No Good Men
“An Afghan love story.”
2021, Afghanistan right before the Taliban’s return. Naru, the only camerawoman at Kabul’s main TV station, struggles to keep custody of her three-year-old son after leaving her serial cheater husband. Convinced no good men exist in her country, Naru is caught off guard when Qodrat, Kabul TV’s most important journalist, gives her a career opportunity. As the two crisscross the city reporting on its last days of freedom, sparks fly and Naru starts to doubt herself: could there actually be a good man out there?
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Cast
16 people
Shahrbanoo Sadat
Naru
Anwar Hashimi
Qadrat
Also in
The Orphanage
Liam Hussaini
Liam
No other roles listed
Yasin Negah
News Manager
No other roles listed
Torkan Omari
Anita
No other roles listed
Fatim Zahra El Hassani
Layla
Also in
Rock the Kasbah
Ahmad Anuar Azizi
Qodrat's Friend
No other roles listed
Masihullah Tajzai
Naru's Husband
No other roles listed
Laila Mahmudi
News Anchor
No other roles listed
Farzad Hamidpadgan
News Anchor
No other roles listed
Ali Hussein Assadi
Driver
No other roles listed
Shahla Noori
Kindergarden Teacher
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Shahrbanoo Sadat Director · Anwar Hashimi Writer
Budget $3.2M · First release February 12, 2026 · Produced in Germany, France, Norway, Denmark, Afghanistan
Box office
Budget
$3,200,000
Production
Adomeit Film
Production
La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma
Production
Motlys
Production
Amerikafilm
Production
Wolf Pictures
Production
Hubert Bals Fund
Production
Germany · France · Norway · Denmark · Afghanistan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Kabul Jan
Original language
Pashto
Spoken on screen
Pashto · Persian
Release dates
Germany · February 12, 2026
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Germany · December 10, 2026
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Armenia
July 16, 2026 · Premiere · Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival
Australia
June 4, 2026 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
Austria
October 23, 2026 · Premiere · Vienna International Film Festival
Bosnia & Herzegovina
August 17, 2026 · Premiere · Sarajevo Film Festival
Brazil
July 29, 2026 · Premiere · Festival Filmes Incríveis
October 2, 2026 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
Canada
October 10, 2026 · Premiere · Vancouver International Film Festival
Finland
September 20, 2026 · Premiere · Helsinki International Film Festival
France
June 11, 2026 · Premiere · Cabourg Film Festival
June 24, 2026 · Premiere · Biarritz Film Festival - Nouvelles Vagues
July 2, 2026 · Premiere · La Rochelle International Film Festival
February 3, 2027 · Theatrical
Germany
September 27, 2026 · Premiere · Filmfest Hamburg
Italy
May 28, 2026 · Theatrical
Latvia
October 21, 2026 · Premiere · Riga International Film Festival
Netherlands
September 17, 2026 · Theatrical
Norway
November 5, 2026 · Premiere · Films from the South Festival
Singapore
October 29, 2026 · Premiere · Singapore International Film Festival
South Africa
July 26, 2026 · Premiere · Durban International Film Festival
South Korea
October 7, 2026 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
United Kingdom
October 8, 2026 · Premiere · BFI London International Film Festival
Uruguay
April 11, 2026 · Premiere · Festival Internacional de Cine del Uruguay
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