Upcoming
Asian Film Festival, Barcelona, October 27th – November 2nd
Athens International Film & Video Festival (rescheduled 2020 edition!), Athens, OH, October 19th-24th
ByTowne Cinema, Ottawa, ON, September 20th
Currently in US Virtual Theatrical Release
Stream via the following links to support your local movie theater: Epsilon Spires, Brattleboro, VT; Gateway Film Center, Columbus, OH; Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL; Hayesville Opera House, Hayesville, OH; Laemmle Playhouse, Pasadena, CA, Laemmle Theaters Los Angeles, CA; Lightbox Film Center, Philadelphia, PA; Maysles Documentary Center, New York, NY; Minneapolis Film Society, Minneapolis, MN; Montclair Film, Montclair, NJ; New Plaza Cinema, New York, NY; Nightlight Cinema, Akron, OH; Roxie Theater, San Francisco, CA; Salem Cinema, Salem, OR; Smith Rafael Film Center, San Rafael, CA; and Varsity Theatre, Davis, CA
Or stream through the Dekanalog link here to support the Afghan Women’s Network and Women for Afghan Women
Previously streaming at Amherst Cinema, Amherst, MA; BAMPFA, Berkeley, CA; Cleveland Cinematheque, Cleveland, OH; Darkside Cinema, Corvallis, OR; DCTV, NYC; The Future of Film is Female, Brooklyn, NY; Lumiere Cinema, Beverly Hills, CA; The Loft, Tucson, AZ; Row House Cinema, Pittsbugh, PA; Salt Lake Film Society, Salt Lake, UT
BAMPFA event: Livestream conversation with WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED director Mariam Ghani, Sherine Ebadi, and Penny Edwards on Monday, August 9 at 6PM PDT.
In US Theatrical Release August 6th-September 12th, 2021
At Epsilon Spires, Brattleboro, VT; Laemmle Playhouse, Pasadena, CA; Laemmle Theaters, Los Angeles, CA; Lightbox Film Center, Philadelphia, PA; Monica Film Center, Santa Monica, CA; Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA; Roxie Theater, San Francisco, CA; Syndicated, Brooklyn, NY
Theatrical release events:
Los Angeles: August 5th preview screening at Laemmle Playhouse, Pasadena, CA, to benefit the Vidiots Foundation. WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED executive producer Alysa Nahmias and artist-writer Farrah Karapetian participated in a Q&A moderated by Maggie Mackay of Vidiots.
New York: Q&A following the August 6th twilight show at Syndicated with director Mariam Ghani and composer Qasim Naqvi, moderated by writer Perwana Nazif. Q&A following the August 7th twilight show with director Mariam Ghani and documentary filmmaker Penny Lane.
Women Filmmakers Festival, Smithsonian Institute, DC *virtual screenings
March 15th-21st, 2021, streaming for US viewers only, with a live Q&A on March 17th at 5:30 pm ET
M+ Museum, Hong Kong *virtual screenings
March 11th-21st, 2021, streaming via Eventive, for Hong Kong viewers only, with a live Q&A on March 16th at 10 pm HKT
HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival, Oslo *virtual screenings
March 1st-7th, 2021, with pre-recorded Q&A with Mike Sperlinger (KHiO)
Speed Cinema, Louisville *virtual screenings
November 2nd-15th, 2020, streaming via Speed Virtual Cinema (free for museum members)
AAFF Presents, Ann Arbor *virtual screenings
October 20th to November 2nd, 2020, streaming for a limited number of US viewers via Ann Arbor Film Festival
MESA FilmFest *virtual screenings
October 5th-17th, streaming for MESA conference attendees only
Mosaic Rooms, London *VOD, UK only
film available to UK viewers who RSVP to Mosaic Rooms from July 11th-12th, followed by a Q&A with Rasha Salti on July 13th
Now Instant Image Hall, Los Angeles *postponed
With an accompanying Afghan Film screening series at CalArts (new dates TBA)
Deutsches Filminstut Filmmuseum, Frankfurt *postponed
In the series The Act of Filming: Reflections on Cinema and Politics (new date TBA)
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan *moved to live stream
Sunday, March 29, 2020, at 12:30 PM, live stream on AAFF website
Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston
On view January 10th to March 14th, 2020; artist talk by director Mariam Ghani, January 29th at 6:30 pm. Screenings start every 75 minutes, from 10 am to 5 pm, Tues-Sat.
Lahore Biennale, Pakistan
Screening continuously, January 26th to February 29th, 2020
Metropolitan Museum, NYC
Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 at 6:30 pm
DocPoint Talinn, Estonia
Saturday February 2nd, 2020 at 9 pm, Kino Artis 2
Nordic premiere: 43rd Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden
Sunday, January 26th, 2020 at 8 pm, Haga 2
Monday, January 27th, 2020 at 5:30 pm, Biopalatset 1
Wednesday, January 29th, 2020 at 10:30 am, Göta 1
Friday, January 31st, 2020 at 5:30 pm, Göta 3
East Asian premiere: State of Motion, Singapore
Sunday, January 15th, 2020 at 8pm, Oldham Theatre
Iranian premiere: Cinema Vérité, Tehran
Friday, December 13th, 2019 at 8pm, Hall 3 Charsou Cinema Complex
Saturday, December 14th, 2019 at 6 pm, Hall 2 Charsou Cinema Complex
Polish premiere: WatchDocs, Krakow
Sunday, December 8th, 2019 at 5 pm, U-jazdowski Cinema
Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 at 9 pm, Muranow Cinema
Canadian premiere: Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 at 8 pm, Innis Town Hall
St. Louis International Film Festival
Tuesday, November 12th, 2019 at 7:30 pm, Webster University
San Diego Asian Film Festival
Tuesday, November 12th, 2019 at 6:15 pm, Ultrastar Cinemas Mission Valley
Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival
Sunday, November 10th, 2019 at 4:20 pm, International House
New York premiere: DOC NYC
Thursday, November 7th, 2019 at 5 pm, Cinepolis Chelsea – co-presented by the fabulous Film Fatales and followed by a workshop on November 8th at NYU
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, AR
Monday, October 21st, 2019 at 1:45 pm, Arlington Hotel Cinema 1
Heartland International FF, Indianapolis
Friday, October 11th, 2019 at 12:15 pm, AMC Traders Point
Friday, October 18th, 2019 at 10:40 am, AMC Castleton Square
Nashville Film Festival
Thursday, October 10th, 2019 at 6 pm, Regal Hollywood 27 Theater 10
Friday, October 11th, 2019 at 3 pm, Regal Hollywood 27 Theater 10
Tasveer South Asian FF, Seattle
Saturday, October 5th, 2019 at 7 pm, Northwest Film Forum
Turkish premiere: Adana Golden Boll FF
Thursday, September 26th, 2019 at 8:30 pm, Cinemaximum Salon 4
South American premiere: FIDBA
Friday, September 6th, 2019 at 7 pm, Multiarteplex
Wednesday, September 11th, 2019 at 3:30 pm, Cosmos2
Der Neue Heimat Film, Burg Klempenow
Sunday, August 25th, 2019 at 12:30 pm
Danish Film Institute Afghansk Film Festival
Monday, August 19th, 2019 at 4:45 pm, Cinemateket
Sunday, September 1st, 2019 at 4pm, Cinemateket
Flickers Rhode Island IFF
Wednesday, August 7th, 2019 at 5:30 pm, Jamestown Philomenian Library
Indian premiere: IDSFF Kerala
Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 at 3:30 pm, Nila Cinema
Italian premiere: Il Cinema Ritrovato
Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 at 6:30 pm, DAMSLab Auditorium, Bologna
UK premiere: Sheffield Doc/Fest
Saturday, June 8, 2019 at 3 pm — Showroom Cinema 1
Monday, June 10, 2019 at 1:45 pm — Curzon Cinema
North American premiere: SFFILM Festival
Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 3 PM — Children’s Creativity Museum
Sunday, April 14, 2019 at 3:15 PM — Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at 8:30 PM — Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
World premiere: Berlinale Forum
February 9th, 2019 — Silent Green
February 11th, 2019 — Arsenal
followed by a panel discussion on the 9th and screenings of three newly restored Afghan films from the era on the 11th