A few days earlier, a festival of Afghan films was held in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. The objective of this festival was to promote the Afghan film industry and also to introduce the Afghan films to the Afghans especially to their young generation residing in Sweden and even Europe.

The festival was able to catch the attention of many Afghan and Swedish viewers and won their applause and appreciation. The festival continued for two days in the Swedish capital.

Many Afghan films were shown in the festival and some of the worth-mentioning were Fatima Hassani's 'Arzoo', Latif Ahmadi's 'Maskhara', Siddiq Barmak's 'Begana' and Abdul Wakeel Waqar's 'Bad Margha' (Which was also the only Pashto film in the festival). But the film that collected the appreciation of all was Atiq Rahimi's 'Sang-e-Saboor'.

Three movies, 'Bad Margha', 'Muhtarma' and 'Sang-e-Saboor' were based on the condition of Afghan women. In 'Bad Margha', story of a girl has been filmed who is married to an old man after she is given out as a compensation for a murder committed by her brothers. She finds no way except to commit suicide in the end.

'Muhtarma' tells us about the dominant and cruel rule of men in the Afghan society where women are deprived of their rights on the name of religion, culture or traditions.

While 'Sang-e-Saboor' is about the patience of a lady who takes care of her injured husband and exhibits an exemplary patience and tolerance in this regard. 'Muhtarma' and 'Sang-e-Saboor' filled the eyes of viewers many a times.

First ever cartoon film of Afghanistan was also shown in the festival. This cartoon film by name of 'Arzoo' tells us about the story of a boy who suffers a lot to find bread and fill his belly.

The critics also pointed some weak points in these films which were mostly due to the lack of facilities, less investment available for the films and of course due to the lack of experience of Afghan filmmakers.

Anyhow, these films were good enough to represent Afghanistan on an international platform and earn good name and reputation for the country.

Having a look at the zeal and enthusiasm of Afghan filmmakers, it can be said that this industry is going to flourish here and has bright future prospects. It would in return not only provide people with positive means of recreation and entertainment but would also create a lot many job opportunities.