The Ant That Crossed My Sketchbook

The Ant That Crossed My Sketchbook 1970

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Anas, a comic sketch artist in his late twenties, confronts grief for the first time following the loss of a cherished individual. This profound event propels him into an emotional rollercoaster, compelling him to navigate a transformative journey where he must confront the harsh realities of life. Will he find closure?

1970

Mouzakara

Mouzakara 1970

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A woman navigates grief.

1970

Cairo Rhapsody

Cairo Rhapsody 2025

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In a heartfelt journey through Cairo’s bustling streets and nostalgic corners, filmmaker Farah Al-Hashem listens to people’s unfiltered thoughts on politics, history, and daily life, painting a warm portrait of a city that embraces everyone despite its chaos.

2025

Between the Silence and the Noise

Between the Silence and the Noise 2025

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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.

2025

I Witness Silwan

I Witness Silwan 2024

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I Witness Silwan: Art, Resistance, and Placemaking in Occupied Jerusalem offers a poetic and defiant portrait of life in Silwan, where 65,000 Palestinians face ongoing threats of forced expulsion. Told through the eyes of youth, the film documents a powerful public art project that transforms walls into sites of resistance and remembrance. Through intimate glimpses of local and international artists working with residents, I Witness Silwan becomes a testament to creative resistance and the enduring power of art to claim space and shape collective memory in the face of dispossession.

2024

Sounds of Gaza

Sounds of Gaza 2025

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The small details of daily life are often the most telling. This moving visual and sonic portrait, "Sounds of Gaza", captures the heartbeat of a people surviving 21 months of an ongoing genocide. In the words of writer and poet Dr. Mariam Qawwash, the video gives voice to the injustice, disappointment, and irreparable loss experienced by Palestinians in Gaza.

2025

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

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

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