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- DirectorDoris WishmanStarsLeslieDeborah HartenLisa CarmelleSex hygiene film about transsexuals in the late 60's/early 70's. As with all sex hygiene films it's one part serious documentary and one part sensationalism.
- DirectorMira NairIndia Cabaret (1985) is a documentary by Mira Nair exploring the "respectable" and "immoral" stereotypes of women in Indian society told from the point of view of 2 strip-tease dancers in a cabaret house in Bombay. There are no voice-overs by either the cabaret dancers nor the men who were interviewed who frequented the cabaret club. Nair explores the marginalized quite often in her films, male and female. This time it is the marginalized women in Bombay who have been cast out because of the 'nature' of their jobs. The women themselves are not ashamed of what they do for a living; what they prize more is the fact that they do not have to be at the mercy of the men in their lives [husbands, brothers, fathers or lovers] as their female peers. They earn their own living, 'decently' ; they are free to come and go as they please and do not have to follow the rules imposed by men or worse society. One of the dancers is offered the opportunity to end her stint at the club and 'clean up' her act; she's offered the 'love' by a man, who promises to take her away, but she refuses. She is content to having her independence and earning her keep. The film also portrays the parallelism of the men who go to see these 'dirty' women dance for their pleasure; the men who pretend o be happily married and decent upright citizens, and who, when interviewed have no qualms about telling the camera how worthless these type of women are. The film explores "the double standards of an essentially patriarchal society."
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardAnne-Marie MiévilleStarsJean-Luc GodardAnne-Marie MiévilleJean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Mieville talk about their films, while doing everyday tasks around their house.
- DirectorJennifer FoxDocumentary about the Bustros Family
- DirectorJean Khalil ChamounMai Masri
- DirectorHiam AbbassStarsHafsia HerziHiam AbbassYussuf Abu-WardaAs a new conflict opposes Israel and Lebanon, Hajar, a young Palestinian student, returns to her native village in Galilee on the occasion of a wedding in the family. Just before the ceremony, she goes to see her father, patriarch Abu Majd, who has always encouraged her to learn and to discover the world. It is with confidence that she tells him about the man she loves, Matthew, an English art teacher at the university of Haifa. His negative reaction upsets her...
- DirectorHana MakhmalbafStarsBibigol AsefSima AsefAgheleh FarahmandDocumentary showing the backstage of production of Samira Makhmalbaf's film Panj É Asr(At Five in the Afternoon), in Kabul, after the fall of the Taliban regime. Everything was recorded with a small digital camera by Samira's 14-year-old sister Hana.
- DirectorSamira MakhmalbafStarsAgheleh RezaieAbdolgani YousefraziMarzieh AmiriIn a post-Taliban Afghanistan a young woman (Agheleh Rezaie) attends school against her conservative father's will, hoping to learn more about democracy to fulfill her dream of being the country's next president.
- DirectorHana MakhmalbafStarsAbbas AlijomeAbdolali HoseinaliNikbakht NoruzIn Afghanistan, a young girl wants to go to school and learn to read and write, but is met with hostility or indifference.
- DirectorHaifaa Al-MansourWhat has happened to the woman's role in the Saudi society. The search of a woman (Haifaa Al-Mansour) for an answer.
- DirectorMelina MatsoukasStarsDaniel KaluuyaJodie Turner-SmithBokeem WoodbineA couple's first date takes an unexpected turn when a police officer pulls them over.
- DirectorMelanie MartinezAlissa TorvinenStarsMelanie MartinezEmma HarveyMegan GageA brave-hearted girl and her charming best friend make a bewitching pair as they embark on a mission to take down the oppressive schooling system of K-12.
- DirectorBillie PiperStarsBillie PiperLeo BillKerry FoxAn anti rom-com about Mandy, a career-driven single mother, who falls in love with the charming, traditionalist Pete.
- DirectorSherry HormannStarsAlmila BagriacikRauand TalebMerve AksoyAynur, a German woman of Kurdish-Turkish descent, struggles for a free, self-determined life in the face of her family's opposition. Her brothers insult and threaten her until she finally reports her oldest brother to the police.
- DirectorDanielle LessovitzStarsFionn WhiteheadLeyna BloomMcCaul LombardiPaul must confront his white boy realness after arriving in New York and getting involved with explosively divisive groups: the queer ballroom scene and some straight debt collectors, while falling in love with a trans woman.
- DirectorMarcelo BarbosaAude Chevalier-BeaumelStarsIndianara SiqueiraWescla VasconcelosBiancka FernandesIndianara fights for the survival of transgender people in Brazil and braces up for one last battle.
- DirectorMiaomiao LiuHu WeijieStarsSiqi MaKewang LuoLing ZhangThe story takes place in a peaceful and peaceful Hui village. Gu Bo is a simple young man who lives there. Because he suffered from a strange disease since childhood, Gu Bo has a very inferiority complex. He firmly believes that no girl will take a fancy to himself like this, so he has no hope for life or feelings. His family was very worried about Gu Bai's thoughts and current situation, and arranged a blind date for him. Unexpectedly, it was a very beautiful girl named Ashiyan who was on the blind date with Gu Bai. Under the coercion and inducement of the two families, the two young people reluctantly prepared to get married. In fact, Asiyan also had her own secrets. She had a very loving ex boyfriend, but she didn't know that a terrible car accident took his life. This brought a huge spiritual blow to Asiyan. To this day, she has not been able to come out of the memory of her ex-boyfriend.
- DirectorCongcong TengStarsChen YaoJiuxiao LiXinming YangDiagnosed with ovarian cancer, a 29-year-old journalist who longs for true love ends up writing the biography for an entrepreneur's father, which leads her to embark on an existential journey.
- DirectorMichela OcchipintiStarsSidi Mohamed ChinghalyVerida Beitta Ahmed DeicheAichetou Abdallahi NajimA woman living in Mauritania is ordered to eat excessively so that she becomes more desirable and finds a husband.
- DirectorLulu WangStarsShuzhen ZhaoAwkwafinaX MayoA Chinese family discovers their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to gather before she dies.
- DirectorJocelyn DeBoerDawn LuebbeStarsJocelyn DeBoerDawn LuebbeBeck BennettSuburban soccer moms find themselves constantly competing against each other in their personal lives as their kids settle their differences on the field.
- DirectorMinhal BaigStarsGeraldine ViswanathanJack KilmerGabriel LunaMuslim teenager Hala copes with the unraveling of her family as she comes into her own.
- DirectorSofia BohdanowiczDeragh CampbellStarsDeragh CampbellAaron DanbyElizabeth RuckerA young woman discovers letters in a Harvard archive that her great-grandmother wrote to a fellow Polish poet.
- DirectorTonia MishialiStarsStella FyrogeniAndreas VasileiouPopi AvraamTrapped in the misery of an oppressive marriage, a middle-aged woman finds refuge in a fantasy world of vindictive violence. Soon, reality and fantasy start to blur.
- DirectorLorna TuckerStarsReimert RavenholtJean WhitehorseA feature length documentary following one woman's fight for the reproductive rights of a nation.
- DirectorAnna OdellStarsAnna OdellMikael PersbrandtTrine DyrholmAn artist has chosen a famous male actor for them together to deconstruct themselves and their invading roles. They engage in a boundless play with their surroundings in an exploration of identity, male and female.
- DirectorAalam-Warqe DavidianStarsMareta GetachewYohannes MusaWeyenshiet Belachew16 year old Jewish Mina, is trying to navigate between a surreal routine dictated by the civil war in Ethiopia and her last days of youth with her Christian boyfriend Eli. When she discovers that her family is planning to immigrate to Israel and escape the war, she weaves an alternate plan in order to save Eli. But in times of war, plans tend to go wrong. Marsha's coming of age film debut film is based on her childhood memories of a civil-war-torn Ethiopia.
- DirectorEva TrobischStarsAenne SchwarzAndreas DöhlerHans LöwJanne's new boss's brother-in-law rapes her, but she doesn't report the incident and continues her way of life as usual. But her silence has consequences, not only for her but also for the love that she feels for her friend Piet.
- DirectorNatalia CabralOriol EstradaStarsPachy MéndezFrank PerozoCarolina RohanaAs her 15th birthday approaches, Miriam doesn't know how to explain to her family that the boyfriend she met online is black.
- DirectorFilip MojzesFilip PeruzovicDubravka TuricStarsRoko GlavinaLana BaricNiksa ButijerThe thematic framework of the anthology feature film DEEP CUTS is violence in all of its forms: as a destruction of intimacy, family, integrity, trust.
- DirectorGaya JijiStarsManal IssaThuraya BaghdadiUla TabariUpon the Arabic Spring a young woman rents a room in the neighbor's brothel where she can dream about her sexual desires and identity.
- DirectorJessica SwaleStarsCatherine TateGemma ArtertonAnthony WelshShort film inspired by the "Time's Up" movement. It stars several A-list actresses auditioning for a leading lady role, offering a critique of the casting process. The casting directors ask increasingly ridiculous requests of the women.
- DirectorTeresa GriffithsStarsMaggie GyllenhaalTristine SkylerFrieda HughesThe story of Sylvia Plath's seminal novel The Bell Jar as well as the parallels between her life and the book. The film includes an exclusive testimony from Sylvia Plath's daughter Frieda Hughes about her mother.
- DirectorArwen CurryStarsMichael ChabonMargaret AtwoodNeil GaimanDecades before Hogwarts, Ursula K. Le Guin invited young readers to wizard school in her classic Earthsea fantasy series, and dazzled the science fiction world with masterworks like The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed. Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin tells the groundbreaking author's story in her own words, sprinkled with stunning animation and commentary from literary luminaries like Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, David Mitchell, and Michael Chabon. Produced with Le Guin's participation over ten years, Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin is a breathtaking journey through the late writer's career and her worlds, both real and fantastic.
- DirectorMeryem Benm'Barek-AloïsiStarsMaha AlemiLubna AzabalSarah PerlesSofia, 20, lives with her parents in Casablanca. Following a denial of pregnancy, she finds herself illegally giving birth to a baby out of wedlock. The hospital leaves her 24h to provide the papers of the father of the child before alerting the authorities .
- DirectorAgnieszka SmoczynskaStarsGabriela MuskalaLukasz SimlatMalgorzata BuczkowskaAfter a two-year disappearance, free-spirited Alicja is reunited with her parents, husband and young son despite having no memory of them. A dizzying psychological puzzle. Mesmerizing from the jaw-dropping first frame to the last.
- DirectorAgnieszka SmoczynskaStarsMarta MazurekMichalina OlszanskaKinga PreisIn Warsaw, a pair of mermaid sisters are adopted into a cabaret. While one seeks love with humans the other hungers to dine on the human population of the city.
- DirectorAlly AckerStarsJodie FosterDede AllenGillian ArmstrongUsing rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind the scenes in motion pictures held peripheral careers compared with their male counterparts. Ally Acker takes us on a sweeping journey behind the scenes with the female film pioneers from 1896-2014 whose remarkable achievements in cinema transformed movies forever.
- DirectorLynne RamsayStarsSamantha MortonKathleen McDermottLinda McGuireAfter her beloved boyfriend's suicide, a mourning supermarket worker and her best friend hit the road in Scotland, but find that grief is something that you can't run away from forever.
- DirectorSusanne BierStarsMads MikkelsenSidse Babett KnudsenRolf LassgårdA manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.
- DirectorChantal AkermanStarsChantal AkermanImpersonal and beautiful images of Akerman's life in New York are combined with letters from her loving but manipulative mother, read by Akerman herself.
- DirectorLucrecia MartelStarsDaniel Giménez CachoLola DueñasMatheus NachtergaeleBased on the novel by Antonio Di Benedetto written in 1956, on Don Diego de Zama, a Spanish officer of the seventeenth century settled in Asunción, who awaits his transfer to Buenos Aires.
- DirectorAnn HuiStarsJosephine SiaoKar-Ying LawAllen TingThe Suns are a typical Hong Kong family: May, forty something, works for a trading company; her husband, Bing, works as a low-grade civil servant, and Allen, their teenage son, is still at school. Trouble strikes one day when Bing's mother dies of a stroke, leaving her husband old Mr. Sun. Alzheimer's Disease is diagnosed. From that day on, the family's daily life is thrown into a poignant. Old Mr. Sun develops a tendency to wander off and get lost, he wakes up yelling in the middle of the night plus he is rude and disobliging ... all this, along with May's already full schedule as wife, mother and employee, drives her close to the edge of her endurance. The very last thing they all wanted has to happen: old Mr. Sun has to go into a Nursing Home. But it does not turn out quite like they expected...
- DirectorMargarethe von TrottaStarsBarbara SukowaAxel MilbergJanet McTeerA look at the life of philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt, who reported for 'The New Yorker' on the trial of the Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem.
- DirectorMargarethe von TrottaStarsBarbara SukowaDaniel OlbrychskiOtto SanderAfter years of political agitation, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Leo Jogiches form a revolutionary German party, the Spartacists.
- DirectorMargarethe von TrottaStarsJutta LampeBarbara SukowaRüdiger VoglerTwo sisters both fight for women's rights. Juliane is a journalist and Marianne a terrorist. When Marianne is jailed, Juliane feels obligated to help her despite their differing views on how to live.
- DirectorMargarethe von TrottaStarsKatja RiemannMaria SchraderSvea LohdeAfter the death of her father, Hannah becomes concerned with the strange behavior of her mother. As her mother's troubled childhood is revealed, Hannah realizes how little she ever knew.
- DirectorMargarethe von TrottaStarsJutta LampeGudrun GabrielJessica FrühSisters Maria and Anna live together. Maria, a most proficient secretary, encourages Anna to finish her studies and start a career; Anna broods, threatens to quit university, takes pills, and keeps a diary. When Maria's relationship with her boss' son Maurice starts to lead to love, Anna takes a selfish, drastic step that plummets Maria into solitude. No longer able to connect with Maurice, Maria manages to establish a relationship with Miriam, a typist at her office who becomes a substitute younger sister, but Maria is intrusive as well as helpful. Can this or any relationship work out for this talented woman whose past seems to choke her soul?
- DirectorAda UshpizStarsHannah ArendtJury AndruchowytschAharon AppelfeldA documentary about the life and work of Hannah Arendt, the prolific and unclassifiable thinker, political theorist, moral philosopher and polemicist, and with her encounter with the trial of Eichmann a high-ranking Nazi.
- DirectorMargarethe von TrottaBettina BöhlerFelix MoellerStarsIngmar BergmanRuben ÖstlundLiv UllmannInternationally renowned director Margarethe von Trotta takes a closer look at Bergman's life and work and explores his film legacy with Bergman's closest collaborators, both in front and behind the camera, as well as a new generation of filmmakers. The documentary presents key scenes, recurring themes in his films and his life, and journeys to the places at the center of Bergman's creative achievement and the focal points of his life such as the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, locations and landscapes from his masterpieces, and the stations from his career in Sweden, France and Germany. Explore the many layers of Bergman's work and life with INGMAR BERGMAN - LEGACY OF A DEFINING GENIUS.
- DirectorNicholas RayIda LupinoStarsIda LupinoRobert RyanWard BondRough city cop Jim Wilson is disciplined by his captain and is sent upstate, to a snowy mountain town, to help the local sheriff solve a murder case.
- DirectorSally PotterStarsTimothy SpallKristin Scott ThomasPatricia ClarksonJanet hosts a party to celebrate her new promotion, but once the guests arrive, it becomes clear that not everything will be going down as smoothly as the red wine.
- DirectorIsabel CoixetStarsSarah PolleyTim RobbinsSverre Anker OusdalA hearing impaired factory worker gives up her first holiday in years and instead travels out to an oil rig, where she cares for a man suffering from severe burns.
- DirectorIsabel CoixetStarsSarah PolleyScott SpeedmanMark RuffaloA young woman conceals the fact of her terminal cancer to live her life with a passion she never had before.
- DirectorIsabel CoixetStarsAndrew McCarthyLili TaylorPeggy WestAnn, a cute video camera store clerk, calls a suicide hotline when her boyfriend breaks up. She speaks with Don, who volunteers there when he's not selling real estate for his dad. By chance, he finds out who Ann is.
- CreatorIsabel CoixetStarsLaia CostaGuillermo PfeningThony ThornburgA pair of food lovers develop a relationship after meeting on a mobile app.
- DirectorMira NairStarsNaseeruddin ShahLillete DubeyShefali ShahA stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.
- DirectorMira NairStarsShafiq SyedAnjaanAmrit PatelYoung Krishna struggles to survive among the drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes in the back alleys and gutters of India.
- DirectorDoris DörrieStarsElmar WepperHannelore ElsnerAya IrizukiAfter Rudi's wife Trudi suddenly dies, he travels to Japan to fulfill her dream of being a Butoh dancer.
- DirectorKelly ReichardtStarsMichelle WilliamsLucyDavid KoppellOver the summer, a series of unfortunate happenings triggers a financial crisis for a young woman and she soon finds her life falling apart.
- DirectorJulie TaymorStarsJulianne MooreAlicia VikanderJanelle MonáeThe story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem's itinerant childhood and its influence on her life as a writer, activist and organizer for women's rights worldwide.
- DirectorHelma Sanders-BrahmsStarsElisabeth StepanekNguyen Chi DanhKarl Heinz ReimannDoctors say that Veronika, a woman in her 20s, is schizophrenic. She is compliant, which makes her an easy target for men. She's religious, believing she is God's favorite child; she searches for Jesus. She has sent a letter to a filmmaker suggesting her life as the subject for a movie. We see her raped than take up with a series of men she believes are Jesus, each willing or insistent on sex. A young man with his own crisis of faith invites her to join a cult. We see her involuntarily committed to an asylum from time to time where medication and constraints await. Her wealthy parents are helpless. Will a medical professional ever talk to her? If one did, would it help?
- DirectorFrieda LiappaStarsMaria SkountzouMirka PapakonstantinouGrigoris EvangelatosTwo lonely middle-aged sisters living in Athens will come into conflict with the return of a cousin from Paris, whom they were once in love with.
- DirectorFrieda LiappaStarsMaritina PassariTzoulieta KaroriAntonis KarkagiannisAfter her family goes out during nighttime and is left alone, a young history and philology student is haunted by inner demons and a possibly supernatural stalker in her cousin's apartment.
- DirectorFrieda LiappaStarsEleonora StathopoulouPemi ZouniTakis MoshosA writer abandons her life and husband and wanders the streets of a deserted city in search of herself.
- DirectorFrieda LiappaStarsIlektra AlexandropoulouPeriklis MoustakisKiriakos AgelakosOne woman's lonely search for the truth about her mother's murder.
- DirectorChanya ButtonStarsSally PhillipsJoe DempsieLaura CarmichaelFollowing the death of their friend, two girls in their late twenties embark on a road trip to spread his ashes. Seph and Alex take turns driving. Dan is in the glove compartment, in tupperware, decreasing in volume as the trip progresses.
- DirectorJoana HadjithomasKhalil JoreigeA copy of the filmmakers' first feature film disappeared somewhere in Yemen on the 10th anniversary of the reunification of north and south. A year later, they returned to track down the print, embarking on a journey that would take them across forbidding terrain from Sana to Aden. What they discover is a land of contradictions where film is openly reviled and secretly loved, teaching them much about their status as filmmakers in the Middle East.
- DirectorFernanda FrazãoAmanda KamancheckStarsRaquel Braga S. CarvalhoTeresa ChavesRosa CruzThis documentary illustrates how the participation of women in open urban spaces is marked by insecurity and harassment, explores the public space as a place of violence and analyzes how campaigns promoted by activists and feminists have changed power relationships between men and women in Brazil.
- DirectorLaura SomersStarsGerardo M VelasquezJustin RodriguezMichelle MagallonA group of troubled teens from a low-income community break into "Los Ricos", the local mansion with a border fence, and spend the day pretending to be rich in order to forget their difficult lives.
- DirectorLogan GeorgeCeline HeldStarsCaroline FalkBrooks FalkSally FalkWhen plans fall through, a six-year-old is faced with a big responsibility on a hot Texas day.
- DirectorDorothée Van Den BergheStarsImad BorjiSavannah VandendriesscheTitus De VoogdtRosie moves with her mother to an apartment on the other side of Brussels. She gets to know a lot of new people, including Moussa, who lives in the apartment above her, who gives her a complete tour of the neighbourhood, including the roof. And they search together for Rosie's father, who hasn't come home in some time.
- DirectorMónica LairanaStarsAlejo MangoSandra SandriniA man and a woman, naked in bed together. They attempt to make love, but are no longer capable of finding a shared rhythm. She begins to cry, and he brings her a glass of water. They both remain silent - perhaps everything has already been said. Before entering the bedroom, the camera first explores the other rooms in the house. It seems that life no longer takes place there. The camera lingers, as if sensing what has happened. It observes a separation - or rather the outcome of a separation. It registers gestures and glances here that speak of an intimacy that isn't part of the present any more, such as when the man and the woman, who are no longer young, look at photographs from the start of their relationship. Beautiful moments alternate with comical and sorrowful ones. She brings him vitamin tablets. When clearing out the wardrobe, they look at one another lovingly: When did they each wear this or that piece of clothing and in what situation? The two of them are usually nude. It is a nakedness that is not about exposing anything, perhaps more a habit from days spent together, or a response to the unrelenting heat. The only sound comes from the fan that provides fresh air.
- DirectorKatharina MücksteinStarsSophie StockingerKathrin ResetaritsDominik WartaMati, a small-town Austrian tomboy wrestles with gender identity while her parents confront their own buried truths.
- DirectorRosine Mfetgo MbakamEnter the Jolie Coiffure hair salon in the African Matonge district of Brussels, where charismatic owner Sabine presided over customers' flirting, gossiping, and harrowing tales of immigration.
- DirectorMatjaz IvanisinStarsPeter MusevskiA documentary essay about the relationships among Mediterranean men and their games. The film takes the form of a travelogue across Croatia, Italy, Slovenia and Turkey, and examines men, young and old, who come together like their ancestors did - to play games. During filming, however, the director suddenly faces a serious creative crisis and turns the camera on himself, turning the film into a playful homage to absurdity.
- DirectorMette Carla AlbrechtsenLea GlobA film born out of sexual frustrations.
- DirectorJessica DimmockChristopher LaMarcaThe Pearl is a cinematic and intimate profile of 4 transgender women that come out in their senior years. Set in logging towns in the Pacific NW the visceral, observational story explores what it means to leave behind living as a man.
- DirectorChristy GarlandRaised in a refugee camp in the West Bank, while her mother was in prison, Walaa is determined to survive basic training to become one of the few women on the Palestinian Security Forces - not easy for a girl who breaks all the rules. Following Walaa from 15 to 21, with an intimate POV and the exuberant energy of its subject, this is the story of a young woman navigating formidable obstacles, learning which rules to break and follow, and disproving the negative predictions from her surroundings and the world at large.
- DirectorNada Mezni HafaiedhNada Mezni Hafaiedh's Upon the Shadow follows the life of former Femen member Amina Sboui and the community of LGBTQ friends she houses in her Tunisian home. Offering unparalleled insight into life following the Arab spring, social persecution, and political struggle, from a queer perspective. Dive into the stories of Amina's strong and enchanting group of LGBTQ loves and comrades: Sandra, Ramy, Ayoub and Atef, as they bond and build queer community against a backdrop of global trauma and struggle.
- DirectorLeila SansourStarsLeila SansourOpen Bethlehem is a story of a homecoming to the world's most famous little town. The film spans seven momentous years in the life of Bethlehem, revealing a city of astonishing beauty and political strife under occupation.
- DirectorHiam AbbassStarsGamil RatibRim TurkiCarlos Chahine
- DirectorCollectif des Cinéastes Pour les Sans-PapiersCall for the regularization by the French government of all undocumented workers living in the country, a short film co-directed by 320 filmmakers and directors, producers, distributors and cinema owners.
- DirectorRania StephanStarsSuad HusniA portrait of the Egyptian actress Soad Hosni, star of Arab cinema, consisting exclusively of excerpts from her films which reflect a society in the midst of change.
- DirectorMohamed RashadStarsRashad AhmedMahmoud MortadaSaid AbutalebMohamed, the son of a modest worker, lives in Alexandria and dreams of moving to Cairo to become a filmmaker. There, he gets to know Salma and Bassam, in whom he feels he finds what he lacked in himself; namely self-confidence. After learning that both were born to seventies leftist parents who opposed an unjust state regime, he begins to search his father's history in order to find something interesting to recount to them.
- DirectorSara FattahiThree women - grandmother, mother and daughter - live hidden away in an old building in Damascus. They have chosen to live in voluntary imprisonment, cutting themselves off from a city in a constant state of siege. As war rages outside, the women wander through the rooms like ghosts who are still alive, with passionate Syrian soap operas as the surreal soundtrack. The first film by a young documentary maker, a symbolic, almost abstract, complex and fierce reflection on the tragic destiny of a country.
- DirectorNarimane MariStarsAdlane AïssaniAmir NourineBilal AzilWhile the French army is shooting at the OAS, children plunder the French army of its provisions and even of a war prisoner, condemned to eat a dish of beans. But the war catches up with the adventure and bloodies the beans.
- DirectorNarimane MariStarsChronis BarbarianDimitris GaitanisThekla GounaridouRe-enactments, improvisations and interviews with the Inhabitants of Algiers, Kythira Island and Athens.
- DirectorSoudade KaadanStarsReham AlkassarSawsan ArshidYara IbrahimIn Syria in 2012 a mother ventures into a war zone to find a gas cylinder so she can prepare a meal for her son. She discovers that in the besieged area the people there have lost their shadows.
- DirectorMania AkbariDouglas WhiteStarsMania AkbariDouglas WhiteAn Iranian filmmaker and her British sculptor partner read letters they have exchanged with each other about their lives and social conditions.
- DirectorSafinez BousbiaStarsRachid BerkaniAhmed BernaouiRobert CastelEl Gusto is the story of an orchestra of Muslim and Jewish musicians torn apart by war 50 years ago, and recently reunited for an exceptional concert. These musicians share a passion they never lost: the soul of Algiers, Chaâbi music.