Director . Writer
Amin Palangi
Over the last ten years, Amin has gained extensive industry and educational experience, working and teaching in the film, television and computer industries. He has produced Films, Documentaries and Animations that have been screened and awarded at prestigious film festivals across Australia and internationally.
latest projects
Title: Promises of Hope
Role: Director, Writer, Producer
Production: Palangi Production
Duration: 56 minutes
recent news
February 8, 2010
A WITNESS TO HORROR
By Virginia Haussegger
“...Sydney filmmaker Amin Palangi kept his head down and his eye behind the camera as he filmed shocking scenes of burned young women and girls being treated in Afghan hospitals. Back in 2006, before the rest of the world was prepared to acknowledge that self-immolation by women is on the rise in Afghanistan, Palangi and his producer wife Sanaz, who both speak Dari, took themselves to Afghanistan and roamed through hospital wards...”
Read more on The Sydney Morning Herald.
Watch the trailer for the documentary >>
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November 4, 2009
Train the Trainer : LAUNCH
The Digi Diaries / Train the Trainer project involved intensive training in digital storytelling production and facilitation for a diverse group of creative and cultural leaders from Western Sydney. Information and cultural exchange undertook the project to support the creative and professional development of artists interested in working with the medium.
Watch the clips: http://www.ice.org.au
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August 19, 2009
VAFADAR : WEBSITE LAUNCH
FInally Vafadar gets its own home page.
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July 02, 2009
7:30 REPORT: MAHBOBA’S PROMISE
After almost three decades of bloody conflict, Afghanistan has one of the highest rates of widowhood in the world, and more than one and half million orphans. It takes a brave woman to roll up her sleeves and dedicate her life to fixing the problem.
Watch the clip: http://www.abc.net.au/7.30
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May 15, 2009
STATELINE: A HAVEN OF HOPE ADMIST WAR-TORN KABUL
ABC News presenter Virginia Haussegger travelled to Afghanistan to visit an orphanage providing hope amidst war-torn Kabul.
Watch the clip: http://www.abc.net.au