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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