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Berlin Opener ‘No Good Men’ Director Shahrbanoo Sadat’ on Making Afghanistan’s First Film Featuring an Onscreen Kiss (And a Vibrator)

By nvivarelli Feb 12, 2026 | 2:10 AM

Shahrbanoo Sadat’s “No Good Men,” which opens the Berlin Film Festival, mixes romance, politics and humor in ways that Afghan cinema has never done before. It’s the tale of a camerawoman at a Kabul TV station who — while struggling to retain custody of her 3-year-old son after leaving her unfaithful husband — becomes romantically […]