The Last Ambassador | Film Screening & Discussion

Join us for a screening of The Last Ambassador and see how Afghanistan’s last female Ambassador, Manizha Bakhtari, continues her courageous fight for the rights of Afghan women and girls after the Taliban’s return to power.

After the screening, a panel discussion with (Ambassador of Afghanistan to Austria), (Policy Advisor, End Gender Apartheid Campaign), and (Film Director, The Last Ambassador) will take place.

The film is in English and Dari with English subtitles.

ABOUT THE FILM

The Afghan Ambassador in Vienna, Manizha Bakhtari, has found herself in a bizarre situation since the Taliban took power: she represents a country whose old government has fled and whose new Taliban government is not recognized internationally. Despite financial and logistical isolation, Manizha Bakhtari is defying the Taliban to continue her fight for the rights of Afghan women and girls. Through her ‘Daughters’ programme, she enables secret education to Afghan schoolgirls while organising political resistance against the Taliban. Under increasingly difficult conditions, she becomes one of the most important international spokespersons for the women of Afghanistan, true to her motto ‘peace is not the absence of war, but the presence of justice’.

Original title: The Last Ambassador
Genre: Documentary
Year: 2025
Length: 80 min
Country of Origin: Austria
Language: English and Dari
Director: Natalie Halla
Production Company: Golden Girls Filmproduktion & Filmservices GmbH

© Images: Golden Girls Film

Please find more information on our website.

Doors open at 6:00 p.m. The event starts at 6:30 p.m.

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Please bring an I.D.

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Latecomer Policy: Please be advised that there can be no further admittance once the event has started.

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Seating is not guaranteed.

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Please note that photographs and footage will be taken throughout the event. These might be used by ACF DC for marketing and publicity in our publications, on our website and in social media, or in any third-party publication.

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Parking on International Court is available after 6:00 pm (for the duration of the event), or on 36th Street (access to the Embassy through the park behind the building). Van Ness Metro (Red Line) is a short distance away.

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