not shut up, they will not stop telling their stories. aren't 21. next on dw, we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. romantic corner tread hotspot for food and some great cultural memorials to boot. d w. travel off we go against an trade on screen the face of the country beyond the cliche. with the films produced, he reflect the country social conflicts. the focus is usually on women

pod. so they have shaped afghan cinema of the past 20 years. as female stars, in dramas, as directors, and as produces of award winning films. fact since the taliban reclaimed parent august 2021. everything has changed. over with mamma. will create cinema takes into account islamic values, national traditions and afghan culture. the radical islamic taliban has deprived women of their basic human rights, and films are becoming tools for propaganda. is this the end of afghan cinema? ah, lethal make as we are now in exile cover to the dis, movies. we contents the mind of the people's painting, different for short movie culture had established itself in afghanistan with women

as major contributors. royal sadat ah, safa cutty, me. ringback busy ah, we profile 2 of the country's most prominent female filmmakers who have been fighting for afghans cinema. for many years. we explain how afghans cinema developed into a serious film culture ah, will show how female filmmakers managed to save themselves from the taliban. since early on they've had to learn how to fight back. we'll see how they support and protect each other and how afghan cinema lives on in exile.

to understand how afghanistan strong, female driven film seen developed, we go back to 1989 at soviet troops leave afghanistan up to 10 years of occupation . a bloody civil war begins. 4 years later, the taliban takes over the regime of presses, women and bands any form of art. in response to the september 11th, 2001 attacks the u. s. and its allies pushed back against the taliban. but the islamist extremists remain still controlling rural parts of the country. shooting films in afghanistan during this time, especially outside of the cities, is dangerous. bought, royal saddam from herat dares to do it anyway. she taught herself the basics of filmmaking through reading and learned the rest directly on set her films tell the stories of afghan women like sariah lease officer from carlos

o. and she wants to help a woman who has been sentenced to death by village elders for adultery. in doing so . she herself comes into conflict with the powerful tribal leaders saying that i ma hm. well, you said you don't global to listen. you got vocal of joy order. sure. i've got here. heard him. i've been to target him. drop a done. we almost ultima i guido nasha mobil 4. they don't, can him. the fool shows how freedom and the rule of law are undone by tribal traditions and an extremely conservative interpretation of islam. this especially affects women who break that convention like sadat herself, for whom cinema is everything.

making a fellow making not to like it kind of work for me it's, it's a hall my life. she made her 1st film after afghanistan was liberated from the taliban in 2001. in her early twenties, she became one of the country's 1st female directors, a role model for many young afghan women, and a pioneer of afghan cinema. together with her sister aka documentary filmmaker and her husband, a film lecture at cobble university, she founded her own production company. the royal film house has been assured she has produced more than 30 documentary films and television shows, showing the injustices in the lives of afghan women and their strength and courage them. and her latest work, she profiles for women's rights activists. and they will try to their rights and i wouldn't be one of them. this has to be one united country with all of us. all women, old men the van above grandest on

always and the headline of the news everywhere. there are just only a victims and also adorned of position that the always the man and political man did give this, this decision for name to this movies for sure. we can, we can change even in the mind of the peoples, to, to think differently about that in 2013, to make these films accessible to afghanistan's female audience. so that created the herat international women's film festival. it became a meeting point for the countries. female filmmakers including director sarah curry . me kelly me was born in turan as only lived in afghanistan since 2012. a family fled

from afghanistan to run before she was born. all my life. why was it a few g somehow? if you do it on a few eunice lamarche or an i didn't have this feeling of being in home very much with me. this experience, my return, trav, honest on, gave me a very unique her feeling of being in home cut. amy studied at the film academy in bratislava where she earned her doctorate. but she wants to shoes and tell her stories right here in cobbled i wanted to be a storyteller of my own people, especially women of afghanistan. i wanted to see in 1st hand, what is going on inside my country. i 3 women are at the center of her latest film. ah, the women of strangers, but they share a common destiny. hey, this is nebraska, but to have it empty covered because stephen,

i mean that the membership bishop left them a privileged or not all 3 of them. bristol, at the patriarchal structures in their country. this is the look into the daily lives of millions of afghan women, ranita, carry me travel throughout the country for 2 years, collecting stories, private donations, financed to shoot. and in the rainy and production company eventually covered the rest of the production cost. ah, but she doesn't just want to tell stories. she also wants to promote cinema in afghanistan. in 2019, she won the bid to become president of the state film organisation act and film becoming the 1st woman to head the institution. again, film supports new productions and houses the country's entire film archive. at least what's left of it. afghan cinema is once again suffering from the taliban oppression.

he is the new president of afghan film installed by the taliban. a amazon in films that have been produced in the past 2 decades, have been contrary to his lama tradition liana novel. and what was that accurate from the beginning afghan cinema has been shaped by regime changes in the country, but has survived even the greatest of upheavals. p, the country's 1st cinema opened in cobble in 19341 of the 1st and can film production tells the story of a young villager with soft images. in the 19 sixty's at cinemark canister, at least in the cities, experienced an upswing. the state film organisation was founded and several movie theaters were built. the 1st kind of films made that if you, in the 1980s at that time, afghanistan was under soviet occupation,

cinema was encouraged, but also controlled and sense it. a lot of money was invested, making elaborate films like epic of love possible. but the 1st television role came a dark era, many films were destroyed and cinema was banned. but after the islamists were asked it in 2001, a new era began. movie theaters reopened, film make is could pursue their passions. ah, lo, budget productions in bollywood style enjoyed great popularity that was shot in small film studios like this one in july labatte in the northeast of the country. afghan filmmakers likes to do it by mark, have taken the international cinema seen by storm. his feature film osama one, several awards ah, and there are plenty of women besides royal saddam and sa, half cut amy, for example,

shout about new said at all. madame connie they all want to tell the country stories, gang international recognition at film festivals. the tele bands return to power marks another difficult time the emerging cultural scene and its main players are in danger. on august 15th 2021 at the taliban recap, should the capital cobble islamist had been advancing from province to province since nato forces began withdrawing. hundreds of thousands of people desperately tried to flee. these were days of fear for sarah coming as well. for the shot. he does have a gift with dish,

with one of them to stay or go. what other remaining escape routes vital decisions had to be made in a very short time. i knew that in my life really been than europe if i stay. and if i need a long so my family with anger. so i decided to leave. i left everything behind my my home i of course on my was my dream averaging 2 days after the fall of cobble family managed to escape through fidel is currently in the united states. she follows the news of her homeland from afar. suddenly i see that the call of on captured the city and after 2 days, the capture all the cobble and other cities, it was and believe it was like you just watch

a video table and movies. she was only going to stay for a few weeks to prepare a directorial work to seattle all probably there she will stage a 1000 splendid sons based on the best selling novel by african writer. 100 placene washington has become hung in exile me. it's really hard moment for my generation like me, the start from 0 to the war goody hard. during this 20 years, we not only use the shipment when use our line, our country did as a people died. did it a people they don't have you and they don't have the colleagues creamy ended up in run them after fleeing canister, and she received

a gift professorship at a state film school. ah, i'm very good that i have this opportunity to share my experience as an f one for making with the students that help. ready me to, to heal my want, my pain what will happen next in the lives of the women who stayed in afghanistan work. a concept is being prepared. this matter will be resolved as soon as possible to decrease appear at targeting women. female afghans can only study if they have no contact with men. secondary goals, schools are closed. women are no longer allowed to drive a loan for long distances and no longer travel by plane without the company of their husbands. the decree that women must cover, at least their heads and faces in public, sparks protests across the country. but even so,

more and more women are disappearing from public spaces. almost all afghan women share the experience that men determine what goes on in their own lives. being a woman in such a traditional and potter cult society and especially an independent woman, it is, it is not easy. it was that one of the biggest, the struggles that i, i had under the taliban. she risked her life now. she wants to support those who have not yet managed to escape. she makes a call to cobble vas yet, what is the situation to women go outside or not at all? how are they being treated moment as funny, or should they me not, or unfortunately, i no longer have any optimism at all. ah, i see to produce is an artist and former director of the legendary arrianna in

cobble the 2nd notice cinema in the country. as guns foresaw christening by the last that was my brother and i left home to get something important by on my panel. i hadn't, i mean, oh boy, the shot of my brother was driving them and i was in the back of car, alabama. alaska key as phenomena in the senate in the taliban stopped us and questioned my brother in law, which that they asked who he was taking with him. my mom thought was thought he said this is my sister in law them. but the taliban replied yes. how do i know if that is your sister or some one else? yes, she drew yet her before friday, as vicky yenny yet not even a brother and sister have the right to go out or buy anything without being bothered to our town. but a woman has no right to have

a job. and so she has to stay close to home for now. why was she has to do the cooking and housework? there was nothing else lab, but i hate soft promises to help us eat a flea, afghanistan. they plan to stay in touch in royal so dad can relate to a seat, his experiences of living under the taliban. she often encountered resistance in her family as well. it was very hard but but my father turned to the stand by the i'm doing and if my uncle for a long time, he don't came to our home because when i go for shooting, some i'm is celeste. cannon can answer the courage to make films against all odds was depicted in this documentary from 2000 a night shot by spanish director alba. so taura,

it tells how royal saddam explores and breaks through the narrow limits of patriarchal society. but on one side of on the letter, it didn't even get them under him. it was in a giggle as in the making them on the honda. how did he turned on pushy of the big available cheyenne bush? i've been with you in a little odd sort of fun while the max of a highly muscular by the zone to hope so on the plan above this a month. i little more with have a so my this is amy megan, this is roy sedan and the alba flora have since been closely connected privately and professionally to day cetera is the co producer of satellites new film, a forgotten history. filming on location in afghanistan had to be cancelled for giving up is out of the question that he's already and the so for the final shooting was equal. and we also have the ocean mission in a studio soon. right now, da cool. so they're in different county,

they're cracked as the female at axis, the actor, they are in defend location, different country. and the situation is also not clear that they can travel or nod . this is a hot part of their production for this movie. people are fly shin to keep afghan cinema alive from abroad. but what about in afghanistan itself? the taliban claim it treats the country's film history with respect. they say there will be no destruction of fillmore bands on pitches this time around. the archive of afghan film is very important and has historical significance. it's completely secured in the presidential palace. no one has access there who could damage it, was it sounds hopeful, but the fact is all film productions around the country have been cancelled and cinemas are closed. and november 2021 to cree prohibits the television,

screening of films and series featuring women, or any content that contradicts sharia law. ah, only propaganda videos of produce. now, even though most afghan directors have now left the country, their strongest works of the past to death, it's remain at can cinema lives on abroad. as seen here at the do hoc international film festival in the autonomous region of kurdistan. it's a refuge for curds who are subject to oppression and censorship. in many countries, cinema plays a special role here as a sign of solidarity. the festival dedicates a separate section to ask and cinema sarah her. amy is also showing her latest film here. seen i'm on is somehow our only form to fight against the bottle. it is the program also includes award winning kurdish productions such as

the opening film look up a deep insight into a rocky society, marked by patriarchal structures and corruption of note in here. the president of the international jury is one of the most important directors in afghan film history. ah, begin to just see the boy more boston or cinema undoubtedly reflects all events that we experience. it mirrors our lives larger and that's why afghan cinema, as well as kurdish cinema tells about the deep pain of the population throughout history was uploaded already spoke with his most successful film bar, mac will counts the dramatic years during the taliban 1st reign of terror in the late ninety's ninety's. he used amateur actors. women were not allowed to work or leave the house alone at this time. those without my family members risk starvation . a single mother has no choice but to disguise her daughter as a boy or sama becomes her name. but when she is forced to attend religious classes,

her disguise is discovered. the sharia court decides her fate. over her la, added you mother closure, you were gonna answer them like low double ago cover. okay, now i i put in 2004, seduce by mac, received a golden globe for this film among other awards. he's convinced that the creativity of afghan direct is, is a result of the difficult production conditions that they face in his country.

sought the film us, i've seen a lawyer get the most of our filmmakers see, especially the young filmmakers don't have producers o dot in the buddha to yolanda so they try to find various other ways of turning their ideas and concepts for cinema into reality. all on the so usually that's, you know, mobile to, well, what it was in each one of these filmmakers are internationally recognized, but have been forced to live and work far away from their homeland. unfortunately, this is a common fight for many afghan directors, including marty m. ghani, the daughter of former afghan president, ash raf, connie. she lives in the u. s. her films deal with the less known chapters of afghanistan's history. her best known work is about 5 unfinished films may june communist rule in afghanistan, films that stand somewhere between us and propaganda. the movie shows what the

filmmakers put up with in order to be able to work. for example, shooting with real ammunition because blanks were not available. regular runs or 5 shall run. muslims love to fight major them. you know, alaysyah doesn't go on with a miss johnson. on settlement the, i'm all, i'm all that from shall yet want assumption hold 0. the unique children that love and go, director charbonneau said, had fled to hamburg after the taliban took over. her 1st feature film premier had incurred in 2016. and in her 2nd work which one multiple awards, she managed to show up canister in a different light. a 15 year old dreams of a career as a bollywood star on the streets of 19 eighties. cobble ah

b ah. the filmmakers of afghanistan and even more so the female directors a used to struggling in order to make their films, they process their hardships through their work. when we succeed to get out from the airport, i decided to write about it. then i share it with the producer and i told her that i want to make film about those hours. it is about her, our struggles to get to her equation flight the taliban, limited filmmakers are art, is. it doesn't mean that we are going to be able to stop. we will continue all. and i will tell our stories from different perspective napkins. leading filmmakers a deeply rooted in the countries film history. with global recognition and networks,

they continue to shape and developers. and many of them are not willing to give up afghans. cinema will live on an act. and filmmakers have shown that they won't be stopped even by the taliban. where you moved by our story about afghan filmmakers. tell us what you think in the comments and hit the subscribe button to dig deeper with us. ah ah, with

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