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Aisha Can't Fly Away
A film by Morad Mostafa
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exile
by mehdi hmili
Tunisia, Luxembourg, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
At one of Tunisia’s largest steel factories, Mohamed becomes the victim of an explosion that leaves a slowly rusting piece of metal embedded in his head. After being sidelined from his job and reassigned as a guard, he begins a journey of
exile
letters
by josef khallouf
Lebanon
amidst lebanon's enduring socio-political challenges, and following the eruption of the war in gaza, "letters" unfolds as a collaborative film project by 18 lebanese filmmakers. the project began in october 2023 with each participant crafting a
letters
aisha can’t fly away
by morad mostafa
Egypt, France, Germany, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Sudan
Aisha is a 26-year-old Sudanese caregiver living in a neighbourhood in the heart of Cairo where she witnesses the tension between her fellow African migrants and local gangs. Stuck between an undefined relationship with a young Egyptian cook, a
aisha can’t fly away
lyd
by rami younis, sarah ema friedland
Palestine, UK, US
A story of a city that once connected Palestine to the world — what it once was, what it is now, and what it could have become.
lyd
the memoirs of m. a. draz
by maggie morgan
Egypt
Decades after his death, Noha ElKholy uncovers letters, diaries, and photographs left behind by her great-grandfather, the Azharite scholar Mohamed Abdallah Draz. Through this archive, she embarks on a journey to illuminate M.A. Draz's life story,
the memoirs of m. a. draz
diaries from lebanon
by myriam el hajj
Lebanon, France, Qatar, KSA
In the form of diaries, the filmmaker narrates four tumultuous years of a nation in turmoil, battling to break free from its own chains. As the country is shaken by disruptions, personal quests for meaning and survival unfold. How can we continue
diaries from lebanon
green line
by sylvie ballyot
France, Lebanon, Qatar
GREEN LINE uses miniature sets of Beirut and figurines to reconstruct Fida’s turbulent upbringing during the Lebanese Civil War that took place between 1975 and 1990. With the help of these models, Fida confronts the ex-militiamen who operated
green line
from abdul to leila
by leïla albayaty
Germany, Belgium, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
After an accident that caused memory loss and several years of exile, a young French-Iraqi woman reconnects with her family to understand who she is. Gathered in the family home in the south of France, Leila confronts her father, Abdul, with his own
from abdul to leila
goodbye julia
by mohamed kordofani
Sudan, Egypt, Germany, France, KSA, Sweden
Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona — a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage — tries to make amends by taking in the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home. Unable to
goodbye julia
my driver and i
by ahd kamel
Saudi Arabia, UK
Salma is a young, privileged, and rebellious Saudi girl whose family hires a Sudanese man named Gamar to drive her to and from her day-to-day activities. Initially adhering to a simple employer/employee dynamic, Salma and Gamar’s relationship
my driver and i
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homeless
homeless
by amjad soussi
Egypt, Syria
personal diary
personal diary
by mohamed chrif tribak
Morocco
last chance
last chance
by obaid alhmoudi, ryan al-abbas
UAE
algiers
algiers
by chakib taleb-bendiab
Algeria, Tunisia, France, and Canada
the boy inside the cocoon
the boy inside the cocoon
by ahmed al terkait
Kuwait
nya
nya
by imene ayadi
France, Algeria
one last wish
one last wish
by areeb zuaiter
Jordan
the grocery list
the grocery list
by taqwa ali naser
Bahrain, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia
building 13
building 13
by meshal almutairi
Saudi Arabia
madonna
madonna
by john fareed zaki
Egypt and Luxembourg
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