Bad Omen

In a remote village of Afghanistan, Baheer, a young teenager quietly slips out of his house, determined to meet with his best friend before they are both displaced by the chaos of their world.

A young carpet seller is blackmailed over his sex tapes.

Through this haunting portrayal of an aid worker’s story, Salar Pashtoonyar sheds light on the troubling realities of a nation in turmoil in his measured and unsettling piece about the repercussions of the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan.

Shooting on location in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, director Salar Pashtoonyar uses a thought-provoking yet powerfully humane hybrid of documentary and fiction to delve deep into the experience of a woman forced to the edge of her society.