Films by Language

Arabic

Calle Málaga

Maryam Touzani

An intimate and warm story of a life entwined with a deep-rooted sense of belonging, and the inconvenience of aging in a world that continues to move at pace.

Chronicles from the Siege

Abdallah Alkhatib

Palestinian-Syrian  director Abdallah Alkhatib’s Berlin Film Festival winner is an absurdist, inventive tapestry of tales from a besieged city, where the desires of its citizens become sparks of resistance against oblivion.

Do You Love Me

Lana Daher

A striking panorama of national collective memory told entirely through archive material in this playful, immersive journey through Lebanon’s history and culture.

Phantom Beirut

أشباح

Ghassan Salhab

Interweaving fiction and reality, Phantom Beirut's striking restoration refreshes a landmark of Lebanese cinema, bringing its vivid, haunting portrait of 1980s Lebanon to a new generation.

A Sad and Beautiful World

Nujum al'amal w al'alam

Cyril Aris

Romantic and sharp, this is a story of two souls bound by fate, a country on the brink of collapse, and a love story that refuses to give up on either.

With Hasan in Gaza

مع حسن في غزّة

Kamal Aljafari

In rediscovered 2001 camcorder footage, acclaimed Palestinian director Kamal Aljafari goes in search of a man he once met when they were prisoners, in a heartfelt tribute to the lost of Gaza, and the life that persists.

Yesterday the Eye Didn't Sleep

Rakan Mayasi

A truck in flames, a woman gone, and two sisters left to pay the price... Shot without a script using a real Bedouin family in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, this lyrical debut is a film about what women must sacrifice to survive.