Lulu

Lulu 2024

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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.

2024

Confessions from a war

Confessions from a war 2024

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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.

2024

Playtime Karantina

Playtime Karantina 2025

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The year is 2024 AD. Beirut is entirely occupied by the forces of privatized boredom. Well, not entirely... A few areas of indomitable players still hold out against the devastation of public space for leisure. Playtime Karantina is the first episode of "Beirut Belongs to Whom ?", a documentary film series about urban issues in Beirut. A collaboration between filmmakers and urban researchers, with the aim of kindling the discussion on our city, and the claiming of it by all its dwellers.

2025

They No Longer See the Land, but Square Meters

They No Longer See the Land, but Square Meters 2024

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Based on a research project “Master-Planning in Lebanon: Manufacturing Landscapes of Inequality” by Public Works Studio, the film looks into the inevitable result of policies relying on commodifying and financializing the land, a permanent loss on all levels – physical, social, private, and intimate.

2024

Watching my country crash at 2am

Watching my country crash at 2am 2024

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

2024

Those Who Are Left

Those Who Are Left 2025

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A Palestinian family deals with the loss of their 22-year-old son Omar after he was shot dead by the Israeli military. The film follows Omar's younger brother, his sister and his mother who live in a Palestinian refugee camp near Bethlehem, West Bank. While Omar’s sister Rama holds onto old memories and pictures, his brother Mohammad rarely talks about Omar’s death. But one evening, above the roofs of the camp, he shares his deepest thoughts about the future with his best friend. Omar's death has left deep marks on the siblings and their own will to live. While they struggle to move on with their lives, Omar’s mother is torn between pride and grief. She believes in the meaning of his death as a martyr.

2025

Wajoom

Wajoom 1970

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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.

1970

I have lived in absence twice

I have lived in absence twice 2011

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Drifa films the weight of her brother Sofiane’s absence, who left Algeria illegally for England in 1992. She tells of a neglected present and a repressed past — of absence, and of the inner exile endured by those who remained behind, waiting.

2011

June Memories

June Memories 2025

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After a year apart, five friends reunite for a summer filled with laughter, late-night talks, and memories that feel too perfect to be real. But as the days pass, something unspoken lingers beneath the surface a quiet tension between joy and something long buried.

2025

Northern Rain

Northern Rain 2011

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“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.

2011

Jewels of Grief

Jewels of Grief 2013

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In Morocco, for years more and more women give birth outside of marriage, known as single mothers. In the predominantly Muslim country, this is still considered as a violation of law and religion but also of morals and traditions. The documentary JEWELS OF GRIEF explores this phenomenon with the biography of two single mothers in Morocco - Nadia and Nezha - who are ostracized by family, society and the state and suffer discrimination. Besides the two mothers in the film, also representatives of religion, humanitarian organizations, human rights groups and the Moroccan government state to speak. They explain their view of things, and illustrate the complexity of the dimensions of this phenomenon.

2013

arnoos

arnoos 1970

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Sami and Mahmoud are getting ready to carry out their detailed plan on a typical day inside one of Amman's malls to steal an unusual gift from a lingerie store so that Sami can give it to his girlfriend. However, they failed to consider the store owners, who could have thwarted their plans.

1970

Khashab

Khashab 2023

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This is the story of a carpenter and his wood. Every day, he touches it, shapes it, and gives it life. Through his hands, simple pieces of wood turn into something full of meaning, beauty, and soul.

2023

Sabren

Sabren 2025

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The film captures the struggles of Sudanese revolutionaries after the October 2021 coup – a turning point that halted the revolution's progress and led to the current devastating war. Filmed over three years (2021-2023), including just weeks before the war began, it portrays life in Sudan during that turbulent time, blending scenes of peaceful daily life, protests, and resistance, especially during Ramadan and Bayram. Created by Sudanese activists and artists, the film sheds light on the overlooked causes of the war, challenging the narrative of a »civil war« and exposing deeper capitalist and colonial forces.

2025

From Philae to Agilkia

From Philae to Agilkia 1979

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A short documentary by Saad Nadim documenting the relocation of the Philae temple complex from its original island to Agilkia as part of the UNESCO-led Aswan High Dam rescue efforts, preserving Egyptian heritage amid the flooding of Nubian lands.

1979