"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."
"As festival director Tricia Tuttle tells DW, even though Berlin is "not afraid of championing and backing very political films films that might create difficult talking points," the more than 200 works in the program feature a diversity of genres from horror to romantic comedies to experimental works. 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.""
The Berlin International Film Festival runs February 12-22 and opens with the Afghan drama No Good Men. Shahrbanoo Sadat's third feature is set on the eve of the 2021 Taliban offensive and follows a TV newsroom camerawoman facing limited romantic prospects in a deeply patriarchal society. The film blends political urgency with romantic comedy. Berlinale balances politically engaged works with a wide range of genres to attract large audiences, having sold a record 336,000 public tickets last year. Festival director Tricia Tuttle emphasizes cinema's political dimensions and the festival's role in supporting a struggling movie industry.
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