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In this exclusive documentary BBC News Arabic investigates cases of alleged human rights abuses in Bahrain that have taken place against the backdrop of the Formula 1 Grand Prix. Speaking on camera for the first time, one woman tells the BBC she was tortured and raped in a security complex after protesting against the Grand Prix in 2017. The Bahraini government disputes her claims. The documentary also investigates whether Britain and the US have been complicit in the regimes alleged human rights abuses by providing training and funding to Bahrain’s security forces. A warning that there are some descriptions of sexual violence in this report.

A lonely grandmother living in a neighborhood full of strangers, must confront her stubbornly independent nature, when she accidentally causes a pot of boiling rice to overflow, and turning into a flood threatening her house and neighborhood.

The artist spent 24 hours with each of four women—Rogine, Waad, Hanin, and Zeina—in the cities where they now live: Zutphen, Oslo, Washington DC, and Sharjah respectively. All four of them cannot live anymore in their countries of origin, Syria and Lebanon. Together, they share a moment of cooking, rolling on the floors of their new cities, talking about life, nothing and everything, their exile and their continuous aims. This screening presents the chapters featuring Rogine and Waad.

The triptych video installation Une Odyssée works to the rhythm of the music of Laurent Durupt (piano, percussion), the poem written and read by Touda Bouanani, and the performance of the guest artists.

A short thriller film. My first ever short film, made it at the age of 14.

Roger, a beloved basketball coach, is on his way to work, proudly carrying a chocolate box announcing the birth of his baby boy. His trip is disrupted when he witnesses a horrific act of violence on the street. He observes without intervening from the safety of the pavement; not attempting to help.

Instead of bringing his recently deceased friend back to life, Khalid makes a grave mistake and awakens everyone in the morgue. However, Khalid faces a problem: all those who have been awakened will return to death after a while, except for one person. He leaves the matter to a vote among all the deceased. So, who will convince everyone that they are the most deserving to come back?

​Gabi is a young musician and composer with special needs. He suffers from a rare disease called "osteoporosis", which is accompanied by osteomyelitis, which makes it increasingly difficult for him to walk and see. Early on, his passion for music set the direction of his life. Music is his prescription for the world. He is just a normal person to everyone who knows him. The only difference is that he inspires.

It talks about the leader of the Syrian revolution against the French occupation, and his life path in the struggle with his fellow Syrian revolutionaries, leading to its liberation. The film monitors environmental details of Sultan Pasha al-Atrash and some of the people around him.

Alone at home.

A short documentary about a man with a camera try to Capturing moments from the city of Baghdad

The Healers. In memory of… Ahmed Ben Othmène Raddeoui and Noureddine Ben Khedher.

With modern mutations and the logic of the free market, the individual finds himself faced with the fluctuating evolutions of the market subject to the logic of brutal profit. The job seeker is just a commodity in the handling market that is not subject to any ethics…

A young peasant girl who knows nothing about life becomes pregnant.

Often it is easier said than done...

When the duel of death and birth becomes the only escape from a painful destiny...

As living in the family home becomes increasingly heavy, I search for refuge in my family archive but discover that memories are even heavier.