Paikar

Dutch-Afghan filmmaker Dawood Hilmandi returns to confront his estranged father—a former mujahideen fighter turned imam, writer, and poet—in a search for love, forgiveness, and understanding. Moving between Afghanistan, Iran, and the Netherlands, Paikar explores the invisible legacy of war, silence, and inherited trauma. Through an intimate father-son encounter, the film reveals the tenderness that can endure despite years of distance, conflict, and unspoken pain.