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Publisher
Kino Lorber Inc
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Arabic
Description
Soraya, born in Brooklyn in a working class community of Palestinian refugees, discovers that her grandfather's savings were frozen in a bank account in Jaffa when he was exiled in 1948. Direct, stubborn, and determined to reclaim what is hers, she fulfills her life-long dream of "returning" to Palestine. Slowly she is taken apart by the reality around her and is forced to confront her own anger. She meets Emad, a young Palestinian whose ambition,...
42) Paradise Now
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Arabic
Description
Filmed entirely on location in the West Bank during the current Intifada, PARADISE NOW chronicles the last 28 hours in the lives of two Palestinian suicide bombers as they prepare for and embark on a deadly operation against Israel, revealing once again just how tragic and perplexing the consequences of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East are.
43) In between
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Arabic
Description
Three women attempt to find balance between traditional and modern culture while shairing an apartment in Tel Aviv.
44) The insult
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Arabic
Description
After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.
45) Capernaum
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Arabic
Description
After fleeing his negligent and abusive parents, a hardened, streetwise twelve-year-old boy sues them to protest the life they've given him.
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Arabic
Description
Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad's breathtaking work, a searing example of boots-on-the-ground reportage, follows the efforts of the internationally recognized White Helmets, an organization consisting of ordinary citizens who are the first to rush towards military strikes and attacks in the hope of saving lives.
47) Four daughters
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Arabic
Description
The riveting exploration of rebellion, memory, and sisterhood reconstructs the story of Olfa Hamrouni and her four daughters, unpacking a complex family history through intimate interviews and artful reenactments to examine how the Tunisian woman's two eldest were radicalized by Islamic extremists. Casting professional actresses as the missing daughters, along with acclaimed Egyptian-Tunisian actress Hend Sabri as Olfa, award-winning director Kaouther...
48) Inshallah a boy
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Arabic
Description
A widow pretends to be pregnant with a son to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan's patriarchal inheritance laws. This thriller from the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival is Jordan's Official Entry for Best International Film at the Academy Awards.
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