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ANIMALIA
Sofia Alaoui
Drama
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Feature
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90
 mins
Married into a wealthy family, Itto feels like an interloper in her in-laws’ grand house, but she is alone when an strange celestial event occurs.
Pacific Club
Valentin Noujaïm
Documentary
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Short
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16
 mins
Azedine tells us the forgotten story of the Pacific Club, the first nightclub for Arabs from the suburbs, and of this generation who dreamed of integrating into France.
Ibn El Ballad
Tony El Ghazal
Comedy
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Short
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12
 mins
After feeling like a stranger in his own country, Firas, a nine-year-old Jordanian-Lebanese boy, goes to extreme lengths to finally fit in.
Faya Dayi
Jessica Beshir
Documentary
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Feature
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118
 mins
Faya Dayi is a spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf that Sufi Muslims chewed for religious meditations – and Ethiopia’s most lucrative cash crop today.
When Beirut Was Beirut
Alessandra El Chanti
Animation
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Short
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12
 mins
If these buildings could talk, what would they say? In this animated documentary, three of Beirut’s monumental buildings come to life and share their stories of Beirut’s unsettling history.
Amphitheater
Mahdi Ali Ali
Experimental
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Short
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16
 mins
Al-Sit
Suzannah Mirghani
Drama
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Short
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20
 mins
In The Middle
Mariam Al-Dhubhani
Documentary
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Short
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14
 mins
The Forbidden Strings
Hasan Noori
Documentary
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Feature
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72
 mins
Akbar, Soori, Mohammed and Hakim, the children of Afghan parents who fled to Iran in the 1980s, have formed a rock band. Despite the danger they will face, they dream of performing in Afghanistan.