Abbas Farzami

Ghulam Abbas Farzami a talented documentary filmmaker was born in 1994 Kabul City, where he pursued his education at the Mahmood Tarzie High School. During his education, Ghulam Abbas was granted a one-month English language and leadership, fellowship (YSEL) to India by American Councils for International Education in 2012.

After successfully completing the YSEL program, he worked as volunteer with different organizations. In early 2013, based on his creativity, interest and volunteer work, he was selected as trainee at Afghan Voices. Afghan Voice was a 6 months long documentary making training, where he made different documentary portraying Afghan’s life. “Highway Football” was one of Abbas’s documentaries that was nominated at the ELBU film festival in Italy.

Currently, he is working as a photojournalist and assistant production at Rumi Consultancy and ANGO (Afghanistan New Generation Organization). His ambition is to become the world’s well-known filmmaker who could bring positive changes in his society.