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Inas Halabi reflects upon the particular political and social condition of the Druze community living in occupied Palestine, taking individual and personal stories as a point of departure. It begins with an ascent of Mount Carmel upon which the Druze towns of Dalyet el Carmel and Isfiya are located, drawing the viewer into a world of geographic isolation and a locale shaped by coercion and control. Living mostly in mountainous areas in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Palestine/Israel, as well as in diaspora globally, the Druze maintain close-knit social and religious ties as a minority within and across national borders.

Adaptation of Lassaad Ben Hassine's novel "Nostalgie". A young man over thirty, who holds higher degrees faces the problem of unemployment and the difficulty of life.

After 15 years of averting the source of her anxiety, Mariam at last walks the journey of voicing her avoided emotions regarding her non Emirati mother, and the uneasiness she felt about her mixed background in the Emirati society.

A modern Saudi marriage story. Ahmad and Salma are newlywed, and days after the wedding, Salma experiences a bipolar manic episode following a devastating event. Ahmad is determined to stand by his wife, but the couple finds themselves at a crossroads and unable to talk. Will their marriage withstand its first test?

At Sisters of the Rotation’s convent, the Earth doesn’t spin by itself.

Alain and Mira, a couple that has been together for five years, decide to have a heart-to-heart about life. They plunge into a thought-provoking conversation in which they question their own relationship and its destiny, while simultaneously reflecting on their collapsed homeland, Lebanon. They seek freedom and happiness, but would they truly reach that by escaping their country? Among all this instability and destruction surrounding them, will love alone be enough to keep them afloat?

After a successful robbery, a gang of three men start arguing about the custody of the unknown case, leading to their ultimate destruction.

“Diaries from Between, West Bank” documents the landscape of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the West Bank in video. The narrative builds its structure from the geography of the region, from Jerusalem to the Palestinian Territories and the Jordan Valley. It explores the manifold ways of seeing both man’s control over a specific territory, and also man’s control over the people that inhabit it.

Ana men Chile means “I am from Chile” in Arabic, and introduces the paradox of contemporary national identity, particularly in the case of the artist who is a Jewish / Palestinian descent but also a Chilean citizen. This situation allows the author to demonstrate the conflict from a broad tour of the occupied territory, with the freedom of being a foreigner. Above you can hear Palestinian descendants from Chile – home to the largest Palestinian community living outside the Middle East – who from their own subjectivity reflect on the future of Palestine, as well as on their own memories.

On August 4, 2020, an explosion devastated the port of Beirut and part of the city. Two hundred people lost their lives. Five thousand were seriously injured. Three hundred thousand were displaced. Following the disaster, we set out to find three port workers who had appeared in one of our films ten years earlier.

Ramzi is a young Tunisian with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. His only remedy is cannabis, a prohibited substance in Tunisia. He fights for the right to a treatment license, and discovers the world of theatre.

Saudi short documentary about the evacuation of a neighbourhood.

A girl finds herself stuck in a loop of her own making as she struggles to define and mend her relationship.

A documentary film on the history of the political struggle in Kuwait, narrated by Dr. Ahmed Al-Khatib.

12 musicians from the 11 countries along the Nile use music as a model to collaborate across borders. On a tour of the United States, their message of unity is put to the test.