by Maff | Oct 6, 2021 | Gothenburg 2021
THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN Tunisia, France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Turkey I 2020 I Arabic dialogue with Swedish subtitles l 104 min Synopsis Sam Ali has fled to Lebanon from war-torn Syria, but sees no future there. He dreams of a life in Europe together with the...
by Maff | Oct 6, 2021 | Gothenburg 2021
THE POSTCARD Morocco, Qatar I 2020 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 83 min When director Asmae El Moudir finds an old picture postcard of a mountain village among her mother’s belongings, it brings a remarkable story to life. The picture is of Zawia,...
by Maff | Oct 6, 2021 | Gothenburg 2021
THEIR ALGERIA France, Algeria, Switzerland, Qatar I 2020 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 82 min After 62 years of living together, Lina’s grandparents, Aïcha and Mabrouk, have decided to separate. Together, they came from Algeria to Thiers, a small medieval...
by Maff | Oct 6, 2021 | Gothenburg 2021
CHRONICLES OF HER Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia, Morocco I 2020 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 100 min Diana, Latifa, Hoda, Amira, and Camilia are five heroines from five different, yet similar, worlds, who face social and systematic oppression and...
by Maff | Oct 6, 2021 | Gothenburg 2021
CURFEW Egypt I 2020 I Arabic dialogue with Swedish subtitles l 97 min Faten gets out of jail 20 years after committing a horrible crime. It is the fall of 2013, and Egypt is under a curfew. Faten is obliged to spend the night with Laila, who exposes her to a second...
by Maff | Sep 27, 2021 | Gothenburg 2021
1982 Lebanon, USA, Norway, Qatar I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 100 min On 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...
