PAIKAR

Special Features: 2027 Oscar® Selection, Netherlands

Dutch-Afghan filmmaker Dawood Hilmandi returns to confront his estranged father, a former mujahideen fighter turned imam, writer and poet, in a poetic and deeply human search for love, forgiveness, and understanding. PAIKAR moves between Afghanistan, Iran, and the Netherlands, exploring the invisible inheritance of war and silence that shapes generations. Through this intimate father-son encounter, Hilmandi invites the audience to look beyond politics and history, and to rediscover the tenderness that endures within even the most hardened souls. (Note courtesy of Taskovski Films.)

DIR/SCR Dawood Hilmandi; SCR Mohammad Reza Farzad; PROD Frank Hoeve, Katja Draaijer. Netherlands/Afghanistan, 2025, color, 97 min. In Dari and Dutch with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Run Time: 97 Minutes

Opening Date: Friday, December 18, 2026

Genre: Documentary

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