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conversation with the sea
by muayad alayan
Palestine, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Qatar
in jerusalem, kamal, a 60-year-old palestinian man, is ordered by an israeli court to pay a large social security debt allegedly owed by his son wael. but wael drowned in the red sea decades ago. when no official record of his death can be found,
conversation with the sea
we are entitled to love autumn
by amani jaafer
Sweden, Palestine, Tunisia
mohamed, a palestinian asylum seeker in sweden, uses an ai chatbot to improve his swedish language, but what begins as practice becomes a late-night lifeline, drawing him into grief, memory, and the quiet weight of exile.
we are entitled to love autumn
al baraneya
by ashgan el-hamus
Netherlands, Egypt, Belgium, Saudi Arabia
pregnant amal lives together with her family in al baraneya, a village outside cairo, surrounded by jasmine fields. their chaotic yet loving way of life is disturbed when a landowner offers to buy their land. the pressure to sell divides the family
al baraneya
thirteen in gaza
by hosam abu dan
Palestine - Qatar
set in gaza in 2025, thirteen-year-old raghad and her father, abu raghad, navigate displacement following a devastating bombing. as raghad reaches womanhood in an overcrowded camp without privacy or basic care, her father turns to black-market aid
thirteen in gaza
god’s work
by michael james
South Africa
in a crumbling safehouse in durban, a group of homeless men navigates violence, addiction, and fragile brotherhood until the arrival of a film crew fractures reality itself, exposing the uneasy power dynamics between those who are seen and those who
god’s work
Tell No One
by amr elseyoufi
Egypt
as nour, a curious and sexual young egyptian woman, finally finds herself alone at home, she embarks on a journey to discover her prince charming on an adult chat website. facing a conservative patriarchal society, nour keeps swiping men who
Tell No One
curfew
by amir ramses
Egypt
faten gets out of jail 20 years after committing a horrible crime. it's the fall of 2013 and egypt is under a curfew. she is forced to spend the night with laila who insists on nailing her to a second trial. the two women seek acceptance, resolution
curfew
Photocopy
by tamer ashry
Egypt
when a retired old man in cairo begins to learn about the extinction of dinosaurs, it sets off a series of events that will give his life renewed meaning.
Photocopy
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
18 Lebanese filmmakers, driven by the ongoing war in Gaza, transform their personal letters of turmoil into a series of powerful short films, unaware that their own country is on the brink of facing a similar tragic fate.
letters
Catalog Titles
home bitter home
home bitter home
by aline ouais, ghina abboud, jihad saadé, marie-rose osta, naim el hajj, salim mrad
Lebanon
but you wont notice
but you wont notice
by mennatalah khaled
Egypt
homeless
homeless
by amjad soussi
Egypt, Syria
the miracle of life
the miracle of life
by sabrine khoury
Palestine, The Netherlands
10 minutes younger
10 minutes younger
by nisreen yaseen
Palestine
journal intime
journal intime
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
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