A premiere at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, KANDAHAR is the latest film from Iranian master Mohsen Makhmalbaf (TALES OF AN ISLAND). Nafas (Niloufar Pazira) is a young Afghan journalist who took refuge in Canada after her country’s civil war with theTaliban began. She reluctantly journeys back to her oppressive homeland after receiving a desperate letter from her younger sister, who has decided to end her life just before the final solar eclipse of the 20th century. With only two days remaining to get to Kandahar in time to save her sister, Nafas quickly runs out of options as she attempts to cross the Irano-Afghan border. Armed with American dollars and a pocket tape recorder to keep a diary of her journey, Nafas no sooner finds a driver to take her straight to Kandahar than the vehicle is hijacked, forcing her to go the rest of the way by foot. Guided along the way by a string of unique characters, Nafas gives her soul to the arduous journey, passing through the desert’s dry poppies and hidden minefields in hopes of providing a miracle. KANDAHAR is a dazzling odyssey through an ancient land filled with startling, often surreal images; a place where one woman hopes she can give her isolated sister a thousand reasons to live.