Tag Archives: Arabic

Return to the Land of Wonders
6.9

Return to the Land of Wonders

Soon after the 2003 Iraq war, filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi returns to Baghdad after 35 years. She accompanies her father, 80-year Adnan who has ...
Everybody Loves Touda
6.7

Everybody Loves Touda

Dec. 18, 2024

Everybody Loves Touda

Touda is a Sheikha, a traditional Moroccan singer. Performing in the bars of her provincial town under the gaze of men, she plans to leave for ...
Aziza
6.5

Aziza

Jan. 25, 2019

Aziza

Ayman, Syrian refugee in Lebanon, teaching his wife how to drive his car, the only thing left for him from his country. The lesson takes a wrong ...
Muhammad Husain
4.6

Muhammad Husain

A driver who is exposed to many comedic situations that affect his character and his life in general, develops a one-sided love relationship with ...
From Cairo
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From Cairo

Hala Galal finds Cairo hunting her, fear crippling her, she meets Heba and Aya. Two women who are leading a single life but managing to face ...
Solitaire
6.9

Solitaire

Mar. 01, 2017

Solitaire

Therese, the mayor’s wife in a Lebanese village, joyfully prepares for an overnight visit of her daughter’s suitor and his parents. ...
Messages from the Sea
7.3

Messages from the Sea

Feb. 01, 2010

Messages from the Sea

A man with a speech problem (Assin) goes back to visit the city of his youth after living at sea. He befriends a bodyguard and reunites with his ...
Clash
7.5

Clash

Jul. 27, 2016

Clash

Inspired by a real event , Clash takes place almost entirely in a riot van during a demonstration in Cairo after the removal of President Morsi ...
CAI – BER
5.8

CAI – BER

Aug. 07, 2022

CAI – BER

After numerous failed attempts to escape the status quo of her generation’s depression, Nour, 29, secretly arranges to flee her homeland. ...
From Ground Zero
7.9

From Ground Zero

Jan. 03, 2025

From Ground Zero

From Ground Zero is a collection of 22 short films made in Gaza. Initiated by Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi, the project was born to give ...
You Will Die at Twenty
7.1

You Will Die at Twenty

Feb. 12, 2020

You Will Die at Twenty

Shortly after Muzamil was born, the village’s holy man predicts that he will die at age 20. Muzamil’s father can’t stand the ...
Under the Sky of Damascus
7.1

Under the Sky of Damascus

In Damascus, a collective of young female actors comes together to research the topic. They plan to use the moving anonymous statements of ...
Waafet Reggala (A Stand Worthy of Men)
7.1

Waafet Reggala (A Stand Worthy of Men)

A comedy about a group of friends as they get reunited to help one of their own find his way out of major trouble. As the situation gets more ...
The Blue Elephant Part 2
8.2

The Blue Elephant Part 2

Jul. 25, 2019

The Blue Elephant Part 2

A meeting with a new inmate in the psychiatric hospital flips Dr. Yehia’s life upside down. She prophecies that the death of his entire ...
Simple As Water
6.8

Simple As Water

Jun. 20, 2021

Simple As Water

A meditation on the elemental bonds of family told through portraits of four Syrian families in the aftermath of war. Release: Simple As Water ...
Avanti Popolo
7.5

Avanti Popolo

Jan. 02, 1986

Avanti Popolo

June 11th 1967, the Six-Day War is over and the cease fire has just begun. We follow the journey of Gassan and Haled, two Egyptian soldiers whose ...
The idiot
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The idiot

Aug. 26, 1966

The idiot

Moselhi is an account clerk in a company, watching what’s happening around him from embezzlement carelessly, but some corrupt employees ...
Salt of This Sea
6.9

Salt of This Sea

May. 16, 2008

Salt of This Sea

Born in Brooklyn to Palestinian refugee parents, Soraya (Suheir Hammad) decides to journey to the country of her ancestry when she discovers that ...
Five Broken Cameras
7.9

Five Broken Cameras

Nov. 23, 2011

Five Broken Cameras

Five broken cameras – and each one has a powerful tale to tell. Embedded in the bullet-ridden remains of digital technology is the story of ...
Out Loud
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Out Loud

Oct. 04, 2011

Out Loud

OUT LOUD, a modern story of friendship and love in different ways among upcoming Lebanese generation facing social conflicts overcoming it and ...