The Forbidden Reel is a 2019 Canadian documentary film, directed by Ariel Nasr.

[1] The film profiles the cinema of Afghanistan through a history of the Afghan Film Organization.

[3] It had its Canadian premiere at the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[4] where it was named one of five winners of the festival's Rogers Audience Award, alongside the films The Walrus and the Whistleblower, 9/11 Kids, First We Eat and There's No Place Like This Place, Anyplace.

[5] The film received two Prix Iris nominations at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021, for Best Documentary and Best Editing in a Documentary (Annie Jean).

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