The Forbidden Reel

20191 h 59 min 54 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Ariel Nasr

Production: Sergeo Kirby (Loaded Pictures)Kat Baulu (National Film Board of Canada)Annette Clarke (National Film Board of Canada)Jane Jankovic (TVOntario)Linda Fong (TVOntario)Ariel Nasr (Loaded Pictures)Stacey Tenenbaum (Loaded Pictures)Fiona Lawson Baker (AlJazeera)

Script: Ariel Nasr

A Loaded Pictures and National Film Board of Canada Production.

Driven to create amidst war and chaos, Afghan filmmakers gave birth to an extraordinary national cinema. Driven to destroy, Taliban extremists set out to torch that legacy.

Marvelling in the beauty and fragile power of movies, Afghan-Canadian director Ariel Nasr crafts a thrilling and utterly original story of modern Afghanistan.

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Subject categories


  • Developing Countries > AsiaWar, Conflict and Peace
  • War, Conflict and Peace > Asia
  • Film and Video Arts > Cinema, Television and Video
  • Media and Communication > Libraries and Archives
  • Media Education > Documentary FilmFilm and Video Production
  • Ethics and Religious Culture > Ethical Values

Credits


featuring
Latif Ahmadi
Habib
Mariam Ghani
Ibrahim Arify
Isaaq Nezami
Mahmood
Siddiq Barmak
Yasmin Yarmal
Yusuf Jannesar
writer
Ariel Nasr
director
Ariel Nasr
editor
Annie Jean
cinematographer
Duraid Munajim
music composer
Olivier Alary
sound designer
Marie-Pierre Grenier
producer
Sergeo Kirby
Kat Baulu
executive producer
Sergeo Kirby
Annette Clarke
Jane Jankovic
Fiona Lawson Baker
production executive
Linda Fong
co-producer
Ariel Nasr
associate producer
Stacey Tenenbaum
development producer
Noelle Sorbara
Paul D. McNeill
additional camera
Jonathan Saruk
Ariel Nasr
Jordan Byron
Pablo Alvarez-Mesa
Hassan Nikzad
Parwiz Arify
Marie-Cecile Dietlin
Sergeo Kirby
Pierre-François Didek
sound
Sergeo Kirby
Emory Murchison
Karl Niaudot
musician
Olivier Alary
Johannes Malfatti
John Corban
Jean-Christophe Lizotte
Erik Hove
production manager
Mylene Chalifoux
Charles Faubert
David Noreau
Saleem Yousofzada
production coordinator
Gaël Cheval
Christine Williams
Mylène Augustin
Larissa Christoforo
Hugo Cisterne
Maylis Roussel
Kazim Farnood
production assistant
Zion Lipstein-Saffer
Benjamin Payet
Ali Atia Aldaradji
research
Ariel Nasr
additional research
Aisha Jama
Soraya Atayee
senior production coordinator
Camila Blos
Kelly Davis
Cheryl Murgatroyd
studio administrator
Leslie Anne Poyntz
Camila Blos
grip
Yacine Siaci
simultaneous translation
Amanullah Mojadidi
Tawfiq M. Qasim Faiz
Anwar Hareb
Ali M Latifi
field producer
David Wahab
assistant production manager
Hamid Mohammadi Fazlyar
art department
Arshad Khan
Paola Ridolfi
assistant to art department
Khaled Aziz
key gaffer
Jamil Ghanizada
grip team
Jamil Dakohai
Salaam Yousofzai
Safiulla Sadiqi
Zakarya Amin
second camera
Hassan Nikzad
best boy
Tamin Omari
driver
Hameed Yousofzada
cook
Masoud Saadati
cast
Abdurahman
Ahmed Zahed
Najebullah
Abdul Rasool Khalaqi
Hamsafar Azam
Khaled Aziz
Mohamad Yaqood
Farooq Ghulam Baraki
Jamil Dakohai
Safiulla Sadiqi
Zakarya Amin
Koko Gul
additional editor
Eve LeClair
first assistant editor
Francis Bernier
assistant editor
Gilda Pourjabar
Gordon Hashimoto
Nikolaos Nikolaidis
Carlos Cortes
Patrice Arsenault
dialogue editor
Luc Bouchard
technical supervisor
Keith Pattington
Francis Bernier
title design
Hadi Jamali
still photography
Sergeo Kirby
Ariel Nasr
online editor
Serge Verreault
digital imaging specialist
Mélanie Bouchard
Jacques Bertrand Simard
foley recording
Geoffrey Mitchell
foley artist
Karla Baumgardner
re-recording
Jean-Paul Vialard
digital editing technician
Isabelle Painchaud
Pierre Dupont
Patrick Trahan
technical coordinator
Daniel Lord
Jean-François Laprise
Christopher MacIntosh
Mira Mailhot
technical edit coordinator
Kevin Riley
translator
Ali Karimi
Fawad Popalyar
Fazila Amiri
Mariam Parwanta
Mohammad Ali Askar
Naghmeh Sarvaran
Narges Haghighat
Power of Babel
Raheleh Salim
Soraya Atayee
Sayed Hashimi
subtitles
Ariel Nasr
Annie Jean
Soraya Atayee
producer's assistant
Charles Beaudette
bookkeeper
Margaret Terreau
tax credit administration
Amy Miller
business affairs
Mary Graziano
Brent McColl
legal counsel
Peter Kallianiotis
Dominique Aubry
Vanessa Loubineau
production insurance
Globalex
marketing manager
Johanna Lessard
marketing coordinator
Jolène Lessard
marketing editor
Nabil Mehchi
Susan Shanks
Jeremiah Hayes
Angel Trasgallo Carpio
head, festivals and audience development
Élise Labbé
publicist
Jennifer Mair
Patricia Dillon-Moore
executive director
André Picard
head, Technical resources
Claude Brien
Louis Dupuis
director, Research & Development
Jimmy Fournier
supervisor, Conservation
Marie-France Rousseau
technician digitization and conservation
Steven Woloshen
Nathalie Dallaire
William Holley
Diane Dumas
Aldo La Ricca
Martin Forget
technician, sound transfer
Pierre St-Germain
vp current affairs and documentaries
John Ferri
commissioning editor
Reem Haddad
production support
Maria Costea
directeur, planification, gestion et acquisition de contenus, Information
Fabrice Brasier
réalisateur-coordonnateur, Documentaires
Georges Amar

Awards


  • Rogers Audience Award (ex aequo with The Walrus and the Whistleblower, 9/11 Kids, First We Eat and There's No Place Like This, Anyplace)Hot Docs
  • Special MentionRencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal