The ACF DC proudly presents The Last Ambassador, a powerful documentary by Natalie Halla. Come 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 Manizha Bakhtari (Ambassador of Afghanistan to Austria), Metra Mehran (Policy Advisor, End Gender Apartheid Campaign), and Natalie Halla (Film Director, The Last Ambassador) will take place.

The film is in English and Dari with English subtitles.

ABOUT THE FILM

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

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’.

© Images: Golden Girls Film

© Image: Natalie Halla