'' NO GOOD MEN '' : AFGHAN FILM REVIEW

AFGHAN film makes waves at Berlin Film Festival Female Tv reporter's story '' No Good Men "  receives critical acclaim at annual film calendar's first major event.

Berlin Film Festival jury president Wim Wenders said Thursday that this year's 76th edition of the  Festival would have '' less glamour '' but '' more content '' in its eclectic selection.

At a news conference to mark the beginning of the festival on Thursday morning, Wenders hailed the power of cinema to '' change the world '' while cautioning that '' no movie has really changed any politician's idea.''

'' We can change the idea that people have of how they should live ,'' said 60-years-old Wenders, who himself won an honorary Golden Bear award at the festival in 2025 in recognition of an illustrious career stretching back to the 1970s.

The Berlinale is the first major international festival on the annual film calendar, and has a reputation for topical and progressive programming.

This year's edition takes place against the backdrop of international tensions, the bloody crackdown on protests in Iran and global threats to human rights.

Later on the red carpet Wenders told AFP that this year's films reflected a trend towards ''less glamour, but more content ''.

'' I love glamour but I love it even more if movies are about who we are and what we are doing,'' he said.

' Opportunity for Afghan cinema ' : The festival's opening film '' No Good Men'', by Iran-born Afghan director Shahrbano Sadat, tells the story of Naru, a reporter at Kabul TV station going through an acrimonious separation from her husband and who is increasingly questioning her beliefs about men.

The film is set in the run up to the Taliban authorities ' seizure of power in 2023, which led Sadat herself to leave the country.'

The World Students Society thanks AFP.