ADAM
ADAM Morocco, France, Belgium I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with Swedish subtitles l 98 minEvery 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...
ALL THIS VICTORY
ALL THIS VICTORY Lebanon, France, Qatar I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 94 minSwedish premiere Lebanon, Juli 2006. War is raging between Hezbollah and Israel. During a 24h ceasefire, Marwan heads out in search of his father who refused to leave...
FOR THE CAUSE
FOR THE CAUSE Morocco I 2020 I Arabic and Franch dialogue with English subtitles l 90 minNordic premiere Karim, a Palestinian man and Sirine, a French woman have to cross the border separating Morocco from Algeria in order to join their band and give a concert...
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...
SHORTS PACKAGE 1
SHORT FILMS PACKAGE 1 Screening: October 10th16:30 Panora 2
BETWEEN HEAVEN A..
BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH Palestine, Iceland, Luxembourg I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 92 minSwedish premiere Palestinian Salma, from Nazareth, wants a divorce from her husband Tamer. The couple reside in the West Bank, and Tamer is granted a...
THE WOMEN IN BLOCK J
THE WOMEN IN BLOCK J Morocco I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 97 minNordic premiere Three patients and a nurse from a women's psychiatric ward in Casablanca, Morocco, from different age groups and social backgrounds, confront their suffering...
WONDER BOX
WONDER BOX Egypt I 2020 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 90 minInternational premiere Four simultaneous but different tales take place during one night in Cairo. These separate events depict relentless attempts of the characters to find balance...
SHORTS PACKAGE 2
SHORT FILMS PACKAGE 2 Screening: October 10th21:00 Panora 2
THE UNKNOWN SAINT
THE UNKNOWN SAINT Morocco, France, Qatar I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 100 minSwedish premiere Amine steals a big bag of money and escapes into the hills with the police hot on his trail. Before he is arrested, he digs a grave to bury the...
YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY
YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY Sudan, France, Egypt, Germany, Norway, Qatar I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 105 minSwedish premiere Sudan. When Muzamil was born, a prophecy by the village holy man predicted that he would die at 20 years old. Muzamil’s...
LET’S TALK
LET'S TALK Egypt I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 95 minSwedish premiere A mother and her daughter explore together the trajectory of four generations of women from their family, an Egyptian family from the Levant where life and cinema have...
WHEN WE’RE BORN
WHEN WE'RE BORN Egypt I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 110 min Nordic premiere Our life paths are influenced by the circumstances we are born into. This film presents the separate stories of three different characters who face personal...
SHORTS PACKAGE 3
SHORT FILMS PACKAGE 3 Screening: October 11th18:45 Panora 2
TO BAGHDAD
TO BAGHDAD Iraq I 2020 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 105 minInternational premiere As Muhannad’s father suffers a severe heart attack, Muhannad finds himself unable to help and provide a helping hand to his family. Muhannad falls into the net of a...
BEIRUT TERMINUS
BEIRUT TERMINUS Lebanon, UAE I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 94 minNordic premiere Traveling through the shattered railway across the abandoned train stations of Lebanon, “Beirut Terminus” conducts an investigation and analysis of a fragmented...
SHORTS PACKAGE 4
SHORT FILMS PACKAGE 4 Screening: October 12th14:30 Panora 1
MATARES
MATARES Algeria I 2019 I Arabic and French dialogue with English subtitles l 90 minEight-year old Mona is in the Algerian coastal city of Tipasa where she sells floral wreaths to earn money to pay the human traffickers who will take her to Europe. Ten-year old...