Contemporary Arab Cinema

Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, a retired Sudanese singer tries to make amends, unaware that the country’s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.

Drawing upon rich archives and interviews, The Third Rahbani sheds light on the life, career and legacy of Lebanese composer Elias Rahbani, the younger brother of celebrated artists Assi and Mansour Rahbani.

After a catastrophic 2020 explosion at the Port of Beirut leaves a large part of the Lebanese capital in ruins, a troubled film crew must decide whether to continue the production of their movie or abandon it.

Based on true events around 2019, The Burdened follows the struggles of a married couple and their three children after both husband and wife lose their jobs as a result of the country’s economic crisis.

Over 20 years after footage of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein crawling out of a hole in the ground became iconic, the modest farmer who hid the deposed president under his garden tells his fantastical tale.

In a sometimes painful, sometimes humorous, often absurd story, director Carol Mansour documents her mother’s struggle with Alzheimer’s, and her own efforts to return her mother’s remains to Palestine.

To protect her daughter and save her home from an exploitative brother-in-law taking advantage of Jordan’s inheritance laws, a woman pretends to be pregnant with a son—a deception that grows harder to sustain.

In the highly competitive world of Bedouin camel racing, the younger brother of a jockey killed under mysterious circumstances sets out to restore his family honor in a quest suffused with magical realism.

Two Muslim Belgian brothers struggle with radicalization in Rebel, a family drama by the directorial duo Adil and Bilall that audaciously examines the corrupting allure of violence.

A Palestinian school teacher struggles to reconcile his commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for a student and the chance of a new relationship with a volunteer worker.

Hollywoodgate spends a year inside Afghanistan, following the Taliban as they take possession of the weaponry America left behind—and transform from a fundamentalist militia into a heavily armed military regime.

Voy! Voy! Voy! relates the tale of an Egyptian man who dreams of escaping poverty in Cairo, and fakes a visual impairment in order to join a team bound for the Blind Football World Cup in Poland.