Arabica

France, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Qatar, 2022
Regi: Firas Khoury

In Khoury’s captivating feature film debut, we meet a group of Palestinian high-school friends in Israel who are imposed “forced forgetting”. As Israel’s independence day draws nearer, they must weigh the risks involved in remembering their own story.

Sweden, France, Finland, Denmark, 2022
Regi: Tarik Saleh

The naïve Adam becomes a pawn in a complex power game between the Egyptian dictatorship's authorities and Sunni Islamic authorities. In this spy thriller, everyone is a means to someone else's end.

France, Belgium, Morocco, 2022
Regi: Fyzal Boulifa

An impoverished woman and her teenage son struggle for survival and footing in Moroccan society. This is an ambitious and thematically ambitious drama with an empathetic portrayal of the troubled mother-son relationship at its center.

France, Germany, Lebanon, Qatar, Israel, Palestine, 2021
Regi: Daniel Carsenty, Mohammed Abugeth

Impoverished Palestinians are forced to seek illegal work in Israel, and human traffickers transport them across the border. This suspenseful documentary portrays the smuggler’s dangerous work and the reasons behind their risk-taking.

The role of the storyteller examines the power that lies within the film industry to build worlds, shape memories, and change perceptions. We’ll look at who’s telling the stories, who isn’t, and why that matters.

France, Egypt, Netherlands, Greece, 2021
Regi: Omar El Zohairy

What is a woman to do when her husband transforms into a chicken, leaving her to support the family by herself? This kafkaesque, deadpan, and satirical Egyptian comedy gives us the answer to that question.

2022
Regi: Jumana Manna

Foragers mixes fiction and documentary about two food plants that grow in Israel-Palestine. They form a concrete basis that exemplifies legal, ethnic, and class-based differences between Palestinians and Israelis in the occupied areas around Jerusalem, Galilee, and the Golan Heights.

Syria, United Kingdom, France, 2022
Regi: Soudade Kaadan

Most tales of war show the drama on the battlefield, but Nezouh rather focuses on the realities of everyday life. This warm drama is a story of a small family in Damascus and their fears, hopes, and dreams.