Featuring films where reality and fantasy meet, this program exemplifies the dreamlike absurdity of contemporary everyday life. The staff describes this bundle as weird, funny and a little lonely.
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Runtime:
105
mins
Ayşegül on Tuesdays
Amy Omar
United States
Türkiye
2025
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9
mins
Language:
Turkish
A Turkish immigrant housewife, deceived by America’s promise of happiness, seeks rediscovery in a one-sided telephone conversation with a mysterious Turkish man.
A Beautiful Excuse For A Deadly Sin
Hashim Sharaf
Bahrain
2023
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Drama
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15
mins
Language:
Arabic
A young man tries to climb up with a horse to live with him in his apartment through the narrow flight of stairs of his building, while the neighbours stand against him.
Orient
Fatima Wardy
United States
2023
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Drama
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11
mins
Language:
Arabic, English
A young Sudanese Muslim man's first night in America goes terribly wrong when he cannot identify the direction of the Qibla.
She Sings
Ahmed Tarek Ragheb
Lily Ekimian Ragheb
United States
Egypt
2024
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Experimental
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15
mins
Language:
Arabic, English
Aziza shares a recurring dream that takes her on a surreal journey through the post-industrial hills of the American Rust Belt, the eternal fields of Egypt, and the most repressed parts of her mind.
Mirah
Ahmed Samir
Egypt
Germany
2024
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Drama
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19
mins
Language:
English, Arabic, German
Mirah, an Egyptian lab worker living in Germany, finds a unique way to adapt to the
A Dog A Stone
Asma Laajimi
Belgium
Tunisia
2023
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Drama
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13
mins
Language:
Arabic
One night in Tunis. Mariem, a sex worker, tries to reach Dali. Her unrest grows when she fears he will break the promise to give her a double mattress.
Motherland
Jasmin Mozaffari
Canada
2023
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Drama
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24
mins
Language:
English, Farsi
In 1979, during the Iran Hostage crisis, Babak visits his fiancé’s parents and confronts the realities of being an Iranian immigrant in patriotic post-Vietnam America.