Editing Buzkashi (section)

===In film===
A number of films also reference the game. 
''[[:fr: La Passe du Diable|La Passe du Diable]]'', a French 1956 film by Jacques Dupont and Pierre Schoendoerfer, concerns Buzkashi players. ''[[The Horsemen (1971 film)|The Horsemen]]'' (1971) starring [[Jack Palance]] and [[Omar Sharif]] as father and son is centered on the game. Both ''La Passe du Diable'' and ''The Horseman'' are based on a novel by [[Joseph Kessel]]. 
In ''[[Rambo III]]'' (1988), directed by [[Peter MacDonald (film director)|Peter MacDonald]], [[John Rambo]] (played by [[Sylvester Stallone]]) was shown in a sequence playing and scoring in a buzkashi with his [[mujahideen]] friends when suddenly they were attacked by Soviet forces.  The [[Tom Selleck]] film ''[[High Road to China (film)|High Road to China]]'' (1983) features a spirited game of buzkashi. Buzkashi is described at length in Episode 2, "The Harvest of the Seasons", of the documentary ''[[The Ascent of Man]]'' by [[Jacob Bronowski]]. It is put in the context of the [[domestication of the horse]] and the effect of [[Nomadic empire|nomadic warbands and raiders]] on agricultural settlements. The film includes several scenes from a game in Afghanistan. The opening scenes of the Indian film ''[[Khuda Gawah]]'' (1992), which was filmed in [[Afghanistan]] and [[India]], show actors [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and [[Sridevi]] engaged in the game. The game also shown in other Indian films like ''[[Kabul Express]]'' (2006) and [[Sahasam (2013 film)|''Sahasam'']] (2013).

The 2012 joint international-Afghan short film ''[[Buzkashi Boys]]'' depicts a fictional story centered on the game, and has won awards at several international film festivals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/11/14349378-beyond-the-bombs-afghanistans-toughest-sport-also-source-of-hope |title=Beyond the bombs: Afghanistan's toughest sport also source of hope – World News |publisher=Worldnews.nbcnews.com |access-date=2013-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531011727/http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/11/14349378-beyond-the-bombs-afghanistans-toughest-sport-also-source-of-hope |archive-date=2013-05-31 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On January 10, 2013, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated ''Buzkashi Boys'' for an Oscar in the category of Short Film (Live Action) for the [[85th Academy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/85/nominees.html |title=Nominees for the 85th Academy Awards &#124; Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences |publisher=Oscars.org |date=2012-08-24 |access-date=2013-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053814/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/85/nominees.html |archive-date=2013-09-21 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Venerated Buzkashi (ulak tartysh in Kyrgyz) player, 82 year old veteran school teacher Khamid Boronov stars in 2016 feature documentary film ''[https://www.facebook.com/lettersfromthepamirs/ Letters from the Pamirs]'' by Janyl Jusupjan. Famed Buzkashi players of Jaylgan village Shamsidin and Kazyke appear in a sequence to show the elements of Buzkashi to kids from a town. A spirited Buzkashi match is one of the last episodes of the film made in Jerge-Tal Kyrgyz region in Tajikistan's north.