An Algerian (Yorgo Voyagis) fights in World War II, then returns and joins the 1954 rebellion against the French.

While visiting New York from Egypt, Christian-Orthodox Mark decides to lose his virginity, confronting cultural and religious restrictions.

Olfa, a Tunisian mother, faces her older daughters' disappearance as actresses help recreate their story, blending reality and drama to explore the family's journey between light and darkness.

The story of a queer filmmaker’s homecoming to Tripoli, Lebanon, a place where he’d previously been cast to the margins. Against the backdrop of revolutionary limbo and economic crisis, he sets out to find the people and beliefs that shape the city’s evolving identity.

A portrait of Lebanon assembled entirely from archival footage, Lana Daher’s Do You Love Me stitches together a poetic, expansive vision of a country fragmented by military, social, and economic turmoil, turning individual documents into collective memory.

A portrait of Lebanon assembled entirely from archival footage, Lana Daher’s Do You Love Me stitches together a poetic, expansive vision of a country fragmented by military, social, and economic turmoil, turning individual documents into collective memory.

The filmmakers shed light on the journey of the British writer Gertrude Bell into the Arabian Desert and her impact on the destiny of Iraq after the First World War.

Celebrations break out in Marseille on Bastille Day, 2019, after Algeria defeats Nigeria in the semi-final of the Africa Cup of Nations.

Celebrations break out in Marseille on Bastille Day, 2019, after Algeria defeats Nigeria in the semi-final of the Africa Cup of Nations.

Celebrated filmmaker Simone Bitton embarks on a personal road trip across Morocco, tracing the remnants of the country’s once-thriving Jewish community.

The extraordinary life of Tahar Cheriaa, the father of Pan-African cinema and founder of Africa’s first film festival, Carthage Film Festival.

A program of shorts particularly cherished by Cheriaa through the years.

A night of Palestinian short films and a documentary about surfers from Gaza to raise money for families in Gaza whose origins are of coastal/water/surf culture.

Don't Be Long, Little Bird follows a story of the daughter of a displaced Palestinian family, who accidentally finds herself time traveling to 1930s Palestine, where she spends a few days with her great-grandmother when she was her age. Followed by a film about the Watts Uprising at UCLA.

An astonishing, and fierily partisan, record of an uprising in southern Oman’s Dhofar governorate by a Marxist-Leninist guerilla force who held out for almost 14 years against the UK-backed Sultanate, the result of Srour and her crew braving the incoming shells of the Royal Air Force so as to bear firsthand witness to events on the ground and hear the protagonists of the ongoing struggle speaking for themselves.

An unnamed African laborer happily heads for a better life in Paris, only to discover the colonial mindset is alive, well, and suffocating.

An astonishing, and fierily partisan, record of an uprising in southern Oman’s Dhofar governorate by a Marxist-Leninist guerilla force who held out for almost 14 years against the UK-backed Sultanate, the result of Srour and her crew braving the incoming shells of the Royal Air Force so as to bear firsthand witness to events on the ground and hear the protagonists of the ongoing struggle speaking for themselves.

This tragic and inspiring depiction of Gaza’s protest movement reveals exclusive footage filmed during the Great March Of Return protests, when 200 unarmed civilians were killed by Israeli snipers.

Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 86th Academy Awards, Moujaim’s film traces the ongoing Egyptian Revolution of 2011, immersing its viewer in the intense drama of young people on the streets of Cairo.

From Sudan to Syria, these three documentaries spotlight the power of youth to affect change, and an ability to overcome any obstacle to tell their stories.

This tragic and inspiring depiction of Gaza’s protest movement reveals exclusive footage filmed during the Great March Of Return protests, when 200 unarmed civilians were killed by Israeli snipers.

Named for her daughter, For Sama depicts Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years in Aleppo amid the Syrian uprising.

Named for her daughter, For Sama depicts Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years in Aleppo amid the Syrian uprising.

From Sudan to Syria, these three documentaries spotlight the power of youth to affect change, and an ability to overcome any obstacle to tell their stories.

Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 86th Academy Awards, Moujaim’s film traces the ongoing Egyptian Revolution of 2011, immersing its viewer in the intense drama of young people on the streets of Cairo.

This film centers Palestinian voices and experiences while connecting the Free Palestine movement to Black, Chicano, and other collective struggles.