The Knot – Short Film, Mohammadreza (Oshan) Mahmoodi, Iran, 2025, 12:25 min
• 14:40 Gap – Short Film, Farnaz Farzi, Iran, 2025, 18 min
• 15:00 – Break (30 min)

Part 2

• 15:30 WALLS – Feature Fiction, Gholam Reza Jafari, Afghanistan/Iran, 2023, 75 min
• 16:45 Bauryna Salu – Feature Fiction, Askhat Kuchinchirekov, Kazakhstan, 2023, 79 min
• 18:00 – Break (30 min)

📅 Sunday, October 19

🎥 Film Screenings – Sal 1

Part 1

• 13:00 Edna – Short Film, Ronak Naderi, Sweden, 2025, 11:20 min
• 13:15 Discussion with the director Ronak Naderi 15 min
• 13:30 Boder – Drama/Animation, Mohsen Hossaini, Norway, 2025, 06 min

• 13:40 Discussion with the director Mohsen Hossaini 15 min

• 14:00 I Do My Work – Documentary, Yosef Baraki, Canada/Afghanistan, 2020, 40 min
• 14:40 Champions of the Golden Valley – Documentary, Ben Sturgulewski, USA/Afghanistan/Germany, 2024, 81 min
• 16:00 – Break (30 min)

Part 2

• 16:30 Perfect Restaurant – Short Film, Mahmoud Salimi, Afghanistan, 2025, 10:15 min
• 16:40 Discussion with Mahmoud Salimi
• 17:00 Sima’s Song – Feature Film, Roya Sadat, Netherlands/Spain/France/Taiwan/Greece/Afghanistan, 2024, 98 min
• 18:40 Message from Roya Sadat
• 19:00 – Break (30 min)

Part 3

• 19:30 Jury Presentation (15 min)
• 19:45 Awards Ceremony (45 min)
• 20:00 Live Music
• 21:00 End
  
  

🎥 Film Screenings – Sal 2

Part 1

• 13:00 Finding Mermanjan, Star of the Evening – Documentary, Carlos Miguel Herrera Tapia & Felicia Line, Mexico/UK/India, 2024, 55 min
• 14:00 Red Dream – Feature Fiction, Sohibyor Tolib, Tajikistan, 2025, 76 min
• 15:15 – Break (30 min)

Part 2

• 15:45 Wednesday – Short Film, Sam Javadi, Iran, 2025, 14 min