The Forbidden Reel
The Forbidden Reel is a 2019 Canadian documentary film, directed by Ariel Nasr. The film profiles the cinema of Afghanistan through a history of the Afghan Film Organization.
The film premiered in 2019 at the International [Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam]. It had its Canadian premiere at the 2020 Hot Docs [Canadian International Documentary Festival], 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].
The film received two Prix Iris nominations at the 23rd [Quebec Cinema Awards] in 2021, for Best Documentary Film|Best Documentary] and Prix Iris for [Best Editing in a Documentary|Best Editing in a Documentary].