by Maff | Oct 11, 2021 | Stockholm 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 11, 2021 | Stockholm 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 11, 2021 | Stockholm 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 11, 2021 | Stockholm 2021
ADAM Morocco, France, Belgium I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with Swedish subtitles l 98 min Every morning, eager customers line up in front of Abla’s little bakery, where she sells homemade bread and pastries. She has established the bakery to provide for herself and her...
by Maff | Oct 11, 2021 | Stockholm 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 | Oct 11, 2021 | Stockholm 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...
