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5 Broken Cameras
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Emad Burnat Guy Davidi , 2014
Oscar-nominated film compiled from the video diary of a Palestinian farmer who documents unrest in his West Bank village. Emad Burnat starts filming with his first camera following the birth of his fourth son. At the same time in his village of Bil\\\'in, a separation barrier is being built and the villagers begin to resist this decision.
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Oscar-nominated film compiled from the video diary of a Palestinian farmer who documents unrest in his West Bank village. Emad Burnat starts filming with his first camera following the birth of his fourth son. At the same time in his village of Bil\\\'in, a separation barrier is being built and the villagers begin to resist this decision.
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Ajami
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Scandar Copti Yaron Shani , 2009
Ajami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.
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Ajami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.
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Bab el hadid ( The Iron Gate)
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Youssef Chahine , 1958
Kinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed by Hannouma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks.
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Kinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed by Hannouma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks.
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Bar Bahar
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Maysaloun Hamoud , 2016
Three Palestinian women living in an apartment in Tel Aviv try to find a balance between traditional and modern culture.
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Three Palestinian women living in an apartment in Tel Aviv try to find a balance between traditional and modern culture.
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Capharnaüm
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Nadine Labaki , 2018
While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.
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While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.
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Eshtebak
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Mohamed Diab , 2016
Set entirely in an 8m police truck, a number of detainees from different political and social backgrounds are brought together by fate, during the turmoil that followed the ousting of former president Morsi from power.
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Set entirely in an 8m police truck, a number of detainees from different political and social backgrounds are brought together by fate, during the turmoil that followed the ousting of former president Morsi from power.
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Etz Limon (Lemon Tree)
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Eran Riklis , 2008
The story of a Palestinian widow who must defend her lemontree field when a new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down.
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The story of a Palestinian widow who must defend her lemontree field when a new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down.
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Eyes of a Thief
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Najwa Najjar , 2014
A father with a dangerous secret searching for his daughter
- German subtitles
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A father with a dangerous secret searching for his daughter
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Iraq in Fragments
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James Longley , 2006
Stories from modern day Iraq as told by Iraqis living in a time of war, occupation and ethnic tension.
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Stories from modern day Iraq as told by Iraqis living in a time of war, occupation and ethnic tension.
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Kalot Hamidbar
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Ada Ushpiz , 2008
This is the story of three relatively educated and independent Bedouin women trying to survive, each in their own way, a life of polygamy.
- French subtitles
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This is the story of three relatively educated and independent Bedouin women trying to survive, each in their own way, a life of polygamy.
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Son of Babylon
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Mohamed Al Daradji , 2009
A willful young boy follows his just as obstinate grandmother in a journey across Iraq, determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Ahmed's father, who never returned from war.
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A willful young boy follows his just as obstinate grandmother in a journey across Iraq, determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Ahmed's father, who never returned from war.
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Sukkar banat (Caramel)
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Nadine Labaki , 2007
A romantic comedy centered on the daily lives of five Lebanese women living in Beirut.
- French subtitles
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A romantic comedy centered on the daily lives of five Lebanese women living in Beirut.
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The Alleys
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Bassel Ghandour , 2021
A crime caper set in the labyrinthine alleys of East Amman where a blackmailing voyeur sets off a series of unintended events, causing the lives of residents to collide and spiral into chaos.
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A crime caper set in the labyrinthine alleys of East Amman where a blackmailing voyeur sets off a series of unintended events, causing the lives of residents to collide and spiral into chaos.
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True Stories: War Child
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Jezza Neumann , 2010
Bafta Award-winning film-maker Jezza Neumann's shocking portrait of Palestinian children living in the aftermath of war.
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Bafta Award-winning film-maker Jezza Neumann's shocking portrait of Palestinian children living in the aftermath of war.
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Wadjda
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Haifaa Al-Mansour , 2012
An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
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An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
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Ya tayr el tayer (The Idol)
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Hany Abu-Assad , 2015
Mohammed Assaf, an aspiring musician living in Gaza, sets a seemingly impossible goal: to compete on the program "Arab Idol."
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Mohammed Assaf, an aspiring musician living in Gaza, sets a seemingly impossible goal: to compete on the program "Arab Idol."
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Zaytoun
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Eran Riklis , 2012
Beirut, 1982: a young Palestinian refugee helps an Israeli fighter pilot escape from PLO captivity because he wants to visit his ancestral family home. En route through war-torn Lebanon their relationship develops into a close bond.
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Beirut, 1982: a young Palestinian refugee helps an Israeli fighter pilot escape from PLO captivity because he wants to visit his ancestral family home. En route through war-torn Lebanon their relationship develops into a close bond.