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About Some Meaningless Events
(Country: Morocco; Year: 1974; Director: Mostafa Derkaoui; Writer: Mostafa Derkaoui; Stars: Nour Abdellatif, Salah Eddine Benmoussa, Mohamed Derham, Mostapha Dziri, Salah Eddine, Abbas Fassi-Fihri, Khalid Jamai, Abdelkader Moutaa, Mostafa Nissabouri, Aïcha Saâdoun, Mohamed Zefzaf, Hamid Zoughi, Nour Abdellatif, Salah Eddine Benmoussa, Mohamed Derham)
In the streets around the port and the popular bars of Casablanca, a group of filmmakers discuss their expectations and aspirations about the emerging Moroccan cinema with others.
Ambience
(Country: Palestine; Year: 2019; Director: Wisam Al Jafari; Stars: Salah Abu Nima, Mohammad Al Khmour, Jameel Hilmi, Nilly Salman, Mutaz Shafout, Salah Abu Nima, Mohammad Al Khmour, Jameel Hilmi, Nilly Salman, Mutaz Shafout)
Two young Palestinians try to record a demo for a music competition inside a refugee camp. If they win, they will have the chance to record an album.
Area C
(Country: Palestine; Year: 2018; Director: Salah Abu Nimah)
In Area C of West Bank, surrounded by Israeli settlements, a young man tries to defend his house so he can stay there with his parents.
Ayny
(Country: Germany, Jordan, Palestine; Year: 2016; Director: Ahmad Saleh; Writer: Ahmad Saleh)
Two young brothers lose their home in the war. Their mother tries to protect them from danger, but they follow their childhood dream to play the oud.
Bonbone
(Country: Palestine, Lebanon; Year: 2017; Director: Rakan Mayasi; Writer: Rakan Mayasi; Stars: Rana Alamuddin, Saleh Bakri, Rana Alamuddin, Saleh Bakri)
A Palestinian couple resorts to an unusual way of conceiving a child as the husband is detained in an Israeli jail where visits are restricted.
The Chair
(Year: 2017; Director: Laila Abbas)
A woman living in Jamaica returns to Palestine to help her aunt with her grandmother’s funeral and wake.
Danzantes
(Country: Spain; Year: 2019; Director: Juan Vicente Chuliá; Writer: Juan Vicente Chuliá, Cristina Masson; Stars: Anouscka Brodacz, Cristina Casa Gómez, Fernando Lázaro, Kaari Martin, Jose Carlos Martinez, Antonio Najarro, Minna Tervamäki, Ivan Truol Troncoso, Anouscka Brodacz, Cristina Casa Gómez, Fernando Lázaro, Kaari Martin, Jose Carlos Martinez, Antonio Najarro, Minna Tervamäki)
Exploring the meaning of dance in different societies.
Five Boys And A Wheel
(Country: Jordan, Palestine; Year: 2016; Director: Said Zagha; Writer: Said Zagha, Raymond Carver; Stars: Ali Suliman, Nadira Omran, Haidar Kfouf, Mohammed Idris, Laith AlJondi, Nizar Idrees, Ahmad Khatib, Mohammad Nizar, Mohammad Abdel Raheem, Karim Zagha, Ali Suliman, Nadira Omran, Haidar Kfouf, Mohammed Idris, Laith AlJondi)
A man has to help his son settle a small dispute with the neighbours, but the situation quickly gets out of control.
From Knee To Heart (De Rodillas Corazon)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2018; Director: Susana Barranco; Stars: Sol Picó)
Portrait of dancer and choreographer Sol Picó.
Jalas
(Country: Spain; Year: 2019; Director: Olga Arias; Writer: Olga Arias, Marta Moreira; Stars: Baraa Mizher, Tasneem al-Ayoubi, Rima al-Zoubi)
Three Palestinian girls set out to meet each other. The distance between them is not an obstacle. The main obstacle is the occupation that the country has gone through for more than 70 years.
The Pipe
(Country: Palestine; Year: 2019; Director: Sami Zarour; Writer: Mohammad Khamees, Sami Zarour; Stars: Riyad Sliman, Riyad Sliman)
An experience of solitary confinement that goes beyond the walls of a cell.
Ropes (Cuerdas, Prey)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2019; Director: José Luis Montesinos; Writer: Yako Blesa, José Luis Montesinos; Stars: Paula del Río, Miguel Ángel Jenner, Jordi Aguilar, Paula del Río, Miguel Ángel Jenner, Jordi Aguilar)
A young quadriplegic woman who has lost her sister moves to a country house with her father. A trained dog helps her, but then becomes her worst enemy.
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