Voices from Gaza Episode 1 Ahmad's Story

Voices from Gaza Episode 1 Ahmad's Story 2025

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This is the first installment of the "Voices from Gaza" documentary project, which aims to deliver to the world the current state of the Gaza Strip in Palestine in 2025, a state that cannot be fully conveyed through fragmented news footage or social media videos, at a speed faster than a typical film release. Ahmad Al-Gharban, a 16-year-old boy from Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, survived an Israeli attack on March 22, 2025, but lost both legs and his fingers. His twin brother, Muhammad, his uncle, and a 6-year-old cousin were also killed. Ahmad began studying circus music at age 7 with his deceased brother, and dreamed of becoming a performer. Ahmad and his family currently live in a refugee camp where drones fly overhead 24/7. The camp is located on the site of the former Islamic University of Gaza.

2025

Where the Balloon Led Me

Where the Balloon Led Me 1970

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Ali, a young Arab man living as an expatriate in Duhok, leads a lonely and isolated life, trapped in a heavy daily routine and struggling with a language barrier. For seven months, he has tried to control his dreams through ChatGPT, hoping to see his deceased mother, yet he remains haunted by a recurring dream of Sonia, a character from a video game.

1970

Negligence

Negligence 2025

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A film about a brilliant detective who fails to notice the danger standing right before him..until an unexpected package arrives, disguising itself as a game linked to a long-forgotten case from his past. As time closes in, the film challenges his intellect. Will he uncover the truth before it’s too late?

2025

Qahera

Qahera 2025

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Qahera is a short film that explores the complex relationship between a person and a place through a deeply personal lens, reflecting on the rapid transformations happening in the city of Cairo. Rooted in a personal experience, the film traces the director’s early passion for photography—sparked at the age of 10 when his father gifted him his first camera. Since then, photography has become a tool for seeing, processing, and understanding the world around him.

2025

The Old Man and the Mountain

The Old Man and the Mountain 2019

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Mostafa Zaoui, 66 years old and retired, escapes the city whenever he gets the chance. He goes hiking in the most remote and wild mountains, in every corner of the world.

2019

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

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

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

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

Mongi : Ya Aicha

Mongi : Ya Aicha 2015

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Aicha is the mother of a family of four children. The eldest, Mongi, has epilepsy and mental disabilities. From the moment she wakes up, Aicha devotes herself to caring for him. Through this documentary, we discover a glimpse of the daily life of these two inseparable souls, while revisiting moments from the past.

2015