Three communities across the globe tackle economic and environmental crises through grassroots peace, renewable energy,…
Explore Gaza's daily struggles with health systems and basic needs under blockade through the eyes of its resilient cit…
A DJ redefines European identity by blending music with migrant musicians on a quest for a new sound.
In a surreal maritime disaster, a woman films and rages against the chaos, capturing moments to fend off despair.
A filmmaker's emotional journey from Brussels to Tangier as she reconnects with her Alzheimer's-stricken mother, uncove…
On the eve of Tunisia's presidential election, a hair salon becomes a microcosm of the country's political and social t…
Daily life under Israeli occupation unfolds through a series of unflinching vignettes, with the camera as the sole defe…
A coroner and mourning mothers piece together the tragic tale of a young castaway and the perilous journey that claimed…
In the heart of Jordan, a fierce battle simmers over the last drops of a precious resource, as states, businesses, and …
Confronted with mortality after discovering health issues, filmmaker Salim Mourad embarks on an introspective journey e…
Renowned Palestinian-Israeli musician Jowan Safadi balances his outspoken activism with newfound paternal responsibilit…
With direct access from the inside of the war against ISIS, this documentary follows two leaders of a group of Shiite v…
Lebanon's maids confront the harsh world of exploitation and modern slavery, as "Room without a view" chronicles their …
Amidst escalating threats and societal uproar, a brave Muslim woman relentlessly pursues justice, advocating for a prog…
Explores the power of community dance as a platform for personal expressions of marginalization and acceptance.
This short film follows four young immigrants from diverse backgrounds as they navigate love, friendship, and cultural …
Five hopeful migrants, trapped in Ceuta, a Spanish outpost in Morocco, grapple with mounting anxiety as they stand just…
In 2005, a suicide bomber walked into Ashraf's wedding, killing 27 people. Now he is on a quest to confront terrorism a…
From Mumbai to Quebec, this eye-opening documentary takes us around the world to show us how people on the margins are …
Set in the suburbs of Cairo, this short film follows a man dedicated to pigeon fighting. His dilemma lies between embra…
At the border between Italy and France, migrants hope to cross northwards with the help of the locals. In the meantime,…
In this hybrid short film, visual artist Michael Poetschko films a group of young people who turn an abandoned office i…
On the eve of the COVID-19 outbreak, Egyptian filmmaker Amr Bayoumi films a tree that begins to invade his balcony. His…
When his piano is destroyed in the Syrian war, pianist and composer Ayham Ahmad continues to make music of resistance n…
This documentary takes us into the reality of Libya after the revolution that overthrew Gaddafi, through the life and w…
Egyptian director Amr Bayoumi revisits his country's tumultuous contemporary past through his own family traces as the …
A woman living in downtown Cairo tries to support her family by selling potato chips. Known as "Potatoes lady" she star…
Filmmaker Zeinah AlQahwaji condenses several years of filmed visits to her parents' home in Syria, locked in this house…
Using videos that have gone viral on social networks about the conflicts in their countries of origin, migrants based i…
A team of teenagers from the Czech Republic visits Morocco to play friendly ice hockey matches in that country. And whi…
Funny and absurd, yet profoundly realistic. This documentary follows a group of Middle Eastern immigrants as they try t…
Poetic, contemplative and testimonial, this documentary gathers the impressions of hundreds of Central African men, wom…
Through her father's daily life in Mansourah, Algeria, filmmaker Dorothée-Myriam Kellou unearths the wound of a painful…
Seen from the point of view of a 3-year-old girl, this documentary follows the tortuous migration journey of a refugee …
This gem from the Rotterdam Film Festival is a chronicle-essay ... or rather a kind of diary, as philosophical as it is…
Amir Awad, from the Syrian National Team for wrestling, introduces us to the Syrian Sports Academy, a place that trains…
Brazilian filmmaker Octavio Cury travels to Syria and obtains a book written by his great-grandfather, an icon of Arab …
After being diagnosed with cancer, and amid the tension of the political crisis, a Syrian man begins a family explorati…
In the midst of a severe crisis, Lebanon is the stage of a battle between the people and its political class. This shor…
Premiered at the Venice Film Festival, this film documents the popular insurgency that overthrew the Mubarak regime in …
In Vienna, a group of immigrants from the Middle East try to integrate into the Austrian society in the midst of the ho…
The effects of the Syrian conflict are being felt by the inhabitants across the ceasefire line in the Israeli Occupied …
A series of impressive photographs of Algerian landscapes and the voices of its inhabitants reflect the traces of the A…
Five years after the Egyptian revolution that overthrew the Mubarak regime, four young Egyptians look back on that even…
Filmed with infrared cameras, this short film documents a group of refugees planning to cross to Great Britain through …
This life-inspiring documentary follows four children who live in Zaatari, a small city of refugees, who dream of a bet…
A war without history can only be reconstructed through the statements of those who fought in it. This gripping documen…
Zena and Raad escaped from Aleppo, the epicenter of the war in Syria, and now live in Germany with their little daughte…
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