1997

Lebanon Imprisoned

Director: Daizy Gedeon

Lebanon

The film addresses entrenched negative stereotypes about Lebanon and the Lebanese people, showcasing...

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Quatre Femmes D'Egypte

Director: Tahani Rached

Egypt

The film explores how four Egyptian women, each with different religious and social backgrounds, red...

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Umm Khulthum

Director: Michal Goldman

Narrated in English by Omar al-Sharif, "Umm Kulthum, A Voice Like Egypt" is the first feature-length...

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Between Two Summers

Director: Kristian Petri

Sweden

Torun spends her Summer holidays by the Danish Atlantic Coast with her two children and her sister E...

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Bye Bye

Director: Karim Dridi

Ismael, 25 years, reaches Marseilles with his young brother Moulioud, 12 years. They leave Bellevill...

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Clandestins

Director: Denis Chouinard

France

A group of illegal immigrants attempt to secretly leave France. With the help of a passer-by, they s...

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La Vie Silencieuse

Director: Roberto Faenza

Italy

In Sicily, during the first half of the 18th century, as the Island hesitates between barbarism and ...

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Loved

Director: Erin Dignam

It begins with a death...or is it murder? A woman runs in front of a car, but the D.A. in charge of ...

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Mr Reliable

Director: Nadia Tass

Australia

"Mr. Reliable" is based on a true story about Wally Mellish, who gained notoriety for conducting a b...

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Nairashya

Director: Rahat Yusufi

India

The film is a general and typical story of the state of the woman in a society where importance is g...

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Nenette et Boni

Director: Claire Denis

A young girl of 15, Nenette has escaped from school and has taken refuge in a run-down house where 4...

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Paradise Road

Director: Bruce Beresford

Based on true incidents, "Paradise Road" is a powerful tale of female courage, friendship, and stren...

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Ridicule

Director: Patrice Leconte

This satirical comedy centres around the flamboyant and superficial court of Louis XIV of France, wh...

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The Full Monty

Director: Peter Cattaneo

Strapped for cash, and inspired by a visit from the Chippendale's dancers to their own town, six out...

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Lost Highway

Director: David Lynch

Fred Madison (Bill Pullman) is a jazz saxophonist who lives with his wife Renee (Patricia Arquette) ...

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The Wonderful Years

Director: Petr Nikolaev

Czech Republic

The story of Kvido's parents begins in the Prague of 1962, a few hours before Kvido's birth. His neu...

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Y Aura T'il De La Neige

Director: Sandrine Veysset

France

This film uncovers the mechanism inside a working-class family in the south of France. With the moth...

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Ana El Awan

Director: Jean-Claude Codsi

Lebanon

Two Lebanese who had fled their homeland because of war decide to return to their country. He’s a fa...

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Beyrouth La Rencontre

Director: Borhan Alaouie

Lebanon

A Muslim refugee, a young Christian girl. They met at college, war separated them, the re-establishm...

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Bab El Oued City

Director: Merzak Allouache

Algeria

This film describes the current political situation in Algeria, through the contradictions in the li...

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Chickpeas

Director: Nigol Bezjian

Lebanon

"Chickpeas" is the story of three young friends, Raffi, Paul, and Ohan, who have escaped the Lebanes...

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Il Etait Une Fois Beyrouth

Director: Jocelyne Saab

Lebanon

Recollections of Beirut before the war as seen through local and foreign films shot in Lebanon. This...

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L'Homme Voile

Director: Maroun Baghdadi

Lebanon

The film portrays incidents of the Lebanese civil war through the eyes of a French doctor who volunt...

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Leila Sekhina

Director: Atef Al-Tayeb

Egypt

"Leila Sakhina" tells the story of an encounter between a prostitute and a taxi-driver, leading to a...

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Les Infidèles

Director: Randa Chahal Sabbagh

Lebanon

Love, exile, politics...that is what Pierre Chevalier asked of me. Seduced by the transgressions tha...

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Noujoum An-Nahar

Director: Oussama Mouhammad

Syria

The filmmaker tells stories of families living in the countryside of Latikia, in Syria. He builds hi...

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Le Tourbillon

Director: Samir Habchi

Lebanon

The film recounts the story of a student who returns to Lebanon from Paris where he is studying. Thi...

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Wedding in Galilee

Director: Michel Khleifi

For four months now, martial law has been imposed on an Arab Palestinian village following some viol...

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Zeinab Wal Naher

Director: CHRISTINE DABAGHI

Lebanon

Guided by the melancholy voice of Beirut, we travel into its past. Images and sounds from a time lon...

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