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Nour’s journey of coming to terms with her longing for her father and for Syria, as she confronts loss and the profound emotional impact of absence.

A filmmaker documents the final days of a crumbling cinema in Jordan, revealing personal stories during regional upheaval, and a quiet reflection on loss, memory, and resilience amid larger collapses.

After leaving a disappointing audition, Seif heads to an old café to escape from the world, where he unexpectedly meets a friend he hasn’t seen in ten years. Their conversation leads them into moments of honesty and revelation.

Julia, a young Lebanese-Canadian journalism student lives with and cares for her reserved grandfather, Antoine. Julia attends a class on the Lebanese Civil War, where her professor tells a story about his experience as a foreign journalist covering the war. Having been sheltered from this reality her entire life, Julia is moved by the stories he tells and the images he shows. She is struck by one image in particular, that of a woman who seems so familiar to her. She seeks answers from her professor, who seems startled by her line of questioning, and evades answering her all together. Determined to get an answer, Julia returns home to continue her search, looking through old documents and photos, awaiting her grandfather’s return. Once home from his evening stroll, for the first time in her life, Julia reaches out and asks about his past in Lebanon and finally learns of the fate of her grandmother.

Path to Sovereignty

Jannet, a factory worker, fights alongside her coworkers to save her textile factory from bankruptcy in a brutal battle against capitalism and institutional bureaucracy.

Lulu follows 16-year-old Jana Zakarnekh, who returns home from school to find her cat hiding under her bed. After spending the day playing with the cat, she is woken by an unsettling noise. Tragedy strikes when she steps onto her balcony in search of her cat.

Set in 1974 , The Man from the Theatre stage retraces the artistic journey of Abduallah Al-Jaffal — actor , writer ,and theatre director. Using memories, interviews, and archival moments, the film reveals the passion, struggles, and vision of a man who dedicated his life to shaping the early years of Saudi theatre.

Confessions From A War is a feature documentary in the tradition of The Sorrow and the Pity about the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990). It is not about what happened but about the emotional and psychological cost of war and the value of forgiveness and repentance. Finally, it is not just about this war; it is about all wars.

A Vision on Landmines Still Present in Egypt – Through a Satirical Attack on the Government and Its Perception of Human Life

Bourj Hammoud: The Value of the Existing is a documentary tracing a two-year architectural research project in one of Beirut’s densest and most layered neighborhoods, exploring how small, strategic interventions can improve daily life within severe economic and spatial constraints.

Living in the safety of Sweden Yara follows the attacks on Lebanon and Palestine by Isreal online, constantly worrying about her family.

A young man enters a mysterious interview, but little by little the interview turns into a series of psychological tests that reveal his internal fragility.

“Northern Rain” is a documentary that stems from the experience of the Moroccan association Assaida Al Horra and was made in collaboration with them. One of the association's many current projects is to recover the stories of some Moroccan women who participated in the struggle for the country's independence in the 1950s. The documentary focuses on these particular stories that make up Morocco's recent history. “Northern Rain” aims to show today's Moroccan women who seek their image in the mirror of time and who gratefully recover for the collective memory the history of struggle, risk, and courage of other women who until now remained hidden.

During the quarantine lockdown, a 16-year-old’s ordinary days fracture into a defining journey of resilience, rebellion, and growth that redefines who he is.