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Hollywoodgate

Dir. Ibrahim Nash’at

Hollywoodgate | 2023 | Germany-United States | 91 min.

Synopsis

Unprecedented and audacious, the film is the fascinating result of the year the director spent with the Taliban, as they entered a U.S. base stocked with weapons left behind after the American withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Building toward a chilling conclusion, Nash’at captures Taliban leaders as they evolve from a fundamentalist militia into a modern military regime, deploying Hollywood-style propaganda in pursuit of their aims.

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Film credits

Direction

Ibrahim Nash’at

Production

Talal Derki
Odessa Rae
Shane Boris

Cinematography

Ibrahim Nash’at

Editing

Atanas Georgiev
Marion Tuor

Sound

Ibrahim Nash’at

Sound design

Frank Kruse

Original score

Volker Bertelmann

Production companies

Rolling Narratives

Festivals

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

Telluride Film Festival

2023 Venice International Film Festival

2023 Zurich International Film Festival

Best Documentary

2024 Doc Point Helsinkiy Documentary Film Festival

Best Documentary

2024 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

Award by the jury

2024 New Zeland International Film Festival

Best Documentary

2024 Hong Kong International Film Festival

2025 Premio de Cine para la paz

Best Documentary

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