Cinema Arabiyya

A series of lesser known, or just lesser shown, films from the Arab world, selected to challenge and excite curious cinephiles, expand their knowledge of international cinema and provide a greater understanding of Arab arts and culture.

Dirty Difficult Dangerous
Mar
12

Dirty Difficult Dangerous

An impossible love ignites between Ethiopian housemaid Mehdia and Syrian refugee Ahmed in Beirut. The two lovers take a chance to find freedom while Ahmed fights a mysterious condition.

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As I Open My Eyes
Jan
21

As I Open My Eyes

A few months before the revolution in Tunisia, 18 year-old Farah has a passion for life and sings in a political rock band. But her mother, knowing the dangers, wants her to pursue a career as a doctor.

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Wajib
Nov
19

Wajib

A father and his estranged son must come together to hand-deliver his daughter's wedding invitations to each guest.

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Feathers
Sep
9

Feathers

An Egyptian dark comedy about an authoritarian patriarch is accidentally turned into a chicken by a magician during a children's birthday party

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Bosta
Jul
24

Bosta

Former schoolmates meet up again after 15 years and drive across Lebanese regions in a rundown school bus trying to introduce a new blend of music in their native villages, a mix of the traditional dance – the Dabkeh – coupled with a techno beat.

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Yomeddine
May
22

Yomeddine

Two outcasts, a Coptic leper and his orphaned apprentice, leave their leper colony for the first time and embark on a journey across Egypt to search for what remains of their families.

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Tlamess
Jan
16

Tlamess

A soldier is granted one week’s leave after the death of his mother. Rather than return to active duty, he absconds and soon finds himself a wanted man, pursued through an eerily deserted city.

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The Sea and its Waves
Sep
24

The Sea and its Waves

On a full moon night, the young Najwa and the musician Mansour reach Beirut. They follow the trail of smugglers to join a woman on the other side of the sea. A few streets away, Selim, the old lighthouse keeper, tries to repair the electricity of his neighborhood.

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