Arab Movies

In july 1987 palestinian cartoonist Naji Al Ali was shot by unknown assassin. this documentary traces his life and work from his birth in Galilee to...

Four Arab men in white burnouses, two women in grey, and one female cook in striped burnous, are sitting in front of a cave in a forest path.

A short documentary covering the racism towards black people in Arab societies. Covering race, blackface, colourism and censorship. Featuring Ismail...

Our place is on fire and we are on fire with it. If that, what we are, is not any longer and an eternal search begins - for who we are, where we...

The story of Hassan, the handyman in the inn of his sister Aïcha, widowed and childless. A whole series of incidents, misunderstandings, will...

The second Libyan feature-length film.

The tragedy of the Syrian people: War, conflict, loss, migration, exile, asylum, detention, drowning… A deserted place. Abandoned people....

This romantic-kitsch story goes from Paris to Marseille, from Amsterdam to Morocco via Jean Genet's grave in Larache, and on to Tangiers. The movie...

A comedy about a love story between Omar and Salwa who live in a slum and suffer from extreme poverty and hard living conditions.

This is our documentary, it is about you and me. One day after you disappeared, after you sent that break-up message, I made you this video letter. A...

Eccomi ... Eccoti unfolds as a virtual road trip navigating between Italy and Lebanon. Conditioned to live in a long-distance relationship with his...

Yul Brynner plays political leader Sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by Sal Mineo. Yul and...

Focusing on key Arab films produced in the last 20 years. Férid Boughedir traces the development of the film-makers' concern to produce more...

Seekers of Oblivion explores the exciting life and adventures of Isabelle Eberhardt. Born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1877, Isabelle left Europe for...

It is the story of a little hair salon in the heart of the Arab community in Haifa (Israel); it is the story of a friendship between Arab and Jewish...

For Rami, all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds, as long as he keeps to himself. But when his longtime lover leaves him to marry a...

In Bahraini culture and traditions, the Good Omen is the act of hanging the "thobe al-nashal," a woman's traditional dress, usually reserved for...

A prestigious Arabic speaker lost his passport. When she tries to leave the university where she gave her lecture, it begins an odyssey for her

Between 1983 and 1987, Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso and the home city of FESPACO, one of the most important Pan-African film festivals in...