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.
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.
Wajib
A father and his estranged son must come together to hand-deliver his daughter's wedding invitations to each guest.
Feathers
An Egyptian dark comedy about an authoritarian patriarch is accidentally turned into a chicken by a magician during a children's birthday party
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.
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.
It Must Be Heaven
Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland of Palestine.
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.
I Still Hide to Smoke
Nine women of various backgrounds gather in an Algerian hammam to talk about their lives.
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.
The Imperialists Are Still Alive!
Juggling the sudden abduction of her childhood sweetheart as well as a blooming love affair, a French-Arab Manhattanite makes her way as an artist.