THE PERFECT C…
THE PERFECT CANDIDATE Saudi Arabia, Germany I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with Swedish subtitles l 101 minMaryam loves her job as a doctor in a small hospital in rural Saudi Arabia, even if some male patients refuse to receive treatment from her. When she is invited...
TALKING ABOUT TREES
TALKING ABOUT TREES France, Sudan, Chad, Germany, Qatar I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 93 minSwedish premiere Ibrahim, Soliman, Manar and Altayeb, filmmakers and friends for more than 45 years, idealists and intensely humane. They are...
BAGHDAD IN …
BAGHDAD IN MY SHADOW Switzeland, UK, Germany I 2019 I Arabic and English dialogue with English subtitles l 108 minNordic premiere Strong-willed architect Amal, introvert poet Taufiq and closeted gay IT specialist Muhanad love meeting up at a little café in...
A SON
A SON Tunisia, France, Lebanon, Qatar I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 96 minTunisia, summer 2011. A holiday in the South of the country ends in disaster for Fares, Meriem and their 10-year old son Aziz, when Aziz is accidentally shot in an...
1982
1982 Lebanon, USA, Norway, Qatar I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 90 minOn the last day of school in the mountains, during the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, 11-year-old Wissam is determined to tell his classmate Joanna that he loves her, while his...
HAIFA STREET
HAIFA STREET Iraq I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 79 minSwedish premiere Set in Baghdad in 2006, Haifa Street is one of the most dangerous places suffering from the civil war and violence that has plagued the city. When Ahmed is dropped off...
BINT WERDAN
BINT WERDAN Kuwait, Sudan, Qatar, Egypt I 2020 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 14 minWorld premiere A woman with depression struggles to keep up appearances in front of her chirpy and driven office colleagues. An encounter with a dying cockroach in...
COLOR BLIND
COLOR BLIND Egypt, United Kingdom I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 11 minColor Blind depicts an encounter between a man and a woman in a Victorian cemetery in Bristol. They come from the same place – Egypt – but apart from that, they have almost...
ENCOUNTERING S…
ENCOUNTERING SAMIR Jordan, Germany I 2020 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 6 minWorld premiere In a conflict zone, four-year-old Farah and her brother Ramzy become friends with an enemy counterpart, Samir, turning the barren battlefield into a...
MARADONA’S LEGS
MARADONA'S LEGS Germany, Palestine I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 23 minSwedish premiere During the 1990 World Cup, two young Palestinian boys are looking for “Maradona’s legs”; the last missing sticker that they need in order to complete...