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Downtown Cairo, 2009. Khalid, a 35-year-old filmmaker, is struggling to make a film that captures the soul of his city while facing loss in his own life. With the help of his friends, who send him footage from their lives in Beirut, Baghdad and Berlin, he finds the strength to keep going through the difficulty and beauty of living In the Last Days of the City.
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Ouroboros is acclaimed visual artist Basma Alsharif's first feature film. This experimental film is an homage to the Gaza Strip and to the possibility of hope based on the eternal return. The film follows a man through five different landscapes, upending mass-mediated representation of trauma. A journey outside of time, marking the end as the beginning, exploring the subject of the eternal return and how we move forward when all is lost.
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In rural Afghanistan, people are storytellers who make up and tell each other tales of mystery and imagination to explain the world in which they live.The shepherd children own the mountains and, although no adults are around, they know the rules; they know that boys and girls are not allowed to be together.
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The film follows Hedi, a young man who does not expect much from the future. While his mother tries to decide his life for him, arranging for marrying him off to Khadija, Hedi meets Rym only two days before his wedding. Captivated by Rym's free spirit, Hedi finds himself obsessed with his newborn passion and suddenly discovers that his world goes beyond and above conventions.
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The Parrot tells the story of a Mizrahi Jewish family which emigrates from Morocco, trying to settle into their new life in Haifa, Palestine in 1948.
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Set against the backdrop of ISIS’ imposition of the “jizya” - or tax - on non-Muslims in its territories, a Christian family devises a plan to protect its only daughter. However, their “perfect” solution might end up having more tragic consequences than intended.
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Ahmad is confined to his home by his father, but when his brother comes back from abroad, Ahmad is encouraged to rise up against his father.
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Camouflage tells the story of a forbidden friendship blossoming in a secret garden in the city where the East meets the West. This animated short inspired by Ottoman Miniatures and Hieronymus Bosch takes the audience to a mysterious and surreal world which is a reflection of the director's reality.
Director & producer: Imge Özbilge
Language: No dialogue