Songs of Slow Burning Earth
2024UkraineReflective observations of Ukraine in wartime are interwoven with eye-witness accounts to contemplate the ultimate tragedy: the normalization of war.
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From Ground Zero
2024PalestineThe combined work of 22 artists living in a besieged Gaza Strip, this omnibus film provides a contextualizing and critically important look beyond the brutal livestream. Organized by the Mashawari Fund for films and filmmakers in Gaza.
We Are Inside
2024LebanonAfter 15 years, Farah returns to Lebanon to live with her father. They reconnect through the only language he understands: poetry.
The Brink Of Dreams
2024EgyptIn a village in Egypt, a group of girls rebel by forming a street theater troupe, challenging their families and villagers with their performances.
No Other Land
2024PalestineThis film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective, Basel and Yuval, shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers.
Diaries from Lebanon
2024LebanonIn 2018 Lebanon, Georges, Joumana, and Perla Joe grapple with war, politics, and revolution, sharing a dream to rebuild amid a country in turmoil.
Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
2024LebanonDuring Beirut's 2020 port blast devastation, a Lebanese film crew persists, filming against the backdrop of economic turmoil and societal collapse.
Girl With Goals
2023PakistanIn the craggy hills of northern Pakistan, 12-year-old Leeza dreams of becoming a football player to see the world… But she’s not really good at it.
A House Made of Splinters
2023UkraineChild welfare institution’s staff strives to create a safe and supportive environment for kids awaiting court decisions on removal from their homes.
Iraq’s Invisible Beauty
2023Iraq‘Father of Iraqi photography’ Latif Al Ani travels his country, but does not recognise the people and the places he photographed before the wars.
Under the Sky of Damascus
2023SyriaIn Damascus, young female actors plan to use the anonymous statements of countless women to create a stage play that will break taboos.
Bye Bye Tiberias
2023PalestineHiam Abbas returns in her village in Palestine in this intimate documentary on four generations of women and their shared legacy of separation.
Hollywoodgate
2023EgyptImmediately after the US pullout from Afghanistan, Taliban forces occupied the Hollywood Gate complex, claimed to be a former CIA base in Kabul.
Motherland
2023BelarusMotherland is a dark and monumental film from Belarus, where corruption and a brutal military culture push young people to choose sides.
Baghdad on Fire
2023IraqOn the hopes and dreams of Iraqi youth, and a 19-year-old woman who faces the consequences of fighting for democracy, freedom and a future.