Through documents and landscapes we see the passage of a French-Algerian man into a Jihadist network in Syria, but we never actually see the man in question himself.

A new documentary by Palestinian-American writer Hadeel Assali about an ethnic cleansing experiment by the Israelis after the 1967 war.

A documentart about two Palestinian girls growing up in refugee camps in Lebanon and Palestine. Despite the barriers that separate them, the girls form a bond and eventually meet at the border.

An early work by Jumana Manna offers a portrait of masculine performativity in East Jerusalem, as manifested in gyms, body shops, and hairdressing parlors. Part of a selection that explores cinema’s desire-producing capacity as well as the often-elided place of desire, love, eroticism, and sensuality in social movements. Part of the program Combat Breathing: Read My Desire: Part 2.

A short film revolves around the entwined personal and socio-political yearnings of its teenage diasporic protagonist, Najib. Part of a selection that brings together historical and contemporary works to explore cinema’s desire-producing capacity as well as the often-elided place of desire, love, eroticism, and sensuality in social movements. Part of the program Combat Breathing: Read My Desire, Part 1.

Fatima, the youngest child at seventeen, navigates the delicate balance of her evolving identity, queer attraction, and deep devotion to her French-Algerian relatives. Screening as part of the Voices of Francophone Cinema Festival.

A montage of scenes extracted from numerous films and videos created over the last four decades by Palestinians and about Palestine. Part of the Combat Breathing series.

A portrayal of a young woman’s re-entry into the world, which offers a glimpse into struggles around mental illness, an issue often silenced and pathologized in Arab culture. Screening as part of New York Kurdish Festival.

An audiovisual poem that seeks to account for and speculate on the possibilities of fugitive resurgences within, under, and beyond the ruins of colonial catastrophe. Part of a selection that brings together contemporary artworks that emerge from commitments to or embeddedness within political struggles and streams of anti-imperialist thought. Part of the Combat Breathing: Insurgent Poiesis program.

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. Presented by Friendly Strangers Studios.