PALESTINE 36

By: Annemarie Jacir
In 1936, as rebellion sweeps across Mandate Palestine, Yusuf, caught between his rural home and t...

UNIDENTIFIED

By: Haifaa Al Mansour
Noelle Al Saffan, a 29-year-old divorcee, returns to her small hometown for a fresh start. A fan ...

WEDDING REHEARSAL

By: Amira Diab
Tamara, with a child from a marriage that did not last long, is from an impoverished aristocratic...

THE FAKENAPPING

By: Amine Lakhnech
Sattam is a young man plagued by bad luck, with every venture he’s tried ending in failure. Now o...

A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH

By: Anas Ba-Tahaf
A quirky love story set against the bustling backdrop of Jeddah. Convinced a generational curse w...

ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME

By: Lara Saba
Award-winning Lebanese director Lara Saba turns her attention from frantic daily life in Beirut –...

HOW I GOT THERE

By: Zeyad ( Z ) Alhusaini
When two childhood friends – now grown up and dabbling in the illegal alcohol trade – find a cach...

VALLEY ROAD

By: Khaled Fahd
Ali is perceived by his family and the people of the beautiful Saudi Arabian mountain village whe...

QUEENS

By: Yasmine Benkiran
With a nod to Thelma and Louise, Moroccan director Yasmine Benkiran follows two women and a young...

AL KHALLAT +

By: Fahad Alammari
From the creators of the digital series Al Khallat, which amassed over 1.5 billion views and defi...

KAMLA

By: John Ikram Sawers
Kamla is deeply committed to her work as a psychiatrist; her patients find her both supportive an...

FOUR DAUGHTERS

By: Kaouther Ben Hania
The Chikhaoui family hit the news in 2016 when two of the formidable Olfa Houmani’s four teenage ...

HAJJAN

By: Abu Bakr Shawky
Hajjan is both an adventure story and a moving account of the deep bond that can develop between ...

FEVER DREAM

By: Faris Godus
(Abdulsamad) A retired football star, notorious and oppressed by the media, cooperates with his d...

THREE

By: Nayla Alkhaja
A psychological horror in which western and traditional Arab belief systems alternately clash and...

BACK TO ALEXANDRIA

By: Tamer Ruggli
The complexities of the bonds between mothers and daughters are brought to life by celebrated Fre...

NAGA

By: Meshal Aljaser
After her father drops her off at the market, Sarah discreetly sneaks away on a date in the hopes...

SHAMAREEKH

By: Amr Salama
Raouf, the illegitimate son of ruthless Egyptian arms dealer Salim Ahel, works in the shadows doi...

A NOSE AND THREE EYES

By: Amir Ramses
An adaptation of the late Egyptian literary colossus Ihssan Abdoulkoudos’s novel of the same name...

KHALED EL SHEIKH BETWEEN THE THORNS OF ART AND POLITICS

By: Jamal Kutbi
Bahraini singer Khaled Al-Sheikh’s name is synonymous with musical innovation, which has brought ...

HWJN

By: Yasir Alyasiri
Based on the best-selling Saudi fantasy novel by Ibraheem Abbas, Hwjn is set in a world where dji...

ABDO & SANEYA

By: Omar Bakry
A wonderful reminder of the power of silent film, Omar Bakri’s film is shot without dialogue in d...

FRONT ROW

By: Merzak Allouache
Zhola Bouderbala and her five children wake up at dawn on a hot day and prepare to spend their fi...

HOBAL

By: Abdulaziz Alshlahei
Liam of 80 years embraces the belief in the proximity of the "Hour of Resurrection" after the eme...

THE SANDCASTLE

By: Matty Brown
A family of four finds themselves stuck on a picturesque island hiding a shocking reality. What s...