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- From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a harrowing journey as refugees, putting both their hearts and champion swimming skills to heroic use.
- Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.
- Daniel Northcott began documenting his surroundings at 7 when he got his dad's video camera. He filmed his family and friends growing up then traveled, capturing meaningful moments with new people and places.
- Its events on Zeer Salem, which sparked the forty years war about the killing of his brother.
- A writer in his forty, writing about his wealthy family before and after the Syrian crisis, to review the living conditions since 2003 until now.
- Suddenly at night a prison warden arrives to execute the death sentence of two prisoners disregarding all the protocols, the prisoners will be smuggled out of prison and replaced by two others, to hide a case of getting rid of witnesses.
- The series revolves around a powerful figure in the Syrian society called Al-Hakam, who carries out illegal activities, including drug smuggling. All his plans will be revealed by a woman who seeks vengeance for the murder of her husband.
- Abdo the charioteer's life becomes beset by a series of hurdles as he grapples with oppression and a fierce quest for love in old Damascus
- The story inspired by real events of the emergency evacuation of Chinese nationals and diplomats, but also foreigners, during the war in Yemen in 2015.
- Two Iranian pilots are in a special mission to save the people of a small Syrian city who are surrounded by the terrorists. But they have to face many challenges before manage to accomplish their mission.
- In Damascus, a collective of young female actors comes together to research the topic. They plan to use the moving anonymous statements of countless women to create a stage play that will break taboos.
- The series talks about a doctor who is appointed as a general manager in a government department, and he notices the great corruption in this department, and tries to fix it.
- A slight preview of the palestinian case about a palestinian doctor who lives with his wife and Farahan, his son in Haifa while facing the israeli occupation.
- While scouting locations for his classic "The Gospel According to St. Matthew", director Pier Paolo Pasolini noticed that filming in the actual site of the story, in Palestine, wouldn't be much of a great choice due to the modern invasion which completely altered the biblical settings. Here, the director explained his reasons of why his search in the Middle East end up being wrong - though somewhat fruitful and rewarding in other ways - and why his native Italy surprised him and became the scenario for his religious epic.
- A leading American spy has a miniature camera surgically implanted in his eye, unbeknownst to him, and with it photographs secrets for the Russians, helping them gather information about a newly created death ray.
- Several years after the ambush, which targeted Jabal Sheikh Al-Jabal, where he lost his wife and son. Jabal feels the danger coming to Al-Hayba and his family so he decides to leave his isolation and starts planning meticulously when to return and how to revenge.
- In the late summer of 2006, in the middle of the insurgency, filmmakers Eddy Moretti and Suroosh Alvi traveled to Baghdad to meet and interview the only heavy metal band in Iraq, Acrassicauda. "Heavy Metal in Baghdad" is the story of the band and its members, young Iraqis whose lives have been distorted and displaced by years of continual warfare in their homeland. The filmmakers have collected glimpses into the struggles of Acrassicauda as they try to stay together and stay alive. Their struggle is the untold story of the hopes and dreams of an entire generation of young Iraqis.
- In his debut feature film, director Muhammad explores the inexorable dissolution of a family, ironically during the planning of a wedding, the kind of ritual that ought to bond family members together in shared joy. The film exposes the divisive dynamics of patriarchal oppression, and the terrible connections between familial and sociopolitical violence.
- An Italian American on the verge of losing his restaurant and wife to cancer follows a Middle Eastern immigrant on the path to achieve the American Dream and take over his restaurant.
- The services of a Syrian taxi driver "Abu Janti" include driving his customers to their destinations and ends up solving their problems, getting himself into funny situations.
- An investigation into the crash of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
- Albert and Anna use to travel around the world without money and in a wheelchair. Now they want to conquer their craziest challenge: to reach the other side of the planet, from Barcelona to New Zealand.
- As far as one can remember, water has been dropping from this ceiling. One drop after another, slowly, like an ever-repeating dream that spreads all-over and changes the rhythm of life, creating a partition in-between the internal and the external. One camera for Nidal Debs, another for his hero Marwan, One camera shooting what the other sees. who makes the film?. Marwan lives in Damascus since a long time, since when refugees arrived and filled the city, since hardship was even harder. He & his friends lived those times when life was different, when dreams were bouncing in the streets. Something is happening today, the friends awaken as Ahmad passes away, a life-time of silence has passed, a life-time of frustration and loneliness must end, dreams are searching for a few minutes, for last moments, there is still a little time left. There is a new space today, a space to remember, to convey & to confess, a space for a new attempt to escape. Silent love speaks up today, desire rises, everybody stands up at the cross-road of age, trying to find the dream a place in a world that was already formed; we didn't form it this way!!
- This controversial Syrian documentary based on "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" alleges that Jews are engaging in a conspiracy to rule the world.
- British Architect Hussam Chakouf returns to his hometown of Damascus on a quest to re-build the war-torn Syria.
- A Syrian radio DJ shares her experiences in the aftermath of the 2011 Arab Spring.
- Against the oppressive environment of religious fanaticism, political turmoil, archaic traditions, and the rise of fundamentalist Islamic movements, one extraordinary Arabian woman rises up in a personal, revealing, and dangerous quest to champion justice and equality for all women. WOMAN is a feature-length documentary based on the writings, lectures, and life of Nobel Prize nominee, activist Bouthaina Shaaban as she fearlessly ignites awareness while advancing the cause of rights for Arab women - from securing formal acknowledgments throughout the Arab world that women should be afforded basic human rights, to waging an international battle defending the integrity of the real Arab female, all accomplished with the firm hand of diplomacy and the power of her pen. The film journeys back to Bouthaina's beginning as a schoolgirl in a small obscure Syrian village to her evolution into a top international politician representing her country, while continuing her fight for female equality. WOMAN reveals Dr. Shaaban as an outspoken human rights activist and female leader living in a male dominated culture. Maintaining equilibrium between embracing the traditional values of Middle Eastern society and fighting for her deeply held belief that all people are created equal, she speaks out about the misconceptions of the female role in Islam. Ultimately, we come to know her as an inspiring leader who is dedicated to uniting the spirit of humanity into one family on earth. It is Bouthaina's humility and tolerance that elevates people's hopes, fed by the fire of her passion and her quest for a better tomorrow - for everyone. Her enlightened path empowers the souls of those without a voice, invoking the strengths of the courageous, and shedding light onto those whose hearts remain in darkness. Bouthaina Shabaan is WOMAN.
- Before leaving to settle abroad, Ahmad accepts one last job. He must audition actors for the new National Palestinian Theatre. On the road with interviewer Bissan and her cameraman Loumir, Ahmad goes in search of talent in the numerous refugee camps of Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. Hopefully for the last time, Ahmad experiences the insurmountable difficulties of life in Palestine: harassing searches at check points and borders, barricades, constant tension. He realizes the destiny of all waiting refugees is much the same as his own. He ends up guiding the auditioning actors into dramatizing what best embodies their destiny. But with the chance to catch his plane at risk, Ahmad could see the opportunity for his long-awaited exile slip away
- The film narrates the story of three women in three different cities. They have given up on life. One lives in Damascus. She has stopped speaking to others entirely, isolating herself in her flat. The other has left Damascus as a result of the war and went to Sweden, where she imprisons herself in her paintings, hoping through them to rid herself of the torments of the past. The third ended up in Vienna and faces an unknown future, like the ghost of a woman who fled Austria after the Second World War. It is a discussion between a woman stuck in Damascus, a second stuck in exile, and a third who has recently left. It is a conversation between the interior and exterior - an impossible conversation.
- From exile to the homeland, a journey back with the memory through reality, for all the time that has been robbed and destroyed by the recent war in Syria. Ten years spent in Egypt by Syrian director Nour Halloum till her back home.
- This Film is about Coexistence in Syria between different faiths and religions. It emphasizes on the means of dialogue to solve all the problems that may happen and it prevents from the clash of civilizations. It discusses religions tolerance through an example based on one man's way of life; he is Sheikh Ahmad Kuftaro and his organization that continues his work after his demise. We hope that this example will bridge the gap between the east and the west and we hope that this work will be accepted by God Al-Mighty as a trial to get all people of this world along and "TO KNOW EACH OTHER" as the Quran mentioned. Filmed in Syria 2008.
- In Damascus, Syria, a mother prepares her deaf son to leave their home and venture outside to learn how to live in a hearing world. However, it is the son who ends up teaching his mother the value of silence.
- Abdi Bey gives his little boy, Selman, a box containing a treasure but that cannot be opened until the phoenix sings. When Abdi Bey is abducted by a group of false policemen, he disappears, which leaves Selman marked for life. With time, Selman becomes a good student, dreaming of becoming a movie director. While in high school he falls for Merve. Unfortunately, the girl's parents move out and, to his despair, Selman loses track of his sweetheart. Now fatherless and heartbroken, the tormented young man has achieved his dream and is in the progress of making an existentialist movie whose main theme is the meaning of life. One day, dissatisfied with the main actress, he fires her and asks his assistant Zeynep to find a replacement. A new actress presents herself ; it is Merve!
- The fabled adventures of John Lewis Burckhardt, who dared to penetrate the forbidden interior of ancient Arabia to find the lost palace of Zenobia and the Biblical cities of Baalbek, Gerasa, and Petra.
- Exploring the daily life of a Damascene ambitious woman, while the Muslim Barbie, Fulla, is invading the daily life of everyone!
- How Syria's heavy metal bands struggled to survive the war.
- Five-part series following a year in the life of four schools in Damascus, a high pressure crossroads in the Middle East. It concentrates on some remarkable characters finding their way in a country that has never before opened ordinary life up to the cameras in this way, challenges the usual clichés of Arab life and charts the highs and lows of the school year.
- Pregnancy is the center of middle-eastern Muslim woman's life. Marrying, getting pregnant & raising kids are her reason for being; what would a dream be then? The film is an exploration of 4 ambitious women choices of work and\or family. It is a search of their hidden faces & of the factors effecting their choices & drives. It is a brief approach to the life and choices of four middle-eastern young women trying to find their individuality within their social, religious & political surroundings. A view of their discourses, whether they were trying to justify their compromises & surrender, or trying to break-out in what seems to be an absurd quest.
- Samir's Room is the first fiction film by Palestinian Activist and Documentary Maker, Osama Qashoo. Samir arrives home from College in the West to find his family, Mum, Dad, Sisters and Cousins, have been thrown out of their home by fundamentalist Israeli Settlers. He is appalled and distraught - but what can he do? In this gentle and life-affirming film, Samir takes an unexpected, touching and delightful revenge... Shot in Syria and Jerusalem, and inspired by the issue of illegal occupation of family homes in East Jerusalem, Osama Qashoo's first short film is a refreshing and lively take on an international Scandal.
- While Ahmad rest in the backseat of his car, Amjad drives to travel across the country. A stranger flashes Amjad with an auto-stop signal, while he returns with the Bird Move signal and a big laugh. But who laughs at the end?
- The professor Majid confesses to his friend Adil in the new year's eve about his love to the dead wife of that friend, the love that last more than 30 years without even telling her. Then other secret starts to to be revealed as the officer friend confesses as well why he had an affair with other women.
- "Man can enter into paradise only once," said Mahomet, "and what desire shall I have for the paradise of the hereafter. If I look longer upon this paradise on earth?" It is true that Damascus may not meet with the entire approval of our western ideas as an abode of the blest, but nonetheless, we must admit that it is a pleasant place to look upon. The city itself is no wayside hamlet. It is a thriving metropolis sending forth its manifold productions to the ends of the earth. After we have had a glimpse of the points of interest about the city: Mt. Lebanon, the Abana River, the "Street called Straight," etc,, and have watched the antiquated methods employed in making rope, hammering brass and inlaying furniture, we turn to another city which is a decided contrast to busy Damascus. Baalbek, the ancient Heliopolis of the Romans, at one time rivaled Damascus in splendor and importance. Today, it is a melancholy ruin, a waste of graceful columns and fallen pediments gleaming in the light of a sun which shall never rise again on the grandeurs of the old days.
- The film, Ahmad and Maryam depict a forbidden love story between a young Syrian Muslim man, Ahmad and a young Syrian Christian woman, Maryam. A story about the power of love and the price lovers can be prepared to pay to be together. Ahmad, the main character escapes not only the war in his country but also the impossible situation he and Maryam are in through their love for each other since they can't be together in a society where the culture and the people around them don't accept their union. They get married in secret in Damascus shortly before his escape and they carry the secret in their hearts. He flees to Sweden where he will start a new life and prepare everything so that his loved one can come and meet up with him later. We follow Ahmad during his time in Sweden through his mobile phone and all the action is shown in his screen with a creative narrative and the dialogue Ahmad has with Maryam and the loved ones he left behind take place in his phone from Ahmad's point of view. We also see flashbacks from moments he filmed with his love Maryam since he documents and shares all his life on the phone and communicate with Maryam, his friends and family on Facebook, Messenger, Viber and Whats App. The film is an inner and outer journey that describes the hardships and challenges a refugee encounter and experience in a new country and also the pain that he feels when he's far away from those close to his heart. Ahmad is tormented by guilt when he thinks about them being in the hell of war while he's in safety, an almost unbearable pain for him to carry.