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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Overview of articles

  • The Orphanage

    Bollywood-film nostalgia colours the experiences of fifteen-year-old Qodrat, who ends up in an orphanage during Afghanistan’s 1980s Soviet-oriented period.
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  • Kabul Jan

    In the romantic dramedy Kabul Jan, a young camera-operator falls head over heels in love with a married TV reporter, who is twice her a
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  • Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi

    The nightmare of a documentary maker in Afghanistan: during shooting, the Taliban decapitates your protagonist. Ian Olds (Occupation: Dreamland) wante
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  • Mon Kaboul

    Fascinating conversations between a taxi driver and his passengers about their experiences during the various wars that have been fought in Afghanista
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  • Unfinished Sky

    Socially critical love drama with a thriller plot. An Afghan refugee turns up battered in the yard of an Australian farmer who gradually becomes willi
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  • Lettre à Théo

    The unfinished film recordings Theo Angelopoulos left behind when he died in 2012, finally result in a complete and surprisingly contemporary film.
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  • Not at Home

    In Kabul, tensions within a family keep on increasing as tradition and reality clash. In Germany, an Afghan girl waits in a desolate refugee centre.…
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  • The Orphanage

    Bollywood-film nostalgia colours the experiences of fifteen-year-old Qodrat, who ends up in an orphanage during Afghanistan’s 1980s Soviet-oriented pe
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  • Smile & Wave

    Lucid documentary sketch of Dutch soldiers who went to Afghanistan in 2002, their dilemmas and communication problems in a strange culture.
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  • Radio Dreams

    It’s a big day for the little radio station Pars Radio, broadcasting in Persian from San Francisco: Metallica is going to jam in the studio…
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