WITHIN SANDDirected by: Mohammed AlatawiThis spectacular account of a young man making his way through the desert is one of the first Sau...
THE LAST QUEENDirected by: Damien Ounouri, Adila BendimeradIn 1516, Algerian king Salim Toumi accepted the help of feared pirate Aroudj Barbarossa to libera...
SHIMONIDirected by: Angela Wanjiku WamaiAfter seven years in prison, 35-year-old Geoffrey (Justin Mirichii) is released into the care of ...
OUR LADY OF THE CHINESE SHOPDirected by: Ery ClaverAngolan director Ery Claver spins an allegory of modern Africa from this fable about a Chinese me...
NEZOUHDirected by: Soudade KaadanWinner of the Audience Award at the Venice Film Festival, Nezouh – which means “displacement” – f...
NEXT SOHEEDirected by: July JungSohee (Kim Si-eun) is studying pet care and is a talented dancer, full of life and determination,...
MOUNTAIN ONIONDirected by: Eldar ShibanovJabai, aged 11, lives with his family in a small village in Kazakhstan. His father is possibly th...
LAST FILM SHOWDirected by: Pan NalinIndia’s official Oscar entry is both a fictional retelling of the director Pan Nalin’s boyhood an...
HARKADirected by: Lotfy NathanHarka is an impassioned plea for social justice set in Sidi Bouzid, the Tunisian city where the s...
HANGING GARDENSDirected by: Ahmed Yassin Al DaradjiTaha and his younger brother As'ad (Wissam Diyaa) scrape a living searching for discarded metals ...
DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUSDirected by: Wissam CharafDeadpan humour may not be the first thing we associate with stories about doomed love or struggli...
BEFORE NOW AND THENDirected by: Kamila AndiniNana (Happy Salma) is the much younger wife of the bullying Mr Darga (Arswendy Bening Swara), a l...
A SUMMER IN BOUJADDirected by: Omar MouldouiraSeven years after the death of his mother, 13-year-old Karim has left Paris for Morocco with his ...
A CHILDLESS VILLAGEDirected by: Reza JamaliKazem, an elderly film-maker, (Behrouz Allahverdizadeh) tried to shoot a documentary 20 years bef...
TURTLE SOUPDirected by: Choānn Aileen’s ex-husband refuses to elaborate on their eight-year-old son’s fight in school, so she se...
NIGHT STOPDirected by: Khadar Ayderus AhmedFrom the acclaimed Somali-born director of The Gravediggers’ Wife, which had its premiere last ye...
KROKADirected by: Samer BattikhiAll the theaters in town are controlled by the Brown Suits Committee, an old-fashioned greedy mid...
HOW I GREW UPDirected by: Yufei LiuChinese animator Yufei Liu looked within himself for this story of an emotion that is powerful bu...
TSUTSUÉDirected by: Amartei ArmarSet in a small Ghanaian town surrounded by a looming landfill site that is tipping garbage into t...
THE INTRUSIONDirected by: Eden JunjungA couple tries to dig up a freshly buried corpse in order to cut an ear from the body, believing ...
KERATIN DAYDirected by: Sami TliliIn a barbershop for men, it is keratin day. This means there is no shaving of beards or "ordinary...
IN THE LONG RUNDirected by: Yousef AssabahiSent by his mother to buy bread for lunch, seven-year-old Ahmed runs through the historic alleywa...
EARTH IS WEEPING, ITS WATER ARE TEARSDirected by: Mohammed AlghadhbanWhile Majed (30 years) is trying to find a way to express his concerns and feelings, many obstacl...
DALA BOATBREAKERSDirected by: Kaung Swan TharA first film from an emerging Myanmar filmmaker, this short documentary unobtrusively observes a ...
ZOODirected by: Tariq RimawiWandering through the worst zoo in the World, a young boy Sami is looking for his football. The l...
WILL MY PARENTS COME TO SEE MEDirected by: Muhamed Bashiir HaraweThe central figure in Harawe's haunting short film is just a boy, but he is one of many boys in t...
THE WATER MURMURSDirected by: Diam ChenChinese filmmaker Jianying Chen won the Palme D’Or at Cannes for the best short film with this po...
THE LAST DISPLACEDDirected by: Mohanad Al-SudaniWisam, a soldier in the Iraqi counter-terrorism service, had left his child during the war, and a...
KOORADirected by: Ziyad AlzahraniTwo children living in a rural neighbourhood in Riyadh sneak into their neighbour’s house while h...
A BOY WHO CANNOT SEE THE BEAUTYDirected by: Saurav YadavThis vivid experimental film, brimming with influences from filmmakers ranging from Terrence Mali...
WARSHADirected by: Dania BdeirA Syrian builder in Beirut decides to replace a colleague who died in an accident in a towering, ...
SNOW IN SEPTEMBERDirected by: Lkhagvadulam Purev-OchirWinner of both the best short film in the Orizzonti section in Venice and best international shor...
ON MY FATHER'S GRAVEDirected by: Jawahine ZentarMaine and her family are accompanying her father’s coffin to the small Moroccan village where he ...
WALK UPDirected by: Hong SangsooKorean miniaturist Hong Sang-soo serves up his signature blend of awkward meetings, table talk an...
UNDER THE FIG TREESDirected by: Erige SehiriInspired by a day spent at work with Fide Fdhili, the woman who would become the star of her film...
THE GRAVITYDirected by: Cédric IdoThe crime-ridden Parisian banlieues are familiar from films such as La Haine and Les Miserables, ...
THE DAMNED DON’T CRYDirected by: Fyzal BoulifaAfter two award-winning short films at the Directors' Fortnight under his belt, Fyzal Boulifa pro...
THE BLUE CAFTANDirected by: Maryam TouzaniThe traditional Moroccan caftan is handmade from precious fabric, every braided detail individual...
SONNEDirected by: Kurdwin AyubKurdish Austrian Yesmin (Melina Benli) isn’t especially religious, but she wears a hijab in publi...
SALAMDirected by: Houda Benyamina, Anne Cissé, Mélanie Diam'sBack in 2011, Melanie Georgiades – aka Diam’s - was a huge rap star in France, having clocked up ...
SAINT OMERDirected by: Alice DiopIn 2013, all of France was captivated by the trial of a brilliant Senegalese student who had drow...
RICEBOY SLEEPSDirected by: Anthony ShimSo-young (Choi Syung-yoon) was an abandoned baby raised in a Korean orphanage; when she comes as ...
RHINEGOLDDirected by: Fatih AkinBorn during a bombing raid in a cave swarming with bats, Giwar Jajabi, aka Xatar, was never going...
NUCLEARDirected by: Oliver StoneDirector and Red Sea IFF Jury President Oliver Stone explores the possibility for the global comm...
METRONOMDirected by: Alexandru BelcThe year is 1972; Nikolai Ceausescu has ruled Romania with an iron fist for seven years. Politics...
LIVINGDirected by: Oliver HermanusNobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro relocates Akira Kurosawa's 1952 masterpiece Ikiru to London, where ...
GODARD SEUL LE CINÉMADirected by: Cyril LeuthyWhen he died in September, aged 91, French-Swiss director Jean-Luc Godard left behind around 140 ...
FALCON LAKEDirected by: Charlotte Le BonTwo teenagers develop a close bond when thrown together on a family holiday in Quebec, where they...
DOUNIA AND THE PRINCESS OF ALEPPODirected by: Marya Zarif, André KadiSix-year-old Dounia (brightly voiced by Rachaf Ataya) is forced to leave her home in Aleppo after...
ASHKALDirected by: Youssef ChebiElements of film noir, the traditional police procedural and political allegory come together in ...
ALAMDirected by: Firas KhouryHigh-school rebel Tamer and his gang are mostly committed to smoking weed, messing around in clas...
AJOOMMADirected by: He ShumingWidowed Mrs Lim (played by veteran Singaporean actress Hong Huifang) divides her time between cos...
A GAZA WEEKENDDirected by: Basil KhalilMild-mannered English journalist Michael (Stephen Mangan) is trapped in occupied Palestinian terr...
VALLEY ROADDirected by: Khaled FahdAli is perceived by his family and the people of the beautiful Saudi Arabian mountain village whe...
QUEENSDirected by: Yasmine BenkiranWith a nod to Thelma and Louise, Moroccan director Yasmine Benkiran follows two women and a young...
KAMLADirected by: John Ikram SawersKamla is deeply committed to her work as a psychiatrist; her patients find her both supportive an...
HOW I GOT THEREDirected by: Zeyad ( Z ) AlhusainiWhen two childhood friends – now grown up and dabbling in the illegal alcohol trade – find a cach...
ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROMEDirected by: Lara SabaAward-winning Lebanese director Lara Saba turns her attention from frantic daily life in Beirut –...
AL KHALLAT +Directed by: Fahad AlammariFrom the creators of the digital series Al Khallat, which amassed over 1.5 billion views and defi...
WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?Directed by: Shekhar KapurHow do you find lasting love in today’s world? For documentary-maker and dating app addict Zoe (L...
TRIANGLE OF SADNESSDirected by: Ruben ÖstlundSwedish satirist Ruben Ostlund joined a very exclusive club of two-time Cannes Palme d'Or winners...
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERINDirected by: Martin McdonaghEvery day for as long as anyone remembers, dairy farmer Padraic (Colin Farrell) has stopped by th...
STEWARTDirected by: Patrick MarkLegendary racing-car driver Jackie Stewart, who was known as “the Flying Scot” during his Formula...
REBELDirected by: Adil El Arbi, Bilall FallahBelgian-Moroccan directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah bring the action movie techniques and e...
HUNTDirected by: Lee Jung-jaeThe real-life political scheming and scattergun extra-judicial executions that followed the 1979 ...
EMPIRE OF LIGHTDirected by: Sam MendesOlivia Colman is extraordinary as Hilary, the smiling, efficient, middle-aged manager of a beauti...
DECISION TO LEAVEDirected by: Park Chan-WookKorean master Park Chan-wook, notorious for the extremes of violence and sex in films such as Old...
BROKERDirected by: Hirokazu KoreedaMakeshift families have been an enduring theme in the work of Hirokazu Koreeda, arguably the grea...
BONES AND ALLDirected by: Luca Guadagnino“Bones and All” is a story of first love between Maren (Taylor Russell), a young woman learning h...
SLAVEDirected by: Mansour AssadSakkir and his wife Latifa made a movie, but it enraged society. As a result, Sakkir struggled wi...
SATTARDirected by: Abdullah Al-ArakSaad, a young man who loves professional wrestling, gets excited when EEW, a professional wrestli...
KING OF THE RINGDirected by: Mohammed Saeed HaribMusaab is a loveable loser, with big hopes, big heart and an even bigger belly. But he also has b...
YALLAH, YALLAH, BEENAH!Directed by: Mohammed HammadAway we go down the rabbit hole into a fun fantasy. A film junkie, whose house is a shrine to cin...
WHEN RED BLOOMSDirected by: Tala AlharbiWinner of the Red Sea's 48-hour Filmmaking Challenge, Tala Alharbi’s film ventures into the mind ...
THE KING'S POEMDirected by: Abdulwahab Bin ShaddadThe King’s Poem, is a documentary produced by Thmanyah Company for Publishing and Distribution. I...
THE CHILD IN HIS OWN CLOSETDirected by: Khaled ZidanKhaled Zidan’s film was one of the winning films in the Red Sea’s 48-hour Filmmaking Challenge, w...
MATCHSTICKDirected by: Salma MuradTold in a style that recalls German Expressionism, Kabreet is the story of a young man pulled bet...
LAST CHANCE TO FALL IN LOVEDirected by: Faisal BuhaishiIn this touching, poignant story, an old man finally gets the chance to reunite with his first lo...
FORWARDDirected by: Fahad AlotaibiAn underground hacker gets a phone call from the future that warns him that something serious is ...
CASTINGDirected by: Ali BaseedFrustrated by inquisitive people’s interference in his personal life, the character at the centre...
ZABARJADDirected by: Hussain AlmutliqYehya has dropped out of college and returns to his home village in Saudi Arabia, determined to s...
REQUIEM FOR SILENCEDirected by: Majed Z. SammanMajed explores his struggle with an unwanted malicious entity that unexpectedly comes into his li...
LUCKY YOU'RE MINEDirected by: Nora Abu ShushaA modern Saudi marriage story. Ahmad and Salma are newlywed, and days after the wedding, Salma ex...
OCTOPUSDirected by: Karim KassemLebanese filmmaker Karim Kassem returned to Beirut in 2020, intending to make another film altoge...
LOST TREASURES OF ARABIA: THE ANCIENT CITY OF DADANDirected by: Dirk Verheye, Inti CalfatThe ancient city of Dadan, home to the Dadanite and Lihyanite kingdoms in North West Arabia is me...
KHAMSA - THE WELL OF OBLIVIONDirected by: Vynom A little boy wakes up, finds himself at the bottom of a dark well and realises he can’t remember ...
GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDEDirected by: Jacquelyn MillsZoe Lucas was an art student when she first hitched a ride with a journalist to isolated Sable Is...
FRAGMENTS FROM HEAVENDirected by: Adnane BarakaTwo men comb the Moroccan desert, famous for its recurring meteorite falls, for these stones that...
ENYS MENDirected by: Mark JenkinA lone wildlife volunteer is stationed in the only house on Enys Men (which means Stone Island in...
AFTER THE END OF THE WORLDDirected by: Nadim MishlawiSuspended between a brutal past and an uncertain future, the battered city of Beirut exists in a ...
A HUMAN POSITIONDirected by: Anders EmblemSet in the picturesque Norwegian town of Alesund, on a fjord surrounded by mountains, Anders Embl...
THE BLACK PHARAOH, THE SAVAGE AND THE PRINCESSDirected by: Michel OcelotThree tales, three places and three very different worlds, all made visually exquisite by the hug...
PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISHDirected by: Joel CrawfordThe world’s smallest swashbuckler faces the horrible realisation that although cats have nine liv...
MAIKADirected by: Ham TranWhen eight-year-old science enthusiast Hung (Phu Truong Lai) sees a star fall to Earth not far fr...
GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIODirected by: Guillermo Del Toro, Mark GustafsonAcademy Award®-winning director Guillermo del Toro and award winning, stop-motion legend Mark Gus...
BIGMANDirected by: Camiel SchouwenaarTwelve-year-old Dylan (Maike Cillekens) and his best friend Youssef (Anouar Kasmi) live, eat and ...
THE HEYSEL TRAGEDYDirected by: Jan Verheyen, Jean-Philippe LeclaireIt was the tragedy that would change football forever and shake sports fans everywhere. The Heyse...
ROGUE HEROESDirected by: Tom ShanklandHow the SAS was formed becomes a ripping yarn, peppered with extra swearing, violence and pranks,...
ABOUT SASHADirected by: Yaël Langmann, Jérémy MainguySasha (Angele Metzger) is 17 and has recently moved cities with her family starting at a new high...
STRANGER THAN ROTTERDAMDirected by: Lewie Kloster, Noah KlosterJim Jarmusch’s producer and partner Sara Driver turns out to be an engaging storyteller in her ow...
STRANGER THAN PARADISEDirected by: Jim JarmuschJim Jarmusch’s landmark indie road movie, made on a minuscule budget, won the Cannes Camera D’Or ...
WATCH OUT FOR ZOUZOUDirected by: Hassan Al-ImamBy day, Zouzou is a serious theatre student at a prestigious Egyptian university, popular with he...
THE GRAND ILLUSIONDirected by: Jean RenoirOrson Welles described Jean Renoir's 1937 humanist masterpiece as one of two films he would have ...
SAMBIZANGADirected by: Sarah MaldororSarah Maldoror, a pioneer of African film-making, brings a woman’s perspective to the explosive b...
PONYODirected by: Hayao MiyazakiA five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to be...
MALCOLM XDirected by: Spike LeeOften misunderstood, Malcolm X was one of the leading forces of the United States' Civil Rights M...
LOVE IN KARNAKDirected by: Ali RedaA sparkling showcase for the trailblazing Reda Troupe of folkloric dancers, this classic film – d...
ICE CREAM IN GLYMDirected by: Khairy BesharaAfter more than 25 years, this film still comes to mind when mentioning the Egyptian superstar Am...
DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGEDirected by: Aditya ChopraThe love story of Raj and Simran is virtually synonymous with romance in Bollywood; Aditya Chopra...
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAMDirected by: Gurinder ChadhaBILB is the story of Jess Bhambra who dreams for playing football liek her hero David Beckham whi...
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAMDirected by: Gurinder ChadhaBILB is the story of Jess Bhambra who dreams for playing football liek her hero David Beckham whi...
THE MAN WHO COULDN'T LEAVEDirected by: Singing ChenWithin the walls of the former Green Island prison, political detainee A-Kuen, tells the stories ...
SHORES OF LOCIDirected by: Ellen UtrechtShores of Loci maximises the full potential of VR to immerse yourself into epic environments of m...
REIMAGINED VOLUME 1: NYSSADirected by: Julie CavaliereInspired by the Brothers Grimm folktale, A Tale of the Boy Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was,...
ON THE MORNING YOU WAKE TO THE END OF THE WORLDDirected by: Mike Brett, Steve Jamison, Pierre Zandrowicz, Arnaud ColinartOn a regular Saturday morning in January 2018, as Hawaiian citizens went about their daily routin...
KINGDOM OF PLANTS WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGHDirected by: Iona McewanWelcome to a strange and dangerous world: the Kingdom of Plants. Immerse yourself in the otherwis...
ITHRA CREATIVE SOLUTIONS SHOWCASEDirected by: The Creative Solutions programme set up by Ithra (part of Saudi Aramco) is the first development ...
FROM THE MAIN SQUAREDirected by: Pedro HarresEncircling its central square, a new town emerges in all its diversity. A crossroad of stories, e...
EURYDICEDirected by: Celine Daemen"Eurydice, een afdaling in oneindigheid is a Virtual Reality opera inspired by the ancient myth o...
ELELEDirected by: Sjoerd Van AckerAt times psychedelic at times meditative, Elele is a sensory and intuitive VR experience featurin...
EGGSCAPEDirected by: German HellerA Mixed Reality experience about a terrified little egg struggling to stay alive in a world full ...
(HI)STORY OF A PAINTINGDirected by: Gaëlle Mourre, Quentin DarrasAn animated 6DoF VR series aimed at engaging young audiences with art by creating intimate, gripp...
In-Conversation with Nelly KarimNelly Karim, a leading actress in the Arab World, started her career off as a Prima Ballerina. Sh...
In-Conversation with Michel OcelotMichel Ocelot is a legend of the animation world. Born in the French Riviera, he spent his childh...
In-Conversation with Gaspar NoéGaspar Noe has a reputation for making films that you will watch with your hands covering your ey...
In-Conversation with Andrew DominikAndrew Dominik’s latest film Blonde, about the troubled life of Marilyn Monroe, has been the talk...