FILM GUIDE

Abou Leila

2019 | 135mins | Algeria | Arabic
Algeria, 1994. With Civil War raging for years in the north of the country, each day continues to bring its […]

And The Night Will Carry Us

2019 | 11mins | Tunisia | Arabic
A dog walks at night.

Clench My Fists

2020 | 6mins | United States | Arabic, English
A found-footage collage video that explores the process of growing up in an Arab family deeply affected by death and […]

I’m Afraid To Forget Your Face

2020 | 15mins | Egypt, France, Qatar, Belgium | Arabic
After being separated for 82 days, Adam travels down a rough road to be reunited with the one he loves, […]

Mutts (Clebs)

2019 | 18mins | Canada, Morocco | Arabic
The animals’ brown, beige, white and black coats blend into the ochre earth and sunbaked walls. After the calm of […]

Pacific

2019 | 23mins | Belgium, Lebanon | Arabic, English, French
Whenever I walk through the dark reddish hallways to reach my apartment, whenever I would look out of my windows […]

Sugar Cage

2019 | 60mins | Syria | Arabic
In an attempt to record a standstill time, the filmmaker examines her intimate life with her aging parents over the […]

The Girls Who Burned The Night

2020 | 24mins | Saudi Arabia | Arabic
In an engagement night, a denied request pushes two sisters to their edge. Salsabel, a 13 years old Saudi girl […]

The Unknown Saint

2019 | 126mins | Morocco | Arabic
Amine steals a big bag of money and escapes into the hills with the police hot on his trail. Before […]

Ain’t No Time For Women

2019 | 19mins | Canada | French
Tunis, November 2019. A group of women is gathered at Saïda’s, the hairdresser, on the eve of the presidential election. […]

Aziza

2019 | 13mins | Syria, Lebanon | Arabic
Ayman, Syrian refugee in Lebanon, teaching his wife how to drive his car, the only thing left for him from […]

Fear: Audibly

2017 | 22mins | Saudi Arabia | Arabic
Anxious that Judgment Day is on the horizon, Amal keenly awaits to hear the Trumpet of Doom; One day, unexpected […]

Jardins Paradise

2020 | 6mins | Canada | French
Garden of Eden, jardin √† la fran√ßaise, English, Zen, Bahai, Arab-Islamic: Gardens reflect history, culture and heritage. They are some […]

Nour

2020 | 15mins | Tunisia | Arabic
Nour and Adem set off to look for their father, whom they haven’t seen for a long time. The two […]

So We Live

2020 | 15mins | Belgium | Arabic
A family living in a war torn country spends what seems to be a normal evening together. Their conversations shift […]

Sukar

2019 | 11mins | Morocco | Arabic
Casablanca’s beach, Morocco. Teenager’s desire for each other is growing discreetly. Adults and children oversee. A fight creates a diversion.

The Poet and the Swan

2021 | 41mins | Syria | Arabic
In a parallel and imagined world, a revolution has triumphed. A revolution based and fuelled by hatred and ignorance, in […]

Al-Sit

2020 | 20mins | Sudan, Qatar | Arabic
In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage […]

Blaxites

2019 | 12mins | Canada | English
Jai’s celebratory social media post affects her access to vital medication. Her attempts to circumvent the system leads to even […]

Foam (Écume)

2020 | 28mins | Canada | French
The car repair shop is their second home and their colleagues are like family. Everyone has their quirks and is […]

Last Days of the Man of Tomorrow

2017 | 23mins | Lebanon, Germany | Arabic
A young filmmaker investigates the legend of Manivelle, an automaton gifted to Lebanon in 1945 that still haunts an abandoned […]

One Of Us Left The Photo

2021 | 16mins | Syria | Arabic, French
A Syrian refugee lives in France with his French woman. His twin brother, pro the Syrian regime, arrives unexpectedly from […]