A heartbroken Tunisian film director finds the perfect male lead for her new romance movie, but
Khartoum
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Brahim Snoopy Ahmed
Timeea Mohamed Ahmed
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Feature
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81
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A civil servant, a tea lady, a resistance committee volunteer, and two street boys have their stories unexpectedly woven together through animated dreams, street revolutions and a civil war.
Cotton Queen
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Drama
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Feature
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94
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In a Sudanese cotton village, teenage Nafisa discovers her strength when a young businessman from abroad arrives with genetically engineered cotton, igniting a fight for her future and her community.
Aleya
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Documentary
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Short
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10
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After her transition, a trans woman from Cairo rebuilds her life in Berlin while navigating family rejection, profound loss, and the psychological turbulence of becoming herself.
Elbow
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Drama
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Feature
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86
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For her 18th birthday, Hazal wants to escape the everyday grind and party with her friends, but a fatal incident will force her to leave her old life in Berlin behind.
Mirah
Ahmed Samir
Drama
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Short
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19
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Mirah, an Egyptian lab worker living in Germany, finds a unique way to adapt to the
Snow and the Bear
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Feature
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93
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A young nurse begins a new assignment at a wintry, remote village when a man goes missing.
Return
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Drama
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Short
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17
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Husam is on a 24 hour leave from the front to visit his family. A lump sits in his throat, while he is having breakfast with his mother: He wants to tell her how he really feels, that he is afraid of death.
Tala'Vision
Murad Abu Eisheh
Drama
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Short
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27
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Trapped in a war ridden reality, with the hope of one day playing in the neighborhood’s football field, 8 year old Tala finds solace and freedom in a forbidden television.