BRIGHTON 4TH
By: Levan Koguashvili
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Representing Georgia in the Oscar race, the film presents a touching exploration of masculinity in...
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COMMUNION
By: Nejib Belkadhi
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Life under lockdown: Sara works from home, helping people distressed by COVID-19. Her husband Kais...
EUROPA
By: Haider Rashid
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Intent on leaving Iraq for Europe, Kamal faces a long, difficult and dangerous journey on foot....
FARHA
By: Darin J. Sallam
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Palestine, 1948. Farha is 14, an age at which most girls in her village are married or betrothed,...
HIT THE ROAD
By: Panah Panahi
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Panah Panahi’s first feature is both a classic road movie and an emotional rollercoaster,...
HUDA'S SALON
By: Hany Abu-Assad
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New mother Reem goes to Huda’s salon in Bethlehem for a haircut and some bonding female...
LIFE SUITS ME WELL
By: Al Hadi Ulad-Mohand
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It is the mid-1990s. In a small town in the north of Morocco, Fouad is the only employee of the...
NEIGHBOURS
By: Mano Khalil
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Syrian Muslims, Kurds and Jews live amicably together in a small village on the Turkish border. The...
PAKA (RIVER OF BLOOD)
By: Nithin Lukose
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Nithin Lukose’s Malayalam-language drama introduces us to two families in North Kerala that have...
REHANA MARYAM NOOR
By: Abdullah Mohammed Saad
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“Rehana Maryam Noor” is a tense tale of abuse, accusation, and resistance in an unpredictable...
RUPTURE
By: Hamzah K. Jamjoom
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A pregnant Saudi woman must distinguish reality from dreams, drug-induced delusions, and...
SALOUM
By: Jean Luc Herbulot
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“Saloum” is a mysterious genre-shifting thriller that mixes revolutionary politics with the...
SHARAF
By: Samir Nasr
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Sharaf may dream of being fabulously rich, but when he ends up in prison after killing a man in...
SOULA
By: Salah Issaad
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Soula Bahri plays herself in Salah Issaad’s debut feature, a road movie about a young single...
THE ALLEYS
By: Bassel Ghandour
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East Amman’s labyrinthine neighbourhood Jabal Al Natheef runs on a toxic brew of gossip and...
YUNI
By: Kamila Andini
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At 16, Indonesian schoolgirl Yuni will qualify for a highly-prized college scholarship if she...
Red Sea: Short Competition (1) R18
ANXIOUS BODY
By: Yoriko Mizushiri
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Hand-drawn images of shapes in our world – living, artificial, geometrical and sinuous – are...
ASTEL
By: Ramata-Toulaye Sy
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It is the end of the rainy season in Fouta, Senegal. Life is peaceful for Astel and her father, but...
BY THE SEA
By: Wissam Al Jafari
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Struggling with both the occupation and the pandemic, a woman left alone with her son insists on...
CARNIVOROUS BEAN SPROUT
By: Sae-Rom Seo
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An animated black comedy about an unidentifiable strange creature that will satisfy the desires of...
FROM THE MOUNTAIN
By: Faisal Attrache
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The fiery leader of the Great Syrian Revolt of 1925 fights to keep the revolution alive in exile....
SEEKING ALINE
By: Rokhaya Marieme Balde
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Rokhaya, a young filmmaker returns home to Dakar to make a film about a local historical figure....
THE PYRAMID
By: Mohamed Ghazala
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An ancient Egyptian man tries to build an inverted pyramid in Mohamed Ghazala’s witty animated...
Red Sea: Short Competition (2) R18
ALL THE CROWS IN THE WORLD
By: Yi Tang
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High school girl Shengnan is invited to a mysterious party by her cousin. The party is filled with...
LAST DAY OF SUN
By: Kays Mejri
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The year is 1987: Ben Ali has come to power in Tunisia, heralding the dawn of a new era. Meanwhile,...
LOVESICK IN THE WEST BANK
By: Said Zagha
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Hasna and Nabil, an elderly Palestinian couple, are surprised when a young American tourist asks if...
NEW ABNORMAL
By: Sorayos Prapapan
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Based on true stories and following several characters, this film reflects both on life during the...
SPACE WOMAN
By: Hadi Moussally
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Tripoli, North of Lebanon: at 64, Maha retires from teaching and confronts her loneliness as a...
ZAWAL
By: Mujtaba Saeed
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Eight year-old Adam confronts a mutated world, when he breaks out of the designated quarantine area...
Red Sea: Short Competition (3) R18
CHILDREN'S GAME
By: Rim Mejdi
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Kamilia is an eleven-year-old girl who's not afraid of anyone. One day, while playing football on...
I AM INNOCENT
By: Malak Quota
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A woman deemed guilty for killing a young girl is executed. An experimental film that questions the...
NUMBER 26
By: Gvantsa Meparishvili
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Ski school instructor Nika initially tries to hide an accident on the slopes that happened on his...
TALA'VISION
By: Murad Abu Eisheh
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At 8 years old, Tala is not allowed to go outside: violence can erupt at any time. Her only link...
WHAT REMAINED
By: Rogina Bassaly
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Religion comes between Sharif and Laila, bringing their love story to an end. Sharif moves on with...
A CHIARA
By: Jonas Carpignano
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Calabrian town Gioia Taura is synonymous with the notoriously violent ‘Ndrangheta mafia...
A HERO
By: Asghar Farhadi
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Divorced father Rahim has spent years in prison for failing to pay a debt, but there seems to be a...
A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE
By: Leyla Bouzid
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Ahmed, a young Parisian of Algerian origin, meets a student who has recently arrived from Tunisia...
AMIRA
By: Mohamed Diab
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More than 100 Palestinian children have been fathered by prisoners, using sperm smuggled out of...
APPLES
By: Christos Nikou
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As a pandemic that triggers sudden amnesia sweeps through the world, one victim finds himself in a...
AS IN HEAVEN
By: Tea Lindeburg
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This award-winning adaptation of Marie Bregendahl's 1912 novel is set on a farm in late 1800s...
BROKEN KEYS
By: Jimmy Keyrouz
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In a war-torn town in Syria, young musician Tarek resolves to sell his precious piano to finance...
EARWIG
By: Lucile Hadzilhalilovic
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Visionary director Lucile Hadžihalilović's first English-language movie is a transfixing,...
FEATHERS
By: Omar Al Zoheiry
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A magic trick goes wrong at a 4-year-old’s birthday party when the magician turns the family’s...
INTREGALDE
By: Radu Muntean
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In this humorous and touching satire about the limits of generosity and philanthropy, aid workers...
MARINER OF THE MOUNTAINS
By: Karim Ainouz
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In 2019, following the death of his mother, filmmaker Karim Aïnouz decides to travel for the first...
OFFICIAL COMPETITION
By: Gastón Duprat, Mariano Cohn
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Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas are on top form in this hilarious and cynical comedy about the...
RADIOGRAPH OF A FAMILY
By: Firouzeh Khosrovani
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A deeply personal documentary by Iranian director Firouzeh Khosrovani poetically evokes the...
TED K
By: Tony Stone
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As mesmerising as it is disturbing, Tony Stone’s drama is a study of America's most notorious...
THE GRAVEDIGGER'S WIFE
By: Khadar Ayderus Ahmed
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The job of a gravedigger is an essential service, but it brings little money or respect in...
THE INNOCENTS
By: Eskil Vogt
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A family moves to the Norwegian forest for the summer with their two children, autistic Anna and...
THE SEA AHEAD
By: Ely Dagher
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Jana returns to Beirut after years living abroad, bearing the burden of some unnamed traumatic...
THE STRANGER
By: Ameer Fakher Eldin
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An unlicensed doctor, living in a small village in the occupied Golan Heights and wrestling with...
VORTEX
By: Gaspar Noé
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Gaspar Noe’s provocative films have earned him the title of enfant terrible; at the same time,...
BEIRUT HOLD'EM
By: Michel Kammoun
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Beirut Hold’em depicts the life of Ziko, a 40-year old ex-con and petty gambler, and his three...
CASABLANCA BEATS
By: Nabil Ayouch
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Anas, a former rapper, works for a cultural centre in a deprived neighbourhood of Casablanca, where...
DAUGHTERS OF ABDUL-RAHMAN
By: Zaid Abuhamdan
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Middle-aged and single, Zainab lives a dreary existence as a local seamstress. She is also her...
GHODWA
By: Dhafer L'abidine
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Habib’s health deteriorates, bringing him together with Ahmed, his 15-year-old son from a...
MEMORY BOX
By: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
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On Christmas Day in Montréal, Alex receives a box from Beirut intended for her mother Maia....
RECOVERY
By: Rashid Masharawi
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Rashid Marshawi takes us on a special journey across the historical city of Jaffa, where his father...
TAKE ME TO THE CINEMA
By: Albaqer Jaafar
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We follow the journey of former soldier Nassif, who fled the war in Iraq by hiding in dark cinemas....
THE EXAM
By: Shawkat Amin Korki
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The film follows two women, brilliantly portrayed in their subtle journey to delay a forced...
THEIR HEADS ARE GREEN AND THEIR HANDS ARE BLUE
By: Jay Bulger, Karim Dabbagh
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In 1959, expatriate American writer Paul Bowles published Their Heads Are Green, Their Hands are...
'83
By: Kabir Khan
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In 1983, the charismatic Kapil Dev (Ranveer Singh) led the Indian cricket team to its first World...
BELFAST
By: Kenneth Branagh
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Drawing on his own memories, lauded director Kenneth Branagh presents a powerful but surprisingly...
CYRANO
By: Joe Wright
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Cyrano is a romantic musical drama based on Erica Schmidt's 2018 stage musical, itself based upon...
ENNIO
By: Giuseppe Tornatore
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Ennio Morricone, arguably the greatest composer in cinema history, died last year at the age of 91....
MONA LISA AND THE BLOOD MOON
By: Ana Lily Amirpour
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Mona Lisa (Jeon Jong-seo), a young woman with psychokinetic powers, breaks out of a Louisiana...
SISTERS
By: Yamina Benguigui
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Algerian sisters Zorah, Djamila, and Nohra have grown up in Paris with their mother, who fled her...
THE COLOUR ROOM
By: Claire McCarthy
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Bridgerton star Phoebe Dynevor plays Clarice Cliff, a remarkable and determined pottery artist. She...
THE GOOD BOSS
By: Fernando Leon De Aranoa
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Spanish star Javier Bardem plays Blanco, the ostensibly caring owner of a company making industrial...
THE LOST DAUGHTER
By: Maggie Gyllenhaal
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Leda, an English language professor, is trying to have a relaxing holiday on a Greek island, but...
YOU RESEMBLE ME
By: Dina Amer
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During the bombing attacks in Paris in 2015, a young woman called Hasna Aït Boulahcen was arrested...
BECOMING
By: Sara Mesfer, Jawaher Alamri, Noor Alameer, Hind Alfahhad, Fatima Al-Banawi
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5 stories, 5 Saudi directors: a deep look into Saudi’s ever-changing society, as well as Saudi...
FAY'S PALETTE
By: Anas Ba-Tahaf
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Fay lives in a cloistered apartment, which she can’t leave because her only obstacle to the...
JUNOON
By: Maan B., Yaser B.
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Khalid, a wannabe vlogger, travels with his wife and best friend from Saudi Arabia all the way to...
KAYAN
By: Hakeem Jomah
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Kayan tells the story of a Saudi couple visiting friends in Egypt with their young baby. On their...
QUAREER
By: Ragheed Al Nahdi, Norah Almowald, Ruba Khafagy, Fatma Alhazmi, Noor Alameer
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5 Saudi women filmmakers and 5 Saudi women’s stories explore the themes of abandonment, neglect,...
ROUTE TEN
By: Omar Naim
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Maryam and Nasser are set to travel from Riyadh to attend their father’s wedding in Abu Dhabi,...
NourShams and My Vibe PG
New Saudi/New Cinema Shorts (1) R15
ACCEPTANCE LAND
By: Mansour Assad
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In 2096, after the Third World War, a homeless maid struggles to take care of a child in an era...
COVIDA THE 19TH
By: Omar Al Omirat
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Surviving the quarantine and showcasing another perspective of lifestyle during the COVID-19...
HALLUCINATED
By: Mohammed Basalamah
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Moayad is a delivery man who has an ongoing struggle with insomnia. His affliction continues to...
HIDE AND SEEK
By: Mohammad Helal
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A girl is chased by a demon, so her friends desperately search for her.
LITTLE BIRD
By: Khalid Fahad
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In a world where Malik lives alone, he must face the fateful challenges in his life.
MASKOON
By: Lina Malaika, David Darg
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An American archaeologist (Paris Verra) is working alongside the Saudi ministry of culture on...
PANTING
By: Hassan Saeed
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Marco finds himself in a maze between reality and virtual reality as he seeks to meet the girl he...
RED CIRCLE
By: Abdulaziz Sarhan
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A Middle Eastern man struggles to tell his simple story in his English storytelling class, facing...
New Saudi/New Cinema Shorts (2) PG12
ALRUFEA
By: Abbas Alshuwayfie
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The pitter-patter of rainfall on the gutters, the smell of wet mud, the joy in familiar games,...
MY DEAR FICTION
By: Ahsan Minhas
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A man tells an absurd story about the comedy and darkness of heartbreak, how it happens, and how...
PROFESSIONAL SCAMMER
By: Abdul Hameed Hassan Alam
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An unemployed person tries to steal from people. However, fate has something in store for him that...
THE DAY I LOST MYSELF
By: Rami Alzayer
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Salem is in his mid-twenties and lives in a state of constant anxiety due to a quarter-life crisis....
THE JAKAR
By: Abdulaziz Saleh
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Debuting in the early nineteenth century, an annual race was held for over 100 years before being...
THE PALM WITCH
By: Hala Alhaid
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Two friends set off in the old city of Riyadh on a search to find their lost pet. Meanwhile, an...
THE WINDOW OF LIFE
By: Hayder Dawood
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A short and personal documentary attempts to understand broader meanings of life, attitude,...
WHISPER DOWN THE LANE
By: Raghad Albarqi
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An experimental animated short film, “Whisper Down the Lane” takes us on a linear journey that...
NourShams and My Vibe PG
BARA AL MANHAJ
By: Amr Salama
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Nour is a 13-year-old orphan living in the countryside in the early 1980s. He is smart, but is also...
BELLE: THE DRAGON AND THE FRECKLED PRINCESS
By: Mamoru Hosoda
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High-school student Suzu lives with her father in a Japanese village. Her mother died drowning...
BIGGER THAN US
By: Flore Vasseur
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Melati is only 18, but she has already been fighting the plastic pollution ravaging her country,...
CHAMPIONS
By: Manuel Calvo
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Arrogant and easily riled, Khaled is assistant coach of a top Saudi Arabian football team. A show...
KIDOMANIA
By: Nicolas Deveaux, Eric Montchaud, Paul Bush, Evalds Lacis, Patrick Jean, Gaspard Roche, Paul Emile Boucher, Paulin Cointot, Remy Dupont, Benjamin Flouw, Antoine Robert
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A selection of short animated films that will delight young children (and their parents)....
SING 2
By: Garth Jennings
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Animals have got talent too––animated animals, anyway––as shown in the first “Sing”...
FAMILY PORTRAIT
By: Kyunghwan Chin
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Family Portrait, about an oddball family “protected by father with love” is the most unique,...
HELL'S GATE
By: Amin Dora
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Living under an authoritarian regime in 2052 Beirut, a secluded man's life changes when a technical...
MISTER 8
By: Teemu Nikki
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Playful, absurdist and filmed in stylish black and white, Mister8 is a hilarious new take on the...
ZONE B
By: Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, Juho Kuosmanen, Siiri Halko
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A tight group of friends, fired with unquenchable energy and enthusiasm, has come together to help...
A LITTLE LOVE MUCH VIOLENCE
By: Raafat El-Mihi
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Experimental and subversive, this film is considered the most daring work of Raafat El-Mehi. Its...
ELEPHANT GOD
By: Satyajit Ray
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One of Satyajit Ray’s most popular films, “The Elephant God” has all the essentials for a...
LUMIERE!
By: Thierry Frémaux
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Auguste and Louis Lumiere were French manufacturers of photographic equipment who are credited with...
STRAWBERRY WAR
By: Khairy Beshara
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After losing his only son, wealthy businessman Thabet is no longer capable of feeling happy. He...
THE CHOICE
By: Youssef Chahine
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A famous writer is accused of killing his twin brother. In the hands of legendary director Youssef...
THE NIGHTINGALE'S PRAYER
By: Henry Barakat
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Based on a novel by Taha Hussein, “The Nightingale’s Prayer” is the story of two young...
WADJDA
By: Haifaa Al Mansour
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Twelve-year-old Wadjda wears jeans under her abaya and listens to rock music at home. Her strict...
PIERROT LE FOU R18
Red Sea Immersive R15
Guests can book one-hour slots, which will allow them to view any of the projects in the Red Sea: Immersive Selection.
ANANDALA
By: Kevin Mack
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In-Competition:
Anandala is a virtual, abstract art installation unconstrained by the limits of...
END OF NIGHT
By: David Adler
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In-Competition:
1943. Josef is rowing from occupied Denmark to safety in neutral Sweden; you are...
GENESIS
By: Joerg Courtial
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In-Competition:
An emotionally intense virtual reality voyage of discovery into the beginnings of...
GLIMPSE
By: Benjamin Cleary, Micheal O'connor
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In-Competition:
“Glimpse” is an animated interactive virtual reality experience starring Taron...
GOLIATH: PLAYING WITH REALITY
By: May Abdalla, Barry Gene Murphy
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In-Competition:
The true story of a man diagnosed schizophrenic, Goliath: Playing with Reality...
KUSUNDA
By: Gayatri Parameswaran, Felix Gaedtke
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In-Competition:
“Kusunda” is an interactive virtual reality experience about the endangered...
LAIKA
By: Asif Kapadia
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In-Competition:
In 1957, a dog named Laika was the sole passenger aboard the Soviet satellite...
LAVRYNTHOS
By: Fabito Rychter, Amir Admoni
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In-Competition:
Lavrynthos places you at the heart of the labyrinth of Crete to enfold you in the...
LE BAL DE PARIS DE BLANCA LI
By: Blanca Li
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In-Competition:
When Adèle comes home to Paris, her parents organise a great ball in her honour....
MARCO & POLO GO ROUND
By: Benjamin Steiger Levine
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In-Competition:
Marco & Polo Go Round is a comedic love story with a surreal twist. A couple...
MARE
By: Rui Guerreiro
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As you wake up, stirred from a dreamless sleep with an unknown purpose, you find yourself in the...
MASKMAKER
By: Balthazar Auxietre
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As a mask maker's apprentice, you enter the mask realm, a world of intriguing and enigmatic beings...
PAPER BIRDS 1 & 2
By: German Heller, Federico Carlini
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The boy on a quest in Paper Birds is short-sighted, but he has a passionate affinity for music. His...
REEDUCATED
By: Sam Wolson
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In-Competition:
This virtual-reality documentary takes viewers inside a “re-education” camp in...
REPLACEMENTS
By: Jonathan Hagard
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A Javanese family routinely observes their neighbourhood day after day, generation after...
SAMSARA
By: Hsin-Chien Huang
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In-Competition:
In this virtual reality film, the protagonist escapes Earth after a global nuclear...
THE BOOK OF DISTANCE
By: Randall Okita
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In 1935, Yonezo Okita left his home in Hiroshima, Japan, to begin a new life in Canada. Then war...
THE HANGMAN AT HOME
By: Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot
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“What does the hangman think about when he goes home at night from work?” Inspired by the 1922...
THE SICK ROSE
By: Zhi-Zhong Tang, Yun-Hsien Huang
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In-Competition:
A time of crisis with a pandemic raging––these are dark days. Nevertheless, on...
VRCHAT WORLDS COLLECTION
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Over the pandemic, VR creators from around the world have freely published their fantastical...
WE LIVE HERE
By: Rose Troche
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Rockey is a 59-year-old woman who has been camping in a park in Los Angeles for almost three years....
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