"The Berlin International Film Festival, or Berlinale, which runs this year from February 12-22, opens with an Afghan drama titled "No Good Men." Award-winning director Shahrbanoo Sadat's third feature is set on the eve of the 2021 Taliban offensive and tells the story of a TV newsroom camerawoman who is discouraged by the lack of interesting potential romantic partners in her country's deeply patriarchal society."
"Tuttle feels that "every kind of cinema is political in some ways even if it's a more intimate and personal lens through which you see cultural and social issues in the world." Still, she emphasizes that the event also aims to support a struggling movie industry by attracting a wider audience to the theaters, which is why many films in the program "are just escapist pleasures as well.""
The Berlinale runs February 12-22 and opens with Shahrbanoo Sadat's Afghan drama No Good Men, set on the eve of the 2021 Taliban offensive. The film follows a TV newsroom camerawoman navigating romantic frustration within a deeply patriarchal society and mixes political urgency with romantic comedy. The festival historically emphasizes political cinema while also being one of the world's largest audience festivals, aiming to support a struggling movie industry by drawing viewers back to theaters. The program includes more than 200 works across genres, from horror to experimental films, and features red-carpet premieres in a Berlinale Special section.
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