“Living with the Taliban” offers a powerful glimpse into life in Afghanistan after the Taliban’s return to power in 2021. Through personal stories, the film portrays both the supporters of the new regime and those whose lives have been tragically altered, capturing the country’s ongoing struggle between hope and despair.
Witold Repetowicz
Witold Repetowicz, born in 1975 in Zabrze, is a journalist, author of books and documentary films, a doctor of security studies, and a lecturer at the War Studies Academy in Warsaw. He collaborates with the Info Ops Foundation, the Pulaski Foundation, and the Defence24 portal. He is the author of the books “Its Name is Kurdistan” (2016), “Allah Akbar: War and Peace in Iraq” (2019), and “Security and Identity: Ethnosectarianism and Tribalism in Iraq” (2023).
As a filmmaker, he has written and directed documentaries such as “Syria: The Attack on Rojava” (2020), “44 Days: The Nightmare of War” (2021), “Europe of Conflicts” (2023), and “Living with the Taliban” (2024). As a war correspondent, he has covered conflicts in Iraq, Syria, and Nagorno-Karabakh. In 2017, he was imprisoned for 37 days by Syrian military intelligence while on assignment.
Siarhei Marchyk
Siarhei Marchyk, director, producer, and cinematographer. For over 15 years, he has focused on armed conflicts and socio-political change. He has made documentaries in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Jordan, Venezuela, Armenia, Belarus, Afghanistan, and Ukraine. His directorial debut “Living with the Taliban” won the Grand Prix at the HumanDOC IDFF and both the Best International Mid-Length and Cantin Special Jury Award at Junction North IDFF in Canada.