17th BIFFes 2026
Jan 29th - 06th Feb 2026
"Woman: Shared Sensibilities, A Collective Voice for Equality"
THE LAST AMBASSADOR
DIE LETZTE BOTSCHAFTERIN
Afghanistan‘s last female ambassador, Manizha Bakhtari, is risking everything in her fight for the rights of girls and women in Afghanistan.
ಅಫ್ಘಾನಿಸ್ತಾನದ ಕೊನೆಯ ಮಹಿಳಾ ರಾಯಭಾರಿಯಾದ ಮನಿಝಾ ಬಖ್ತಾರಿ ಅವರು ಅಫ್ಘಾನಿಸ್ತಾನದ ಹೆಣ್ಣುಮಕ್ಕಳ ಮತ್ತು ಮಹಿಳೆಯರ ಹಕ್ಕುಗಳಿಗಾಗಿ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಹೋರಾಟದಲ್ಲಿ ತಮ್ಮ ಸರ್ವಸ್ವವನ್ನೂ ಪಣಕ್ಕಿಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
Producer(s) or Production Company:
Peter Drössler, Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber, Natalie Halla
Screenplay:
Natalie Halla
Director of Photography:
Natalie Halla, Judith Benedikt, Jordan Bryon
Editor :
Birgit Foerster
Music :
Karwan Marouf
Natalie Halla (b. 1975, Linz, Austria), studied law and translation in Russian and Spanish at Karl-Franzens University of Graz. After several years of studies and job assignments in Russia, Israel, Spain, Peru, and France, she began her career as an independent documentary filmmaker, developing her skills autodidactically. Since 2010, she has directed and produced nine documentaries focused on human-interest stories and fundamental rights. Her films include DRUGMOTHERS (2010), GAELLE, SEPARATED (2012), THE HEIR OF LISZT (2014), CHILDREN OF THE FOREST (2015), LIFE IN FOUR ELEMENTS (2017), NOWHERE (2018), AND THE SHAMAN’S NIGHTMARE (2021). THE LAST AMBASSADOR is her recent movie.