Director: Pål Hollender

Region: Sweden

Year of Production: 2011

Running Time: 84min

Finding Ali unveils the occupation of Afghanistan, the logical development of mistrust, disappointment and rage from ordinary Afghans against the U.S.A. and the Nato. They were promised peace and development, but were given a brutal “War against Terror”. Will Ali still be as open-hearted and hopeful as he was when he was nine years old? Is he still alive? Being welcomed with open arms by the Afghans a decade ago, the filmmaker now experiences an overwhelming feeling of rejection, painfully culminating in a roadside attempt on his life. Without sentimental trickery Finding Ali brings you closer to understanding the people enduring life in Afghanistan.

2012 FIPATEL Film Festival-France

2012 Films from the South-Norway

2011 Gothenburg International Film Festival-Sweden

Pål Anders Jörgen Hollender (born 20 July 1968 in Lidköping, Sweden) is a Swedish film director and performance artist. Hollender is known foremost for his controversial documentaries. Pelle polis (Pelle the Policeman) (1998) that dealt with issues of power and pederasty (with autobiographical remarks) was denied airing on TVs. His 2001 documentary Buy Bye Beauty about the Swedish interference in Latvian sex industry was condemned by Latvian authorities. Hollender became known through his participation in the 1998 edition of the reality show Expedition Robinson on SVT, he also participated in the 2003 edition.