Kamal ALJAFARI

Afghanistan director
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Biography

Kamal Aljafari is a Palestinian filmmaker and visual artist known for experimental documentary cinema. A graduate of Cologne’s Academy of Media Arts, Aljafari has held teaching positions at The New School in New York and Berlin’s Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie. His practice has been supported by numerous fellowships, including Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute (2009-2010) and Columbia University’s Institute for Ideas and Imagination (2024-25). His feature-length documentary, A Fidai Film (2024), screened at major festivals worldwide and garnered fifteen international awards.

Filmography

  • With Hasan in Gaza (documentary) 2025
  • UNDR (short) 2024
  • A Fidai Film (documentary) 2024