Overview
- Berlinale will launch on Feb. 12 with the film’s Special Gala at the Berlinale Palast, with the festival running through Feb. 22.
- Set in a Kabul newsroom before the Taliban’s 2021 return, the romantic comedy follows a young camerawoman whose life and work collide under mounting pressures.
- Festival director Tricia Tuttle praised the film’s artistic strength and the risks taken to realize it, framing it as a meaningful opener.
- The feature is an international co-production spanning Germany, France, Norway, Denmark and Afghanistan, with producers including Adomeit Film, La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma, Motlys, Amerikafilm and Wolf Pictures.
- Positioned as the third of five films drawn from Anwar Hashimi’s autobiographical writings, it was shot across Germany and features Hashimi alongside Sadat in the lead role.