Last Song From Kabul

Last Song From Kabul

26th TIDF: European Premiere

The music stopped when the Taliban took over Afghanistan – it was forbidden, the penalty death. Young girls who belonged to a quiet music school had to go into hiding where they feared for themselves and their families. Directed by Academy Award-winner Kevin MacDonald (One Day in September, Whitney, The Mauritanian), Last Song From Kabul tells the riveting, heroic story of these girls, who, now orphans with broken hearts, must escape to Portugal where they try to rebuild their fractured lives and begin to play music again...

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Kevin MacDonald, Ruhi Hamid
Cinematography: Magda Kowalczyck, Petra Graf, Maha Zahra
Editing: Sam Rice-Edwards
Music: Tom Hodge
Production: Docsville Studios
Producers: Sophie Daniel, Katie Buchanan
Executive producer: Sheila Nevins, Lawrence Elman, Nick Fraser, Duncan Heath, Francis Hopkinson, Jesssica Lustig, Dr. Ahmad Sarmast
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: UK, Qatar, Portugal
Production Year: 2023
Duration: 34'
Contact: The Film Collaborative

Kevin MacDonald

Filmography

2006 The Last King of Scotland (fiction)
2009 State of Play (fiction)
2013 How I Live Now (fiction)
2018 Whitney
2023 Last Song From Kabul (co-direction, short)

Ruhi Hamid

Filmography

2007 This World (TV)
2015 Reggie Yates: Race Riots USA (TV)
2017 Dangerous Borders; A Journey across India & Pakistan (TV)
2022 Black and Arab
2023 Last Song From Kabul (co-direction, short)