ABOUT THE FILM
LOGLINE
THE LAST SONG IN KABUL tells the riveting, heroic story of young orphaned girls whose music school was closed after the Taliban took over Afghanistan as they escape to Portugal to try and rebuild their fractured lives and begin to play music again.
LONG SYNOPSIS
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.
Director Kevin MacDonald
contributing director Ruhi Hamid
Producers Sophie Daniel, Katie Buchanan
Executive Producers Sheila Nevins, Lawrence Elman, Nick Fraser, Duncan Heath, Francis Hopkinson, Jesssica Lustig, Dr. Ahmad Sarmast
Editor Sam Rice-Edwards
Cinematographers Magda Kowalczyck, Petra Graf, Maha Zahra
Composer Tom Hodge
Cast Marzia Anwari, Shogofa Safi, Zohra Ahmadi, Wajiha Kabuli, Sevinch Majidi, Fazila Zamir, Huma Rahimi
FESTIVALS
2023: Telluride (World Premiere)
AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
The World
EXHIBITION FORMATS
DCP, Digital Download