The Dark Wind
2016

The Dark Wind (Reşeba)

Iraq, Germany, Qatar
2016

The Dark Wind (Reşeba)

Winner, Cultural Diversity Award Under the Patronage of UNESCO, 2016 Shortly after the engagement of Reko and Pero, a young Yazidi couple living in the…

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Frenzy
2015

Frenzy (Abluka)

Türkiye, Qatar, France
2015

Frenzy (Abluka)

Winner, Jury Grand Prize, 2015 Istanbul is in the grip of political violence. The state uses new underground techniques in the hunt for terrorists in shantytowns.…

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The Idol
2015

The Idol (Ya Tayr El Tayer)

Palestine, Qatar, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates
2015

The Idol (Ya Tayr El Tayer)

Winner, Cultural Diversity Award under the patronage of UNESCO, 2015 Mohammed and his sister Farrah are in many ways oblivious to their troubled surroundings. They…

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Mustang
2015

Mustang

Türkiye, France, Qatar, Germany
2015

Mustang

In a sunny Turkish village by the Black Sea, five spirited and adolescent sisters find themselves confronted with the restrictions of becoming a woman in…

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Theeb
2014

Theeb

Jordan, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
2014

Theeb

Arabia, 1916. Theeb lives with his Bedouin tribe in a forgotten corner of the Ottoman Empire. Having recently lost his father, it falls to Theeb’s…

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33 Days
2008

33 Days (33 Yaoum)

Lebanon, Qatar
2008

33 Days (33 Yaoum)

Filmed during the massive Israeli war on Lebanon in the summer of 2006, 33 Days follows the real-life stories of four people: a theatre director…

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The Seen and Unseen
2017

The Seen and Unseen (Sekala Niskala)

Indonesia, Netherlands, Australia, Qatar
2017

The Seen and Unseen (Sekala Niskala)

Winner, Best Youth Feature Film, 2017 The director-producer of APSA 2012 Best Children’s Feature Film award winner The Mirror Never Dies returns with The Seen…

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Taste of Cement
2017

Taste of Cement

Germany, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, Qatar
2017

Taste of Cement

The Lebanese Civil War may be over but the Syrian one still rages on. In Beirut, Syrian refugees take jobs as construction workers, building skyscrapers…

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Dede
2017

Dede

Georgia, Croatia, Netherlands, Qatar, United Kingdom
2017

Dede

Winner, Cultural Diversity Award under the patronage of UNESCO, 2017 Set in 1992 amid the remote Ushguli community of Georgia’s Svaneti province in the country’s…

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Wajib
2017

Wajib (Duty)

Palestine, Colombia, France, Germany, Norway, Qatar, United Arab Emirates
2017

Wajib (Duty)

Abu Shadi is a divorced father and a school teacher in his mid-60s living in Nazareth. After his daughter’s wedding in one month he will be living…

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The Orphanage
2019

The Orphanage (Parwareshgah)

Afghanistan, Denmark, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Qatar
2019

The Orphanage (Parwareshgah)

In the late 1980s, 15-year-old Qodrat lives in the streets of Kabul and sells cinema tickets on the black market. He is a big fan…

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It Must Be Heaven
2019

It Must Be Heaven

Palestine, Qatar, Türkiye, Canada, France, Germany
2019

It Must Be Heaven

Told through the director’s alter ego, Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman (ES) escapes from Palestine seeking an alternative homeland. On his travels, however, he finds parallels…

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Ava
2017

Ava

Islamic Republic of Iran, Qatar, Canada
2017

Ava

Ava is 17 years old with a passion for the violin, crushes on boys and a typical adolescent rebellious streak. When Ava is marched to…

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Of Fathers and Sons
2017

Of Fathers and Sons

Syrian Arab Republic, Lebanon, Qatar, Germany
2017

Of Fathers and Sons

Director Talal Derki embedded himself with the family of Abu Osama in northern Syria impersonating as pro-jihadi war photographer. A founding member of the Al…

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Amal
2018

Amal

Egypt, Lebanon, Qatar, France, Germany, Norway, Denmark
2018

Amal

Coming of age as a teenager is hard enough without being forced to do so amid the political and social upheaval of a national revolution.…

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The Devil’s Drivers
2021

The Devil’s Drivers

Qatar, Lebanon, France, Germany
2021

The Devil’s Drivers

Chased by the army, a human trafficker crosses the border on a daily basis. An intimate yet harrowing portrait – shot over the course of…

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Rehana
2021

Rehana (Rehana Maryam Noor )

Bangladesh, Qatar, Singapore
2021

Rehana (Rehana Maryam Noor )

Rehana, an assistant professor at a medical college, struggles to keep the harmony between work and family, as she has to play all the complex…

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Autobiography
2022

Autobiography

Indonesia, France, Singapore, Poland, Philippines, Qatar, Germany
2022

Autobiography

With his father in prison and his brother abroad for work, young Rakibworks as the lone housekeeper in an empty mansion belonging to Purna,a retired…

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Return to Seoul (Retour à Séoul)

Return to Seoul (Retour à Séoul)

Cambodia, Qatar, France, Belgium, Germany

Return to Seoul (Retour à Séoul)

On an impulse to reconnect with her origins, Freddie, 25, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born before being adopted…

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The Stranger (Al Garib)

The Stranger (Al Garib)

Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Qatar, Germany

The Stranger (Al Garib)

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Alam

Alam

Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, France, Tunisia

Alam

Tamer is a Palestinian teenager living in Israel. He and his friends lead a typical high school student’s life until the arrival of the beautiful…

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Rapture (Rimdogittanga)

Rapture (Rimdogittanga)

India, People's Republic of China, Qatar, Switzerland, Netherlands

Rapture (Rimdogittanga)

One night, a boy collecting cicadas in the forest disappears. There is a rumour that the village is being stalked at night by child kidnappers…

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Tiger Stripes

Tiger Stripes

Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar

Tiger Stripes

The first amongst her friends to hit puberty, Zaffan, 12, discovers a terrifying secret about her body. Ostracised by her community, Zaffan fights back, learning…

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A House in Jerusalem

A House in Jerusalem

Palestine, United Kingdom, Qatar, Netherlands, Germany

A House in Jerusalem

Following her mother’s death, a British Jewish girl is moved by her father from London to Jerusalem in the hopes that a new beginning can…

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Inshallah a Boy (Inshallah Walad)

Inshallah a Boy (Inshallah Walad)

Jordan, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar

Inshallah a Boy (Inshallah Walad)

After the sudden death of her husband, Nawal, in her 30s, has to fight for her part of the inheritance in order to save her…

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