In the treacherous and swampy forests between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa are lured by government propaganda that promises easy passage to the European Union. Unable to cross into Europe and unable to turn back, they soon find themselves trapped in a rapidly escalating geopolitical standoff.

In the treacherous and swampy forests between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa are lured by government propaganda that promises easy passage to the European Union. Unable to cross into Europe and unable to turn back, they soon find themselves trapped in a rapidly escalating geopolitical standoff.

Two works by Algerian filmmakers that document stories of immigrants in Europe.

A short film based on the poem “Oh Rascal Children of Gaza” by Khaled Juma.

Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche’s directorial debut in which he plays a man who returns to Paris after being in Algerian prison. Accompanied by Barry Jenkins student short film about Arabs in post-9/11 America.

Amin, an aspiring young screenwriter and filmmaker, returns from Paris to his hometown of Sète, on France’s Southern coast, to allow destiny (“mektoub”) to unfold in sun-soaked beaches and the euphoric darkness of nightclubs while shyly observing friends and nature around him.

A playful and personal journey through Lebanon’s audiovisual memory, composed entirely of archival footage. It is a love letter to Beirut, spanning 70 years of film, TV, home videos, and photography, exploring the Lebanese collective psyche – marked by joy and intimacy, destruction and loss.

After his father’s death, a young man’s dreams of a better future in France are challenged by his mother’s wish that he become the family’s breadwinner in their small Moroccan countryside village.

Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche’s directorial debut in which he plays a man who returns to Paris after being in Algerian prison. Accompanied by Barry Jenkins student short film about Arabs in post-9/11 America.

The Razor’s Edge is a film about, among other things, art’s ability to act as a lifeline in even the worst of times, depicting the blossoming friendship between a middle-aged artist and a teenage refugee who has arrived in the city from the occupied south.

With a lived-in granularity and striking animation style, Bouchra follows the creative journey of a queer Moroccan jackal living in NYC and her emotional reckoning with the rift in her identity.

After his father’s death, a young man’s dreams of a better future in France are challenged by his mother’s wish that he become the family’s breadwinner in their small Moroccan countryside village.

With a lived-in granularity and striking animation style, Bouchra follows the creative journey of a queer Moroccan jackal living in NYC and her emotional reckoning with the rift in her identity.

The underworld of African migrant society in Cairo and the tension between the different groups as witnessed by Aisha, a Somali caregiver.

Jocelyne Saab’s first nonfiction feature, begun shortly after the slaughter of some six thousand Palestinians by right-wing Christian Phalangists in April 1975, which would spark a 15-year Civil War, is an inquest into this atrocity, charting the chain of events that had led Lebanon to the point of tragic self-immolation.

The Razor’s Edge is a film about, among other things, art’s ability to act as a lifeline in even the worst of times, depicting the blossoming friendship between a middle-aged artist and a teenage refugee who has arrived in the city from the occupied south.

Inspired by the photographic travels of Antione d'Agata, Danielle Arbid's worldly drama follows a French photographer who travels the globe to seek out the most extreme experiences imaginable.

Four portraits of filmmaker Danielle Arbid’s family.

When you are 18, your dream is to embrace the world - not just one boy...

Lina, a young girl in war-torn Beirut, finds an ally and friend in Sihan, her domineering aunt's maid. Sihan shows Lina what her life could be like, but tests the girl's limits when she asks her to help plot her escape from the city.

This sprawling biopic explores the life of Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum and the seven decades of triumph, failure, and love that informed one of the most enduring careers in the history of contemporary music.

Despite her efforts to avoid getting picked, 9-year-old Lamia is chosen among her classmates to make a cake for President Saddam Hussein’s birthday celebration, and must use her wits to gather the scarcely-available ingredients.

A playful and personal journey through Lebanon’s audiovisual memory, composed entirely of archival footage. It is a love letter to Beirut, spanning 70 years of film, TV, home videos, and photography, exploring the Lebanese collective psyche – marked by joy and intimacy, destruction and loss.

Based on the actual meeting of director Shawky’s parents, this combination of narrative vignettes interspersed with archival footage serves as a decade and nation-spanning time capsule of love in the seventies.

Teenage Nafisa becomes the center of a power play to determine the future of her cotton-farming village when a foreign businessman arrives with a new development plan and genetically engineered cotton.

Haya lives a reckless life plagued by a curse’s promise that she will die before turning thirty, but a budding romance with her emotional foil—the subdued surgeon Youssef—reveals the dichotomy in two ways of living.

A love letter to Beirut, this personal journey through Lebanon’s audiovisual memory spans 70 years of film, TV, home videos, and photography exploring the Lebanese collective psyche—marked by joy and loss.

Eight-year-old Toha works as a maid for a wealthy family in Cairo, and is set on hosting a successful birthday party for her best friend: her employer’s daughter.

With a lived-in granularity and striking animation style, Bouchra follows the creative journey of a queer Moroccan jackal living in NYC and her emotional reckoning with the rift in her identity.