Citizen On Demand

Citizen On Demand 1997

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A critical satirical play that deals with the state of the popular and social situation, the street movement, daily events, and is presented in the form of café talk, what is happening on the ground, how the simple citizen thinks, and how governments think in their own way

1997

Salerno-Goulette

Salerno-Goulette 2024

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A strange dive into the night. Sami is returning home after six months in Italy. Between nightmares and dreams, he leaves behind an abandoned construction work, visions of ghosts and a mysterious sunset over the Mediterranean Sea.

2024

Al-Sakhir

Al-Sakhir 2017

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The desert is a fun place where families and friends gather to enjoy their time. 4 friends decide to spend their weekend camping and enjoying their time. things started to change when the boys crossed the rules making their joy into a nightmare. Inspired by Bahraini urban legends.

2017

Bu Mansour Sneeze

Bu Mansour Sneeze 1984

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Bahraini Monodrama base on the novel of Anton Chekhov

1984

This Madness of Loving

This Madness of Loving 2024

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Intriguing and mesmerising This Madness of Loving employs effective animation techniques and engaging sound design to take us on an existential excursion from matter to light.

2024

On the Dry Bank of the River

On the Dry Bank of the River 2024

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During the war, the father dies and the rest of the family gathers together. After years of separation, three siblings have to come to terms with their broken relationships and the death of their father. Despite the arduous journey to the distant village, the sister insists on fulfilling their father's will. Over time, they are confronted with difficult decisions.

2024

There Once Was a Boy

There Once Was a Boy 1970

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Hassan is an estranged boy with an aching heart that flickers his mid-twenties living alone in a world that holds him back from being himself until one day an elysian butterfly came to transcend him to a spiritual journey that unraveled his essence reminding him of who he truly is

1970

their hands

their hands 1970

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As a little girl, I loved going to the Bled "Oueld Abdoun" with my father and mother. On the way, I wondered how I could capture the tact and feeling of the village women that enchanted me when I heard my father and mother going there. Today, I've decided to return to this village to make my first documentary film.

1970

Hard Phase

Hard Phase 2020

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In a moment, life seemed under threat from a lethal disease-mosques, schools, airports, and homes all closed their doors. Yet, with a glimmer of hope and relentless effort, the story took a different turn. This film offers a perspective on how Saudi society navigated the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

2020

hayat

hayat 2012

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After being cast out by her family for her relationship with a German man, a young Arab woman finds herself abandoned and alone, confronting her past and present in a relentless search to understand her fractured identity.

2012

Kilo 64

Kilo 64 2018

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An aspirational young man chose to change careers and start a farm at Kilo 64 on the Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road after graduating from the Faculty of Pharmacy. Driven by enthusiasm after the 2011 Egyptian revolution, Wael El-Shenawy, then 24 years old, was driven by passion to create an agricultural startup to improve society and boost the Egyptian economy. However, things do not go as planned.

2018

Blowing in the Wind

Blowing in the Wind 2024

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It’s 2013, two years after the initially peaceful uprising that led to the Syrian civil war, and a group of citizen soldiers are advancing from their hometown of Saraqeb to Al-Tabqa Military Airport, Raqqa to fight Bashar al-Assad’s army.

2024

Blue Card

Blue Card 1970

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An exploration of the plight of Sudanese refugees deciding between settling into their current spaces or waiting to be relocated yet again. After escaping the war in Sudan, Abdullah finds himself compelled to work in a nursing home in Cairo where he has to confront his past and make life-altering decisions.

1970

Je suis dehors

Je suis dehors 1970

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The voices of Jamal's North African friends, imprisoned in detention centers, come from the mountains around the metropolis of Athens. He, confined to a small room on the eighth floor of a half-abandoned building, searches for the words that would resolve the labyrinth of life and existence.

1970

Mother Eve

Mother Eve 2023

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Yasmine is a young woman forced to raise her 3 younger siblings after being struck with life’s difficult circumstances. Trying to provide for their stability, she begins working random part time jobs to make quick and easy money and is constantly trying to balance between her personal life and work life. This family’s journey is difficult, but it is surely heartwarming. Throughout the film, we discover why Yasmine has to be responsible for her siblings despite her age. Their mother has passed away, and Yasmine has quickly taken on her role. In attempt to accept their loss and start a new chapter, they paint their mother’s room and reminisce on their memories with her.

2023

Starving Gaza

Starving Gaza 2024

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A Palestinian doctor tries to save severely malnourished children amid Israel’s US-backed illegal siege on Gaza. Ahmed Nasser is one of a handful of doctors in north Gaza treating scores of children for malnutrition. The odds of saving lives are against him as he does not have the resources he needs. Israel has cut off food, fuel and water, resulting in a man-made famine that is unprecedented in its scale and pace. Every Palestinian in Gaza is food insecure and dozens have died from dehydration and malnutrition. Israel and its closest ally, the United States, deny that Israel is blocking humanitarian aid, which is a war crime. But we worked with Palestinian reporters in Gaza and used open-source data to investigate how Israel has killed civilians seeking aid and attacked humanitarian networks.

2024