Afghanistan’s extravagantly prolific director Salim Shaheen is showcased in this affectionate, amusing documentary about an outsized figure making movies in a battle-scarred nation. Shaheen clearly ...

"Hollywood (US), Bollywood (India), Nollywood (Nigeria)... Nothingwood (Afghanistan!)" You don't want to miss this. Vertigo Releasing has debuted an official UK trailer for a documentary titled The ...

This documentary, directed by French radio journalist Sonia Kronlund, revels in the surreal nature of the world’s poorest film industry. Salim Shaheen is a whirlwind of bravado – a former army general ...

There’s Hollywood, there’s Bollywood, but Afghan director and actor Salim Shaheen is the self-proclaimed ‘Prince of Nothingwood’; Afghanistan’s no budget, and pretty non-existent, film industry. It’s ...

A prolific actor-writer-producer-director from Afghanistan, beloved throughout his country, who makes films with no budget. His age is between 51 and 53 - he does not know exactly.

French documentarist Sonia Kronlund follows actor and director Salim Shaheen, an Afghan movie star who produced more than 110 low-budget movies in a country devastated by war.