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Two young Iranian girls sit closely together and look into the lens of a camera. They are pictured in closeup.

A World of Creative Documentaries at IDFA 2025

by Megan Durnford
November 21, 2025
Festivals

Highlights from IDFA 2025 include documentaries like A Fox Under a Pink Moon, Synthetic Sincerity, Flood, All My Sisters, and Memory.

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Filmmaker Brishkay Ahmed and participant Vida Samadzai have a discussion in a dressing room. They are sitting in front of two mirrors framed with light bulbs.

In the Room Trailer: New Doc Spotlights Resilience of Afghan Women

by Pat Mullen
September 23, 2025
Features

Watch the first trailer for In the Room, director Brishkay Ahmed's documentary about the resilience of Afghan women who fight for equality.

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Writing Hawa Review: Where Literacy Meets Advocacy

by Susan G. Cole
May 1, 2025August 5, 2025
Hot Docs/Reviews

Writing Hawa examines the plight of women's rights in Afghanistan as one filmmaker observes her mother's quest for literacy.

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Manizha Bakhtari, an Afghan woman, stands in an elevator. She is wearing a dark suit with a pink and yellow checkered scarf.

The Last Ambassador Review: Returning Our Attention to Afghanistan

by Rachel Ho
May 1, 2025
Hot Docs/Reviews

Powerful documentary The Last Ambassador observes Manizha Bakhtari, Afghanistan's only female ambassador, as she fights for women's voices back home.

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Hollywoodgate Review: Observing Boys with Their Toys

by Pat Mullen
December 20, 2024
Reviews

In Hollywoodgate, Ibrahim Nash'at observes the Taliban's return to power for one year following the U.S. troops withdrawal of August 2021.

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The Sharp Edge of Peace Review: Women’s Rights, in Retrospect

by Rachel Ho
May 2, 2024
Hot Docs/Reviews

Four women lead peace talks and conversations about women's rights leading up to the withdrawal of American troops in The Sharp Edge of Peace.

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Afghan Women Lead the Fight for Gender Equality in An Unfinished Journey

by Pat Mullen
April 26, 2024October 3, 2024
Features/Hot Docs/Interviews

An interview with An Unfinished Journey directors Aeyliya Husain and Amie Williams on their documentary about Afghan women fighting to women's rights.

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In Her Hands Directors Tamana Ayazi and Marcel Mettelsiefen Capture Afghan Women’s Strength

by Pat Mullen
November 16, 2022
Interviews/TIFF

An interview with In Her Hands directors Tamana Ayazi and Marcel Mettelsiefen about profiling young mayor Zarifa Ghafari as she fights for the rights of Afghan women amid the Taliban's resurgence.

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And Still I Sing Review: The Sound of Bravery

by Pat Mullen
October 20, 2022
Reviews

And Still I Sing chronicles the story of three women involved with the hit show Afghan Star as they give voice to a generation of women.

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In Her Hands Review: Women on the Frontlines

by Pat Mullen
September 13, 2022
Reviews/TIFF

In Her Hands is a powerful portrait of former mayor Zarifa Ghafari and the fight for women's rights in contemporary Afghanistan.

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