2011

Toast

Director: SJ Clarkson

United Kingdom

In his childhood, Nigel Slater, one of the country’s favorite cookery writers, consumes cookery book...

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Divine Pig

Director: Hans Dortmans

The Netherlands

The film follows a pig named Dorus living in the backyard of a butcher, exploring the relationship b...

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El Bulli Cooking In Progress

Director: Gereon Wetzel

Germany

Three-star chef Ferran Adrià is widely considered the best, most innovative and craziest chef in the...

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The Pipe

Director: Risteard Ó Domhnaill

Ireland

The Pipe is a story of the small Rossport community tragically divided, taken on the might of Shell ...

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Unser Garten Eden

Director: Mano Khalil

Switzerland

The film presents everyday life in an allotment garden that mirrors the mosaic-like pattern of conte...

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Enjoy Your Meal

Director: Walther Grotenhuis

Belgium/Netherlands

The film explores the world of food production and its impact on the environment, highlighting issue...

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Taste The Waste

Director: Valentin Thurn

Germany

A documentary about global food waste and what can be done about it, highlighting that more than hal...

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7 Or Why Do I Exist

Director: Antje Starost, Hans-Helmut Grotjahn

Germany

The film explores the perspectives of seven children from around the world, asking what it means to ...

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The Great Bear

Director: Esben Toft Jacobsen

Denmark

Jonathan, 11, usually spends his vacations alone with his grandfather who lives on the edge of a vas...

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Fuchsia The Mini-Witch

Director: Johan Nijenhuis

The Netherlands

A great adventure can sometimes hatch from the smallest egg. As wizard Quark finds out when he disco...

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Magic Silver

Director: Roar Uthaug, Katarina Launing

Norway

Princess Bluerose is a small gnome living deep in the Norwegian mountains. A small community of gnom...

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Ma Petite Planete Cherie

Director: Jacques-Rémy Girerd

France

"My Little Planet" is a cartoon series conceived in collaboration with environmental specialists (ec...

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The Learning Alliance

Director: Muhammad Umar Saeed

Pakistan

Collecting garbage for earning money in order to pay their fees for school. Three brothers who are c...

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Al Anfal Fragments Of Life & Death

Director: Mano Khalil

Switzerland

This documentary sheds light on a war, which Saddam Hussein waged against the Kurdish people from 19...

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All About My Father

Director: Zeina Sfeir

Lebanon

The film follows Elie Sfeir, a barber in Beirut, who has worked for over seventy years in various ex...

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Cola

Director: Yahya Al Allaq

Iraq

Jinan, a twelve-year-old girl, collects empty cans in order to put food on the table for her cripple...

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Goodbye Babylon

Director: Amer Alwan

Iraq

Sergeant Franck O’Farrell spent three years in Babylon, Iraq. He left America convinced of his missi...

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Red White & The Green

Director: Unknown

Unknown

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Taxi Beirut

Director: Hady Zaccak

Lebanon

Beirut, this city of constant chaos, construction, and disorder is seen and lived by three taxi driv...

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This Is My Picture When I Was Dead

Director: Mahmoud Al Massad

The Netherlands

The film recounts the story of Bashir, a four-year-old boy killed during the assassination of his fa...

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Under The Bridge

Director: Nora Niasari

Iran

This observational documentary explores the state of Beirut’s public transport terminals through the...

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Cairo Exit

Director: Hesham Issawi

Egypt - UAE

The film follows 18-year-old Amal, who is torn between leaving Egypt illegally with her Muslim boyfr...

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The Quarter Of The Scarecrows

Director: Hassan Ali Mahmood

Iraq

Inspired by the eight-year war between Iraq and Iran in which millions of innocent civilians died, t...

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Transit Cities

Director: Mohammed Al Hushki

Jordan

After 14 years, Laila returns home and attempts to pick up her former life. Returning to Amman, disi...

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Venus Noire

Director: Abdellatif Kechiche

France

The film is set in Paris in 1817 and follows the story of Saartjie Baartman, who was exhibited in fr...

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Hawi

Director: Ibrahim El Batout

Egypt, Qatar

Youssef, Ibrahim, and Fady spent 20 years in the same prison. Youssef has just been released to find...

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I Love Tehran

Director: Sahand Samadian

Iran

The film relates the current situation of various young Iranians in today's Tehran, exploring their ...

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Mandoo

Director: Ebrahim Saeedi

Iraq

Sheelan, a young female doctor of Kurdish origin, returns to Iraq in 2004 to see her uncle after 20 ...

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The Hunt

Director: Thomas Vinterberg

Denmark

Following a tough divorce, 40-year-old Lucas has a new girlfriend, a new job and is in the process o...

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The Sapphires

Director: Wayne Blair

Australia

Sisters Gail, Julie and Cynthia, together with their cousin Kay, are discovered by Dave, a down-on-h...

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Beyond The Hills

Director: Cristian Mungiu

Romania

Alina returns to Romania from Germany, hoping to bring Voichita – the only person in the world she l...

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The Resilient Ones

Director: Francesco Casolo

Italy

The film gives an insight into contemporary Egypt, focusing on how younger generations approach reli...

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Uprising

Director: Fredrik Stanton

USA

UPRISING tells the story of the Egyptian revolution from the perspective of key figures and organize...

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Dangerous Liaisons

Director: Hur Jin-ho

China - South Korea - Singapore

As war looms in Shanghai, glamorous libertine Mo Jieyu runs into womanizer Xie Yifan, an ex-boyfrien...

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Shooting In Herat

Director: Ilaria Santi, Silvia Corna

Italy

In November 2011, Ilaria Santi and Silvia Corna were in Herat, Afghanistan, to develop a project of ...

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I Am Gay And Muslim

Director: Chris Belloni

Netherlands

This intimate documentary follows a number of young Moroccan gay men in their exploration of their r...

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Oslo, 31. August

Director: Joachim Trier

Norway

Anders will soon complete his drug rehabilitation in the countryside. As part of the program, he is ...

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Blind Intersecetions

Director: Lara Saba

Lebanon

Three protagonists, one city... Coming from different backgrounds, Nour, India, and Marwan pass each...

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Sea Shadow

Director: Nawaf Al-Janahi

UAE

Set in a small seaside neighborhood in the United Arab Emirates, “Sea Shadow” follows teenagers Mans...

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Looper

Director: Rian Johnson

USA

In 2072, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where ...

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Ages Of Love

Director: Giovanni Veronesi

Italy

The film explores the themes of youth, maturity, and beyond through the stories of Roberto, a young ...

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Inconscio Italiano

Director: Luca Guadagnino

Italy

Inconscio Italiano is an essay film that moves from the dramatic experience of the Ethiopian occupat...

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Joschka Und Herr Fisher

Director: Pepe Danquart

Germany - Switzerland

The film follows Joseph "Joschka" Fischer, a former student activist and taxi driver, who became a p...

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Michael

Director: Markus Schleinzer

Austria

Michael describes the last months of 10-year-old Wolfgang's and 35-year-old Michael's involuntary li...

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One Way, a Tuareg Journey

Director: Fabio Caramaschi

Italy - Niger

The film follows Sidi, a 13-year-old Tuareg, whose mother and sister emigrate from Niger to Italy, l...

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Outrage

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Japan

In a ruthless battle for power, several yakuza clans vie for the favor of their head family in the J...

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Passione

Director: John Turturro

Italy

A journey through a jukebox, the biggest in the world: Naples, a casket of songs and a legend that b...

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Pina

Director: Wim Wenders

Germany - France

Pina is a 3D feature-length dance film with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, f...

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Restless

Director: Gus Van Sant

USA

Annabel Cotton is a beautiful and charming terminal cancer patient with a deep-felt love of life and...

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Submarino

Director: Thomas Vinterberg

Denmark

Nick and his brother grew up in terrible circumstances. At 33, Nick has just been released from pris...

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That Girl In Yellow Boots

Director: Anurag Kashyap

India

This thriller traces Ruth's search for her father - a man she hardly knew. Desperation drives her to...

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The Forgiveness Of Blood

Director: Joshua Marston

USA - Albania - Denmark - Italy

In Albania, Nik, seventeen, wants to open an Internet café as soon as he graduates from school. His ...

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The Housemaid

Director: Im Sangsoo

South Korea

Lee Euny is hired as a housemaid in an upper-class family. Soon enough, the master of the house, Hoo...

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Children Of The Princess Of Cleves

Director: Régis Sauder

France

The film is set in 1558 and follows Mademoiselle de Chartres, who becomes the Princess of Clèves aft...

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Cultures Of Resistance

Director: Iara Lee

USA

Cultures of Resistance explores how art and creativity can be ammunition in the battle for peace and...

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Habemus Papam

Director: Nanni Moretti

Italy - France

Following the death of the Pope, the Conclave meets to elect his successor. On Saint Peter's Square,...

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The Light Thief

Director: Aktan Arym Kubat

Kyrgyzstan - Germany - France - Netherlands

In a remote village of the Kirghiz mountains, Mr. Light maintains the electrical system and helps th...

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The Love Of Books: A Sarajevo Story

Director: Sam Hobkinson

Qatar - UK

War-torn Bosnia in 1992. The city of Sarajevo is besieged and burning. Great art treasures are lost ...

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The Skin I Live In

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Spain

Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has b...

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Udaan

Director: Vikramaditya Motwane

India

After being abandoned for eight straight years in boarding school, Rohan returns to the small indust...

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Un Ete Brulant

Director: Philippe Garrel

France

Through a common friend, Paul meets Frederic, a painter who lives with Angele, an actress working in...

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We Need To Talk About Kevin

Director: Lynne Ramsay

United Kingdom

Eva puts her ambitions and career aside to give birth to Kevin. The relationship between mother and ...

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A Dog's Life

Director: Hana Makhmalbaf

Iran

This synopsis of this film is left to the judgement of each viewer......

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Blue Line

Director: Alain Sauma

France

A Lebanese cow wanders a bit too far across the Blue Line separating Israel and Lebanon. A young Ind...

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Courte Vie

Director: Adil El Fadili

Morocco

This short film depicts the adventures of a young child named Zhar (The Lucky One), who was hit by a...

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Eaux Troubles

Director: Carine Khalaf

Lebanon

Joey, a solitary 20-year-old boy, lives on a beach resort. He spends his time skateboarding. An olde...

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Habibti

Director: Nour Wazzi

United Kingdom

Habibti follows Iman, a veiled Arab woman steeped in tradition who journeys to London to visit her e...

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I Wish Someone Was There Waiting For Me

Director: Babak Amini

Iran

Maryam, 26 years old, works as a nurse in an elderly women’s home in Tehran, and is living with her ...

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Jacko

Director: Jean Hatem

Lebanon

When Jacko dies, Rony loses his best friend and has no one to talk to about it. How is he going to g...

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Journey Of No Return

Director: Güclü Yaman

Germany - Turkey

This film is based on the true story of a Sudanese refugee, Aamir Ageeb, who went to the police stat...

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Linge Sale

Director: Malik Amara

Tunisia

Radhi, fifty, is resigned to living with his horrible wife who mistreats him. One day, she falls acc...

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Love & Moustaches

Director: Rabih Ibrahim

Spain

Love & Moustaches is a tale about hope and doubt. It starts when Jamal, a young man, spots beautiful...

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Love...Older

Director: Zaid Abu Hamdan

Jordan - Lebanon

When love gets older, it takes different shapes! While it takes old Lebanese Bahiya and Mahmoud a gr...

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Not A Big Deal

Director: Rawan Babia

Jordan

The film follows an emotional journey of a woman who gets attacked and struggles with the Jordanian ...

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Semi-Illuminated

Director: Jassim M. Jassim

Iraq

Human beings act on instinct. As external trials set in, internal mechanisms create a fantasy realm ...

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Senses

Director: Mohamed Ramadan

Egypt

Souad is a young nurse who falls in a one-sided love relationship with a comatose patient Youssef on...

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The Power Of Generations

Director: Mohammed Jassim

Bahrain

A man is sitting on a bench in the middle of the desert. The world around him starts to develop and ...

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Us,The Moon & The Neighbours

Director: Mohamad Rifaii

Lebanon

My story is a glimpse about the Lebanese chaotic society that we live in, that I combine in a street...

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Beirut My Heart

Director: Sabah Haider

Lebanon

A woman is devastated and looking for answers after the man she changed her life and moved to Beirut...

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Bonheur: Mode d'Emploi

Director: Elio Srour

Lebanon

On 10/10/2010, Julian was celebrating his 17th birthday. At 10:10pm, the idea of seeking happiness c...

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Love Music Beirut

Director: Alain Roukoz

Lebanon

Seeking love in Beirut's streets......

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Happy Birthday

Director: Elie Fahed

Lebanon

A father in his seventies lives alone with his son Elie. The day Elie is celebrating his girlfriend'...

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My Neighbor

Director: Jean Hatem

Lebanon

My neighbor Rita is an adopted child who lives with a poor family, in very bad conditions. She suffe...

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Pelican

Director: Carmen Bsaibes

Lebanon

Celine, a newly married woman, begins her marriage ceremony on the phone and carries on her marriage...

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Seifollah Samadian's Short Movies

Director: Seifollah Samadian

Iran

Seifollah Samadian's Short Movies...

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Yasmine & La Revolution

Director: Karin Albou

France

Yasmine (18) visits her boyfriend; they have a fight. The 14 January 2011 Tunisian revolution made h...

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The Tree Of Life

Director: Terrence Malick

USA

The impressionistic story of a Texan family in the 1950s, exploring themes of nature, grace, and the...

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Melancholia

Director: Lars Von Trier

Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden

Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister an...

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