Action Figuration

Action Figuration 2014

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Feten, a young extra for film and television is talented as an actress. She wants at all costs, despite the codes imposed by her little brother, to live her passion. Neighbors also have a say.

2014

Distant Shot of a Tree

Distant Shot of a Tree 2023

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A young man driven by a distant lover to return to his roots, searching for answers to his inner conflicts

2023

L'Morphine - AY9ONA

L'Morphine - AY9ONA 2020

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AY9ONA, following in the footsteps of an icon of Moroccan rap. From the heights of Ahouli to the Marrakech studio, Laklila set out to meet L'Morphine and Mehdi, two facets of an authentic and timeless artist. In short, a legend who left his mark on the national scene for 16 years. Rappers Small X, Nessyou, Raid, and Hamza 15-3 attest to this.

2020

Were It Not for Metro...

Were It Not for Metro... 1970

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Eight Lebanese artists, brilliant and determined, share their passion and talent on stage at the Al-Madina Metro Theatre in Beirut, a magical place where their paths have crossed and their dreams have come true. Since 2013, evolving off the beaten path, they continued to perform, successfully, tirelessly, until 2020 – as long as the heart of Beirut continued to beat. A moving film by Georges Hachem that celebrates resilience and the power of art.

1970

The Moped and the Goldfinch

The Moped and the Goldfinch 1970

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Learning of her lover’s illness, Moufida, a young woman from a village in eastern Algeria, decides to go and see him in Algiers by crossing the country on a moped. She finds herself confronted with the author of her story. A discussion between the two begins generating some tension.

1970

TranStyX

TranStyX 2023

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TranStyX tells the story of the life of Tina, a trans woman, from her birth on January 14, 2011, in Tunis to her coma in London at the age of 27 on the operating table during gender reassignment surgery. Tina falls into a near-death experience and meets her guardian angel Stella who teaches her to detach herself from her previous life, reveals to her the secrets of human existence, rewinds the film of her tumultuous life as a transgender, and eventually submits her to the last judgment.

2023

The Market Of Men

The Market Of Men 1990

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A documentary about the rural life of Egyptian workers, their hardships and simple aspirations. Hossam Ali, provides us with a glimpse in the life of those whose life's fortunes abandoned them long ago, the forgotten ones.

1990

Objects Are Closer Than They Appear

Objects Are Closer Than They Appear 2023

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After his date failed due to a visa card malfunction, Naeem goes to his sister's house to borrow some money, only to discover she's been robbed, causing an emotional roller-coaster that forces him to face his feelings of self-shame.

2023

Thé mramma

Thé mramma 2005

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Amer and Jobran, two masons working on a construction site in the capital, are preparing to receive the promoter of the building on which they have been working for several months. How to welcome their new boss with dignity and give a good image of their work? Following the advice of the elders, they decide to prepare him, as is the Tunisian tradition of their corporation, an excellent red tea. But will Mr. Amry really appreciate this tea?

2005

Un Film Inversé

Un Film Inversé 2016

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Bassem, a cinephile, is happy to attend the screening of the film Bamako as part of the 2006 Carthage Film Festival. The screening starts and Bassem discovers that the reels of the film are reversed: the film starts in the middle. No one seems to pay attention to it.

2016

The River

The River 2021

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As a couple are dinning in a restaurant in the Lebanese mountains, suddenly war breaks out and they are separated. After they are reunited once again, they delve deep into nature.

2021

Chakchouka

Chakchouka 1970

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Iheb, a young director at the start of his film career, decides to take to the streets and ask people what the idea of their films would be if they were directors. Following everyone's ideas, Iheb decides to make a film that brings together all the ideas of the people he has interviewed and shows it to the same people to get their opinion. He ends up alone in an empty movie theater in front of a white screen.

1970

Lucky You're Mine

Lucky You're Mine 2022

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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?

2022

to you(th)

to you(th) 1970

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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?

1970

Slot in Memory

Slot in Memory 2013

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In Slot in Memory, a 2013 short from Syrian filmmaker Khaled Abdulwahed, images of war are only visible through a tiny crack in an otherwise dark frame. Abdulwahed cuts between this crack and simple footage of children from Lebanon’s Sabra and Shatila refugee camps playing happily on a swing. Abdulwahed has said he had initially set out to tell a more direct account of war and trauma, but because he was physically unable to reach warzones inside Syria, he felt he couldn’t do such a project justice. Instead, filming the kids, he discovered the swing they were playing on had a crack in it, which inspired him to make the visual connection with the obscured war footage.

2013

Nayda ?

Nayda ? 2019

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It all started in 1999. Two young cultural agitators launched "L'boulevard", a musical scene that was supposed to bring together a few underground groups. Against all odds, this fringe event became a groundswell. Little by little, this musical movement spreads to all artistic expressions. Street-art, comics, cinema, fashion, the "Nayda" wave is breaking all over Morocco.

2019

From the Other Shore

From the Other Shore 2022

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Sylvana lives in Lebanon, Mohammed in New York, but when they are together, they like to go for walks. Sylvana is in a wheelchair and Mohammed is blind, so she guides the way as he pushes. They talk about the constant lack of autonomy they experience in daily life, and how the obstacles they face are not only physical but above all societal. When Sylvana was a child, other children were forbidden to play with her for fear that her disability was contagious. Although highly educated, Mohammed was unemployed for two years as a result of discrimination.

2022