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7.0

♡ 3

Action

Documentary

Raed Andoni Director

Mohammed Nimer as Set Builder / Policeman #1 / Self

Abdallah Moubarak as The blacksmith / Investigator #1 / Self

Raed Khattab as The cheerful prisoner / Investigator #3 / Self

Anbar Ghannan as The groom / Investigator #2 / Self

A set-up for an experiment in an empty room. Former inmates reconstruct an Israeli secret service interrogation centre. These Palestinian men use role play to come to terms with their memories and the humiliation they have experienced.

Broken Keys

6.5

♡ 1

100%

based on true story

inspired by true story

isis (daesh)

religious fundamentalism

sharia law

syrian refugee

Jimmy Keyrouz Director

Julian Farhat as Abdallah

Tarek Yaacoub as Karim

Rola Beksmati as Samar

Adel Karam as Tarek

In a war-torn Middle Eastern city where music has been banned by Islamic extremists, Karim, a brilliant musician, struggles to rebuild his destroyed piano while trying to escape to Europe.

Death of a Virgin and the Sin of Not Living

6.5

♡ 2

Action

Comedy

George Peter Barbari Director

Feyrouz Abou Hassan as Christelle

Ahmad El Balou as Guy with one eye

Ghadi Dawra as Khaled

Joseph Nader as Zouzou

Etienne is taken by his friends to a prostitute for the first time. Three troubled teens on their way to win their acceptance into manhood. Though several unexpected occurrences take Etienne on an unforeseen journey into himself.

Son of Babylon

2009

7.2

♡ 7

100%

Mohamed Al Daradji Director

Yasser Talib as Ahmed

Patrick Lally as American

Bryan Bounds as American

Shazada Hussein as Um Ibrahim

A willful young boy follows his just and obstinate grandmother on a journey across Iraq, determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Ahmed's father, who never returned from war.

Eyes of a Thief

2014

6.5

♡ 2

75%

woman director

Najwa Najjar Director

Walid Abdul Salam as Abu Anas

Khaled Hourani as Ghassan

Maisa Abd Elhadi as Houda

Malak Ermileh as Malak

Tareq is released from an Israeli prison and returns to his hometown in Palestine, a place transformed by drastic changes and filled with secrets, to find his daughter. As secrets are uncovered, light is shed on the stifling nature of contemporary Palestinian society, while revealing Tareq’s hidden past. Inspired by true events.

El-Sandooq el-Aswad

2020

4.6

♡ 9

Crime

Thriller

Mahmoud Kamel Director

Asmaa Galal as

Martina Hani as

Mostafa Khater as Hadi

Hala El-Said as Hadi's sister Halah

A suspense thriller that revolves around a pregnant woman who carries a lot of mysteries about her pregnancy, and her relationships with the people around her.

Wanted - Matloubin

2019

5.4

♡ 1

Comedy

Nebal Araqji Director

Daad Rezeq as

Miryam Klink as

Pyar Rabbat as

Jorjis Bu-Khalil as

Wanted is a very human comedy about four old people who run away from a nursing home in the name of love and solidarity.

As I Want

6.6

♡ 6

80%

Documentary

Samaher Alqadi Director

Motivated by the public rape of her best friend in the streets of Cairo, the Director uses her camera as her weapon against sexual harassment and embarks on a journey of self-awakening as she confronts her own haunting past.

Little Palestine: Diary of a Siege

7.7

♡ 13

100%

struggle for survival

war documentary

Abdallah Al-Khatib Director

Abdallah Al-Khatib as Self

During the Syrian civil war, the district of Yarmouk, home to thousands of Palestinians, became the scene of dramatic and ferocious fighting. Little Palestine (Diary of a Siege) is a film that follows the destiny of civilians during the brutal sieges, imposed by the Syrian regime, that took place in the wake of the battles. With his camera, Abdallah Al-Khatib composes a love song to a place that proudly resists the atrocities of war.

Sharie Hayfa

2019

5.6

♡ 8

Mohanad Hayal Director

Marmar Alhilali as

Yumna Marwan as

Asaad Abdul Majeed as

Iman Abdulhasan as

2006, Baghdad is ravaged by sectarian violence. Haifa Street is the epicenter of the conflict. Ahmed gets dropped off there by a taxi on his way to his beloved Suad's home to ask for her hand for marriage, he gets shot by Salam, a sniper who's living his own personal hell on a rooftop above.

A Stand Worthy of Men

7.1

♡ 14

Ahmed al-Gendy Director

Moustafa Mansour as

Sayed Ragab as Adel

Amina Khalil as Mahy

Mohamed Sallam as Moustafa

A comedy about a group of friends as they get reunited to help one of their own find his way out of major trouble. As the situation gets more complicated, they are forced to take a trip to a coastal town.

Trances

1981

6.7

♡ 3

72%

Documentary

morocco

Music

Ahmed El Maanouni Director

Abderrahman Paco as Bass

Larbi Batma as Percussion

Omar Sayed as Percussion

Nass-El Ghiwane as Themselves

A portrait of the groundbreaking Moroccan band Nass El Ghiwane, documenting a series of electrifying live performances in Tunisia, Morocco, and France; on the streets of Casablanca; and in intimate conversations. Storytellers through song and traditional instruments, and with connections to political theatre, the band became a local phenomenon and an international sensation, thanks to their rebellious lyrics and sublime, fully acoustic sound, which draws on Berber rhythms, Malhun sung poetry, and Gnawa dances.

In Paradox

2019

4.8

♡ 1

Mystery

Thriller

Hamad AlSarraf Director

Jasem Al-Nabhan as Abdallah

Nawar Youssef as Gypsy

Fayez Kazak as Saatchi

Samer Ismail as Saif

While being relentlessly attacked, a Man seeks to uncover a mystery and stop the unknown memories that are controlling him, only to learn the difference between reality and illusions.

The Road

2015

4.0

♡ 2

Rana Salem Director

Rana Salem as

Guy Chartouni as

Rana and Guy, a young married couple live in today's city of Beirut. Rana quits her job and falls slowly into a state of lingering. Guy decides they need to go on a road-trip that leads them to the mountains. The road becomes one of remembrance and nostalgia. A road that might bring them closer to themselves and to each other.

Land of Fear

1999

8.1

♡ 29

Daoud Abdel Sayed Director

Fathi Abdulwahhab as Zeina

Zeina as Hanaa

Abdel Rahman Abou Zahra as Mousa

Ahmed Zaki as Yehia

A police officer is chosen in the late 1960s for a unique and lifelong mission: to infiltrate Egypt’s criminal underworld. Stripped of his name and reputation, he adopts a new identity, living among smugglers, dealers, and nightclub owners. Over the years, he rises within this hidden world, all the while trying to balance his secret duty with the temptations of wealth, power, and desire. Against the backdrop of Egypt’s shifting political eras, his life becomes a meditation on morality, loyalty, and the fragile boundaries of identity and biblical-level metaphors.

Costa Brava, Lebanon

6.7

♡ 6

89%

88%

Action

Mounia Akl Director

Yumna Marwan as Alia

Hadi El Hachem as Ghadi

Geana Restom as Rim

Nadine Labaki as Souraya

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 shattered by the construction of a landfill on the boundary of their land.

The Falconer

6.0

♡ 6

100%

Adam Sjöberg Director

Fouad Al-Hinai as Ahmed

Noor Al-Huda as Alia

Hilal Al-Jabri as Hilal

Raid Al-Amari as Mo

Follows Tariq and Cai, two best friends who work together at a zoo, but their friendship is challenged when Tariq plans to steal animals from the zoo and sell them to save his sister from an abusive marriage.

The Wedding Song

2008

6.6

♡ 8

94%

Karin Albou Director

Bernadette Machilot as Couturière / dressmaker

Lizzie Brocheré as Myriam

Hichem Rostom as père de Raoul / Raoul's father

Simon Abkarian as Raoul / Doctor

The Nazi occupation of Tunisia strains the bonds of friendship between a Muslim woman and a Sephardic Jewess who are both preparing for their marriages.

3000 Nights

2015

7.1

♡ 8

86%

woman director

Mai Masri Director

Annemarie Jacir as Inmate

Deema Dabis as Israeli Inmate

Maisa Abd Elhadi as Layal Asfour

Yussuf Abu-Warda as Military Judge

Iman, a young newly wed Palestinian bride, is arrested and incarcerated in a top-security Israeli prison where she gives birth to a baby boy. As she struggles to survive and raise her child behind bars, she is torn between her instinct as a mother and the difficult decisions she must make, finding through her relationship with the other prisoners - both Palestinian and Israeli – the time and space to reflect, develop and mature as a young woman.

Farha