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"From Ground Zero" is a compelling project that brings together 22 short films created by talented filmmakers from Gaza. Launched by Rashid...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alaa Nijim

After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Zain Al Rafeea

In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Riz Ahmed

In a Japan of the near future, the government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized to remedy a super-aged society....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chieko Baisho

In the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I, a young Bedouin boy experiences a greatly hastened coming of age as he embarks on a perilous...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Jacir Eid

Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Salma Hayek Pinault

Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shahab Hosseini

On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Mark Strong

In spring 2019, filmmaker Hind Meddeb captures a jubilant moment of defiance among young Sudanese activists in Khartoum after the overthrow of a long...

Genre: Documentary

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A young Japanese woman named Yoko finds her cautious and insular nature tested when she travels to Uzbekistan to shoot the latest episode of her...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Atsuko Maeda

A talented group of orphaned children in Swaziland create a fictional heroine and send her on a dangerous quest.

Genre: Animation

Cast: Gcina Mhlophe

A father and son in the suburbs of Casablanca get by on petty crimes for a local mob. When a kidnapping goes wrong, they must find a way to dispose...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Ayoub Elaid

Two women get on the highway heading to Santa Fe. Marilyn dreams of winning a contest held by a famous belly dancing company, while her friend, Mona,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sienna Miller

In Taiwan, as the 2019 Hong Kong protests erupt across the strait, Zhong-Han, a young silent thug, leads a life divided between his work in a family...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Wilson Liu

It's 1992. Young Dina lives in a remote mountain village where life is strictly governed by centuries of tradition. Dina's grandfather has promised...

Genre: Drama

Cast: George Babluani

After losing part of her memory in an accident, Leila, a young French woman of Iraqi origin, reconstructs her story by reconnecting with her family...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leila Al Bayaty

Mohammed Assaf, an aspiring musician living in Gaza, sets a seemingly impossible goal: to compete on the program "Arab Idol."

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tawfeek Barhom

A spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf Sufi Muslims chewed for centuries for religious meditations...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mohammed Arif

Members of a family quit the polluted, rubbish-strewn city of Beirut for an idyllic mountain home. However, their dreams of a utopian existence are...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nadine Labaki

The story follows a group of birds on a journey where they try to find a better life for themselves and the ones they love.

Genre: Animation

Cast: Jeremy Irons