2001

ABC Africa

Director: Abbas Kiarostami

Iran

Uganda, March 2000. At the request of the UN's International Fund for Agricultural Development, Abba...

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Fotograf

Director: Kazim Öz

Turkey

Farouk has to enroll in the military service, and Ali is heading to the mountains to join the Kurdis...

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Hamlet

Director: Michael Almereyda

This modern update introduces Hamlet to a world of laptops and limousines in the present-day New Yor...

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No Man's Land

Director: Dani Tanovic

Bosnia and Herzegovina

A satirical tale of two enemy soldiers, Ciki and Nino, who find themselves stranded in No Man's Land...

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Samia

Director: Philippe Faucon

France

Living near Marseille, Samia is the sixth of an immigrant Algerian family, which has a strict approa...

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Secret Ballot

Director: Babak Payami

It's Election Day. At a lonely seaside post, an unsuspecting soldier sees a ballot box parachuted do...

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Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine

Director: Bahman Farmanara

Iran

Bahman Farjami, a fifty-five-year-old film director, has not made a film for the past twenty years. ...

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The Color of Paradise

Director: Majid Majidi

Iran

Mohammad is an eight-year-old studying in blind school in Tehran. A year later, he and his father re...

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17 Rue Bleue

Director: Chad Chenouga

France

Paris, 1967. Fun-loving Adda has a comfortable life at 17 Rue Bleue thanks to a successful but marri...

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Asrar el Banaat

Director: Magdy Ahmed Aly

Egypt

The simple dreams of a fifteen-year-old girl who lives in a society that does not face reality but t...

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Clouds of May

Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Turkey

This May seems to be hotter than the previous years. Still, everyone seems to be happy despite their...

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Fatma

Director: Khaled Ghorbal

Tunisia

Fatma is 17 when one night, her cousin Taher, who is staying with her for a while, rapes her. She is...

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Jalla Jalla

Director: Josef Fares

Sweden

Måns and Roro are best friends who work in a park. They get to do all the boring stuff like cleaning...

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Little Senegal

Director: Rachid Bouchareb

France-Germany

After many years as a tourist guide in Senegal, Alloune, a 65-year-old widower, decides to go to Ame...

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Under the Moonlight

Director: Reza Mir-Karimi

Iran

Seyyed Hassan is a young rural seminary student. While all students are busy with preparations for t...

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Taif Al Madina

Director: Jean Chamoun

Lebanon

Rami, a 12-year-old boy, is forced to leave his war-torn village in South Lebanon. In Beirut, he fin...

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Ahlam El Manfa

Director: Mai Masri

From the Chatilla camps of Beirut to the Dheisha camp of Bethlehem, the story is about two Palestini...

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Beirut... Wijhat Nazar

Director: Hady Zaccak

Lebanon

Beirut is seen by five artists from different fields and generations: a theatre person, a film maker...

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Her + Him Van Leo

Director: Akram Zaatari

Lebanon

A nude portrait of a grand mother is a pretext to visit the Armenian/Egyptian photographer Van Leo. ...

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Hikayat Madina

Director: Michel Maïki, Zeina Soufan

This documentary tells the story of Beirut in all its faces, from ancient times till nowadays. It re...

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Inspite of the War

Director: Zeina Sfeir

Lebanon

The film features a character named Zeina, who reflects on her experiences and memories of Lebanon d...

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Khiam

Director: Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige

Six detainees describe how they lived between the four walls of a tiny cell for 6 or 10 years. Depri...

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Maestro Serguei Paradjanov

Director: Kaspar Derderian

In 1990, the Armenian filmmaker Sergeï Paradjanov is dying. With the help of some close friends, he ...

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Blue Night

Director: Fouad Alaywan

One night, all decide to respect the cease-fire agreement. Contrary to what he was accustomed to, ou...

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On Top of the World

Director: Ziad Oakes

The scriptwriter shares little moments and stories, either experienced or told to him. The film conc...

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Roads Full of Apricots

Director: Nigol Bezjian

Lebanon

The film examines the correlation between present and past memories, revisiting places, locations, a...

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Une Pomme Rouge

Director: Ahmad Yassine

It is the end of the year, just before the farewell party of Aïcha, the French teacher. In a place w...

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