Hiam Abbass
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Summer in Tangiers. A family comes together for three days following the death of their father to share memories and grieve his loss, as Muslim tradition dictates. They have left the beach behind and swapped swimsuits for djellabas as everyone gathers in a show of mourning. Sparks start to fly when Sofia jets in from New York after several years away. The youngest daughter, she made a new life for herself as an actress in America. Her return provides...
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
May Brennan has it all - intelligence, looks, rave reviews for her recently published book and a loving fiancé. But immediately upon returning to her hometown of Amman, Jordan for the wedding, the cracks in her seemingly perfect life begin to show. Confronted with the wounds of her parents' long-broken relationship, coupled with the unavoidable clash of old-world and modern values, May is led to question the direction her life is taking. Her once...
4) Dégradé
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
In Gaza, two hairdressers and ten customers of various ages and backgrounds spend the day trapped in a beauty salon while Hamas police fight a gang in the street. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival** and **Toronto International Film Festival**.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Gaza, today. Sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works at the market with her daughter Leila. When he discovers an ancient phallic statue of Apollo in his fishing nets, Issa hides it, not knowing what to do with this mysterious and potent treasure. Yet deep inside, he feels that this discovery will change his life forever.
6) In Syria
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Trapped inside her house in a city under siege, Oum Yazan, mother of three, turns her flat into a safe harbor for her family and neighbors, trying to protect them from the war outside. When bombs threaten to destroy the building, when snipers turn the courtyards into deadly zones, and burglars break in to claim their dreadful bounties, maintaining the thin balance of routine inside the walls becomes a matter of life and death. Winner of the Panorama...
7) Visitor
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
When Walter (Academy-Award®-nominee Richard Jenkins), a disaffected college professor, takes an unplanned trip into New York, he discovers a couple has taken up residence in his apartment in the city.
8) I Am Slave
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
A thriller about London’s shocking slave trade, and one woman’s fight for freedom. Attracting the finest names in film production, I AM SLAVE is shocking to the core, while at the same time is one of the most inspiring stories of our time.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
A successful artist leaves Paris and moves to the country to rediscover his roots and get over his recent split from his wife. He hires a gardener, who turns out to be a former school friend. Reminiscing about old times or taking a humorous look at their current dilemmas, the two men become close friends again. But events soon remind them that they're not getting any younger...
10) The Visitor
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Walter Vale is a widower who teaches economics at a Connecticut university. He lives alone and is no longer motivated by his work. In New York to present a paper at a conference, he goes to the apartment that he has not visited in some time, but has kept since his wife was alive, only to discover a young couple living there. Despite their great cultural differences, Walter befriends Tarek, a Syrian citizen and drummer, and gradually builds a friendship...
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Succession follows the Roy family -- Logan Roy and his four children -- who control one of the biggest media and entertainment conglomerates in the world. The series tracks their lives as they contemplate what the future will hold for them once their aging father begins to step back from the company.
13) Amreeka
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Muna Farah, a Palestinian single mom, struggles to maintain her optimistic spirit in the daily grind of intimidating West Bank checkpoints, the constant nagging of a controlling mother, and the haunting shadows of a failed marriage. Everything changes one day when she receives a letter informing her that her family has been granted a U.S. green card.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
The sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson looms ever closer, provoking existential angst and division among the Roys in the fourth and final season of Jesse Armstrong's Emmy-winning drama series. As the siblings anticipate the prospect of this seismic merger, the ensuing power struggle finds them grappling with what their lives will look like after the deal and weighing a future where their cultural and political...