No Good Men

2DORCS/ES12
Director:Shahrbanoo Sadat
Cast:Shahrbanoo Sadat, Anwar Hashimi
Premiere:4. March 2027
Length:104 minutes

No Good Men

Kabul Jan; Shahrbanoo Sadat, 2026, versions: OR,CS/ES,

Finding love in a pile of Ka-bullshit

Director: Shahrbanoo Sadat • Scenario: Shahrbanoo Sadat, Anwar Hashimi • Haircut: Alexandra Strauss • Camera: Virginie Surdej • Sound: Anne Gry Friis Kristensen • Cast: Shahrbanoo Sadat, Anwar Hashimi

Directed by and starring Shahrbanoo Sadat (Wolf and Sheep, SFF 2017), No Good Men is set in Kabul in the time leading up to the Taliban's return to power in 2021. In this period of great political uncertainty and peril, Naru (Sadat) the sole camerawoman at Kabul's main TV station must deal with a personal crisis. Having left her cheating, abusive husband, she struggles against the odds to gain custody of her young son. Add to that the sexism Naru endures in the workplace and in the course of her duties, it is little wonder she feels strongly that there are "no good men" left in Afghanistan. When she is diverted to a serious news story, rather than the 'female content' usually foisted upon her, she works with Qodrat (Anwar Hashimi), Kabul TV's top journalist. While their initial interactions are guarded, the two soon find in each other something alluring. But the backdrop is anything but romantic as the Taliban encroach, and it seems the window of freedom for journalists, women and civil society is about to be sharply shut. Adeptly playing with rom-com conventions, while conveying the sheer terror of a society on the brink of tumult, Sadat has made a film as daring as it is delightful.

Length: 104 min

Year: 2026
Local premiere date: 4. March 2027

Country of origin:

  • France
  • Germany
  • Denmark
  • Norway

Language version:

OR - Original version
CS/ES - Czech and English subtitles
2DCS/ES

15. 10. Thursday

7,00 20:20
2DCS/ES

17. 10. Saturday

7,00 18:00
2DCS/ES

18. 10. Sunday

7,00 15:20
2DCS/ES

19. 10. Monday

7,00 18:00

Finding love in a pile of Ka-bullshit

Director: Shahrbanoo Sadat • Scenario: Shahrbanoo Sadat, Anwar Hashimi • Haircut: Alexandra Strauss • Camera: Virginie Surdej • Sound: Anne Gry Friis Kristensen • Cast: Shahrbanoo Sadat, Anwar Hashimi

Directed by and starring Shahrbanoo Sadat (Wolf and Sheep, SFF 2017), No Good Men is set in Kabul in the time leading up to the Taliban's return to power in 2021. In this period of great political uncertainty and peril, Naru (Sadat) the sole camerawoman at Kabul's main TV station must deal with a personal crisis. Having left her cheating, abusive husband, she struggles against the odds to gain custody of her young son. Add to that the sexism Naru endures in the workplace and in the course of her duties, it is little wonder she feels strongly that there are "no good men" left in Afghanistan. When she is diverted to a serious news story, rather than the 'female content' usually foisted upon her, she works with Qodrat (Anwar Hashimi), Kabul TV's top journalist. While their initial interactions are guarded, the two soon find in each other something alluring. But the backdrop is anything but romantic as the Taliban encroach, and it seems the window of freedom for journalists, women and civil society is about to be sharply shut. Adeptly playing with rom-com conventions, while conveying the sheer terror of a society on the brink of tumult, Sadat has made a film as daring as it is delightful.

Year: 2026
Local premiere date: 4. March 2027

Country of origin:

  • France
  • Germany
  • Denmark
  • Norway

Language version:

OR - Original version
CS/ES - Czech and English subtitles


Programme

2DCS/ES

15. 10. Thursday

K1
7,00 €20:20
2DCS/ES

17. 10. Saturday

K1
7,00 €18:00
2DCS/ES

18. 10. Sunday

K1
7,00 €15:20
2DCS/ES

19. 10. Monday

K2
7,00 €18:00