Between Desire and Uncertainty

Between Desire and Uncertainty 2009

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This is the first documentary film dedicated to Moroccan cinema; Between Desire and Uncertainty hands the microphone over to the filmmakers and film critics. Besides offering a brief historical approach, this documentary strives to identify the different movements that push Moroccan cinema. Likewise, it also makes very clear the dangers that threaten cinema’s evolution.

2009

Arab 48

Arab 48 1970

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The two brothers, Ayman and Amjad, trapped between the borders of the 1948 state, meet in a final encounter to determine the fate of an entire history.

1970

Selfies

Selfies 1970

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In Selfies, Reema Mahmoud, a displaced woman in Gaza, shares her struggles during the war through a letter in a bottle in which she talks about the beautiful life she once had. She hopes her message will inspire people to appreciate their lives and cherish peace.

1970

Escape from Farida

Escape from Farida 2025

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A film about a young man whose aspirations are shattered in the alleys of a city altered by war. He tries to rid himself of his past and leave. However, he must confront his fiancée Farida with his decision to leave the city, igniting memories and contradictions within him.

2025

Live Broadcast

Live Broadcast 2025

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Produced in Deir al-Balah. A journalist leaves his reporting station just minutes before his live broadcast, to go to the restroom. In the long queue of impatient people, the war is discussed by those waiting in line. Some praise the photographer, while others criticize him for not covering a particular incident or for not being at a certain location during a specific event. The photographer’s tense state and need to use the restroom continue to rise until he reluctantly returns to the live broadcast to cover an ongoing massacre. The story is humorous and painful, capturing the often-overlooked, quotidian struggles of refugees surviving amidst a genocide.

2025

Before We Leave

Before We Leave 1970

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When death draws near, we finally begin to question the true meaning of life

1970

De bouche à Oreille

De bouche à Oreille 2025

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At the heart of Jemaâ el-Fna, Marrakech's famous square, rumors say that a dark mystery forgotten by time lies hidden: a secret prison.

2025

Places of the soul

Places of the soul 2023

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The death of the film director’s mother hit her very hard. She was just a child when this happened, and memories fade with the passage of time. Thus, the home videos that the most important woman in her life extensively shot begin to enter the picture.

2023

Spring of Anbar

Spring of Anbar 2012

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Al-Qaida propaganda shows their fighters training in the Iraqi desert, carrying out attacks on convoys and barracks U.S. and Iraqi troops and patrolling the streets of the Al-Anbar towns and villages.

2012

Levitations

Levitations 1970

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Two sisters in the diaspora transcend a therapy session and end up traveling in a mysterious and dreamy liberated Palestine.

1970

Enfants de Beyrouth

Enfants de Beyrouth 2017

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Accompanied by her father, who took part in the reconstruction of Beirut in 1992, Srage wanders through Dalieh, a small city-center port where the last families of fishermen are soon to be evicted as the district is privatized.

2017

Strike the Walls

Strike the Walls 2026

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The angel of history will rise, awaken the dead, and rebuild what has been destroyed; for ‘We have on this earth what makes life worth living’.

2026

One Month in Ramallah: Life and leadership under occupation

One Month in Ramallah: Life and leadership under occupation 1970

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With rare access to the governor of Ramallah and el-Bireh, this film offers an intimate portrait of life under Israeli occupation in the West Bank. Over one month, Governor Laila Ghannam navigates her city, which is marked by protests, mourning, celebration and resilience. Amid political tensions, she reveals how Ramallah functions under occupation – how it breathes, resists and supports its most vulnerable. Moving between high-level politics and everyday encounters, Ghannam reflects on the emotional and political landscape of her people, offering a powerful glimpse into the quiet strength and steadfastness of Palestinians.

1970

The Gift

The Gift 2021

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During the New Year’s celebrations, Adam hides a quiet sadness — until an unexpected gift begins to lift his spirits.

2021

Al Qatt

Al Qatt 1970

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There are few things that do not get lost, no matter how old we are. In the memory of adults there is a childhood and in the beginning of the forest there is a tree and in the history of the walls an old inscription. The women of Asir region, southern Saudi Arabia, created the art of Qatt through abstract engraving and drawing on walls and different objects with bright colours.

1970

Lost Piece

Lost Piece 2023

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Adam is a young man in his late twenties , an employee in a company , he enters into a discussion with his father about his talent and ambition which he left since years ago because of living expense and life stability in a routine work to find himself confused between killing routine or pursuing his unclear dream.

2023