| The Forbidden Reel | |
| Director: | Ariel Nasr |
| Producer: | Katherine Baulu Sergeo Kirby Ariel Nasr |
| Music: | Olivier Alary Johannes Malfatti |
| Cinematography: | Pablo Alvarez-Mesa Duraid Munajim |
| Editing: | Annie Jean |
| Studio: | National Film Board of Canada |
| Runtime: | 119 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
The Forbidden Reel is a 2019 Canadian documentary film, directed by Ariel Nasr.[1] The film profiles the cinema of Afghanistan through a history of the Afghan Film Organization.[2]
The film premiered in 2019 at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.[3] It had its Canadian premiere at the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[4] where it was named one of five winners of the festival's Rogers Audience Award, alongside the films The Walrus and the Whistleblower, 9/11 Kids, First We Eat and There's No Place Like This Place, Anyplace.[5]
The film received two Prix Iris nominations at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021, for Best Documentary and Best Editing in a Documentary (Annie Jean).[6]