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Leading Egyptian filmmaker, Magdy Ahmed Aly, is known for his films featuring strong female leads and tackling pro-feminist topics, such as the very popular Life...My Passion, and the controversial more
Malaga Spanish Film Festival's Audience favorite and winner for Best Film and Best Actress (Sanaa Alaoui),
A Fiancé for Yasmina is a humorously romantic summer's tale about marriages of convenience, social commitment ... more
Française
Souad El Bouhati – Morocco, France – 84 mins
Winner of multiple awards at the Rotterdam International Film Festival and the Dubai International Film Festival. Precocious and sassy tomboy Sofia (César Award-winner Hafsia Herzi), born in France from North African parents, lives a happy childhood ... more
Starring Omar Sharif and noted comedian Adel Imam, this comedy about compassion makes serious statements about religious tolerance between Christians and Muslims in modern Egypt. When a Christian theologian (Imam) falls afoul of violent extremists, t... more
Laila's Birthday
Rashid Masharawi – Palestine, Tunisia, The Netherlands – 72 mins
In this wry comedy, everyday life in an occupied territory is never easy, but who knew it could be so beautifully absurd? On the morning of his daughter's seventh birthday, Abu Laila (Mohamed Bakri) has promised his wife (Areen Omari) that he will b... more
London River
Rachid Bouchareb – Algeria, France, UK – 90 mins
Winner of an Independent Jury prize at this year's Berlin Film Festival, London River follows Elisabeth Sommers (Award-winning actress, Brenda Blethyn), a farming woman with a simple rural routine. When her regular call... more
Winner of the Golden Tauro for Best Film at the Taormina Film Festival, this meticulously paced political drama explores personal and social exile when three of four political prisoners are released after a twenty year "long night" of incarceration. ... more
Yemen's first locally produced film, The Losing Bet features an intriguing and compelling plot. Shaima and Najat, two smart and educated young Yemeni women with an artistic flair, befriend a Western girl. Tawfiq, a repe... more
Masquerades
Lyes Salem – Algeria, France – 92 mins
Winner for Best Film at the Dubai International Film Festival and Algeria's submission for the 2009 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. In this quirky yet socially conscious film by writer/director/and star, Lyes Salem, Mounir lives with his famil... more
In this Moroccan comedy hit, Number One tackles gender, class and power with humor and a feast of laughs. Aziz, a macho boss of a clothing factory terrorizes his employees, family and most people he encounters. But when... more
Open Shutters Iraq documents a remarkable photography project; a group of women from five cities in Iraq live and work together in the Syrian capital, Damascus. There they learn to take photographs, and at the same time... more
In the 1920s Leopold Weiss, a Viennese Jew, visited the Middle East, studied the Koran, and converted to Islam in search of an inner peace, changing his name to Muhammad Asad. He is credited as one of the leading scholars of Islam in the 20th century... more
In this Berlin Film Festival Panorama winner, Bilal, a 17-year old Kurdish boy, travels through the Middle East and Europe to join his girlfriend who has recently immigrated to England. His journey comes to an abrupt end when he is stopped on the Fre... more
Leading Egyptian filmmaker, Magdy Ahmed Aly, is known for his films featuring strong female leads and tackling pro-feminist topics, such as the very popular Life...My Passion, and the controversial more
Malaga Spanish Film Festival's Audience favorite and winner for Best Film and Best Actress (Sanaa Alaoui),
A Fiancé for Yasmina is a humorously romantic summer's tale about marriages of convenience, social commitment ... 
Winner of multiple awards at the Rotterdam International Film Festival and the Dubai International Film Festival. Precocious and sassy tomboy Sofia (César Award-winner Hafsia Herzi), born in France from North African parents, lives a happy childhood ... 
Starring Omar Sharif and noted comedian Adel Imam, this comedy about compassion makes serious statements about religious tolerance between Christians and Muslims in modern Egypt. When a Christian theologian (Imam) falls afoul of violent extremists, t... 
In this wry comedy, everyday life in an occupied territory is never easy, but who knew it could be so beautifully absurd? On the morning of his daughter's seventh birthday, Abu Laila (Mohamed Bakri) has promised his wife (Areen Omari) that he will b... 
Winner of an Independent Jury prize at this year's Berlin Film Festival, London River follows Elisabeth Sommers (Award-winning actress, Brenda Blethyn), a farming woman with a simple rural routine. When her regular call... 
Winner of the Golden Tauro for Best Film at the Taormina Film Festival, this meticulously paced political drama explores personal and social exile when three of four political prisoners are released after a twenty year "long night" of incarceration. ... 
Yemen's first locally produced film, The Losing Bet features an intriguing and compelling plot. Shaima and Najat, two smart and educated young Yemeni women with an artistic flair, befriend a Western girl. Tawfiq, a repe... 
Winner for Best Film at the Dubai International Film Festival and Algeria's submission for the 2009 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. In this quirky yet socially conscious film by writer/director/and star, Lyes Salem, Mounir lives with his famil... 
In this Moroccan comedy hit, Number One tackles gender, class and power with humor and a feast of laughs. Aziz, a macho boss of a clothing factory terrorizes his employees, family and most people he encounters. But when... 
Open Shutters Iraq documents a remarkable photography project; a group of women from five cities in Iraq live and work together in the Syrian capital, Damascus. There they learn to take photographs, and at the same time... 
In the 1920s Leopold Weiss, a Viennese Jew, visited the Middle East, studied the Koran, and converted to Islam in search of an inner peace, changing his name to Muhammad Asad. He is credited as one of the leading scholars of Islam in the 20th century... 
In this Berlin Film Festival Panorama winner, Bilal, a 17-year old Kurdish boy, travels through the Middle East and Europe to join his girlfriend who has recently immigrated to England. His journey comes to an abrupt end when he is stopped on the Fre...