On August 15, 2021, Afghanistan descends into chaos. In one day, the completion of the withdrawal of Western forces precipitated the debacle of the regime in place: the army vanished, the leaders fled and the Taliban took Kabul without a fight. The great Central Asian country opens a new chapter in its tragic history, twenty years after the "war on terror" launched by George W. Bush in response to the attacks of September 11, 2001. The undisputed masters of 40 million trapped Afghans, the "students of religion" are back and are savoring their revenge by posing as the United States' victors. Their program will surprise no one: to restore the Islamic emirate and set up the "true" sharia, i.e. a perfect world, with divine commandments applied to the letter as in the time of the prophet.

French documentarist Sonia Kronlund follows actor and director Salim Shaheen, an Afghan movie star w...

This documentary on the effect the talent competition "Afghan Star" has on the incredibly diverse in...

The friendship between Christophe de Ponfilly and Commander Massoud, a legendary figure of the Afgha...

Korengal picks up where Restrepo left off; the same men, the same valley, the same commanders, but a...

Women are being jailed, physically violated and at risk of dying as a radical movement tightens its ...

Documentary following a team of technicians in Italy as they reconstruct a number of historic Middle...

An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo B...

The murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by an Islamic extremist in 2004, followed by the publish...

According to the official history of Afghanistan, ruthless destruction has always prevailed over art...
A powerful and poignant film in which families and friends of those who have died fighting in Afghan...

Five Afghan men try to reach Europe. The filmmakers followed them for over six months, filming their...

The eight-year Iran-Iraq War was one of the most brutal conflicts to devastate the region in the 20t...
Annie Goldson and Kay Ellmers’ doco, expanded from the film they made for Maori Television, takes a ...

The Kurdish Iraqi poet and actor Zeravan Khalil travels with his dog through an Alpine gorge after f...

No Greater Love explores a combat deployment through the eyes of an Army chaplain, as he and his men...

A powerful investigation into the political and criminal enterprise of kidnappings as ISIS rose to p...

For the past 12 years, journalist Paul Moreira has travelled extensively in Iraq. In this film, he g...

A single female voice sings of waiting in her garden for her ‘dark-eyed sailor’ to return from war, ...

New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it...

After a soldier back from Afghanistan leaves a message on her machine right before jumping off a bui...