Sadat spoke to Variety about the film. Your previous films were dramas. What made you want to make a rom-com? I wanted to make a romantic comedy because I realized that the popular kind of films about ...

For two weeks, the sound of mortar fire, low flying helicopters and the risk of kidnapping left actor Sam Smith struggling to sleep for more than a few fitful hours a night. "We were staying in a ...

"No Good Men" is the third of a planned five-part series Film likely to reach Afghans despite filmmaking ban Sadat stars as Naru after original actor withdraws unexpectedly BERLIN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - ...

Angelina Jolie, whose directorial debut tackled the 1992-95 Bosnian war, attended the 18th Sarajevo Film Festival on Saturday and became an honorary citizen of the Bosnian capital in recognition of ...

Ahead of the Locarno premiere of 'Forgotten Spaceman,' the London-based actor-director discusses his accidental documentary, a startling family connection and Afghanistan's "buried" history of ...

The creatives behind the films, backed by the grant scheme unveiled last year by Cate Blanchett and IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund, also address displacement and identity. By Georg Szalai Global Business ...

This month, August, marks two years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. It’s no surprise this mess of a war and its aftermath has attracted the attention of filmmakers. The range spans ...

Shahrbanoo Sadat's "No Good Men," which opens the Berlin Film Festival, mixes romance, politics and humor in ways that Afghan cinema has never done before. It's the tale of a camerawoman at a Kabul TV ...

BERLIN: Director and actor Shahrbanoo Sadat says premiering her romantic comedy “No Good Men” in Berlin, where it will open this year’s film festival, is a chance to redress the overwhelmingly grim ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shahrbanoo Sadat’s “No Good Men,” which opens the Berlin Film Festival, mixes romance, politics and humor in ways that Afghan ...