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Eine syrische Familie in Aleppo wird von einer Tragödie heimgesucht, die eine Kettenreaktion von Ereignissen auslöst, in die fünf verschiedene Familien in vier verschiedenen Ländern verwickelt sind.

Ein palästinensischer Lehrer kämpft darum, sein riskantes Engagement für den politischen Widerstand mit der Chance auf eine neue Beziehung zu der ehrenamtlichen Mitarbeiterin Lisa und seiner emotionalen Unterstützung in Einklang zu bringen

Eine Frau, deren Besuch in einem Friseursalon sich in einen Albtraum verwandelt, als sie von dessen Inhaber erpresst wird.

1936. As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe, and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against Britain's 30-year dominion, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.

A young Palestinian schoolteacher gives birth to her son in an Israeli prison where she fights to protect him, survive and maintain hope.

On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?

Ein Vater und sein entfremdeter Sohn müssen zusammenkommen, um jedem Gast die Hochzeitseinladungen seiner Tochter nach palästinensischem Brauch in diesem mitreißenden Familiendrama von Annemarie Jacir (When I Saw You) zu übergeben.

Jahre nachdem sie ihr palästinensisches Dorf verlassen hat, um in Frankreich eine Schauspielkarriere zu verfolgen, kehrt Hiam Abbass in diesem intimen Dokumentarfilm über vier Generationen von Frauen mit ihrer Tochter nach Hause zurück.

A romantic drama about a working-class woman and her experiences traveling back home.

Ein syrischer Exilant, der in Australien lebt, kehrt zurück, als sein Bruder 2011 vom Assad-Regime in Gewahrsam genommen wird.

1967. The world is alive with change: brimming with reawakened energy, new styles, music and an infectious sense of hope. In Jordan, a different kind of change is underway as tens of thousands of refugees pour across the border from Palestine. Having been separated from his father in the chaos of war, Tarek, 11, and his mother Ghaydaa, are amongst this latest wave of refugees. Placed in "temporary" refugee camps made up of tents and prefab houses until they would be able to return, they wait, like the generation before them who arrived in 1948. With difficulties adjusting to life in Harir camp and a longing to be reunited with his father, Tarek searches a way out, and discovers a new hope emerging with the times. Eventually his free spirit and curious nature lead him to a group of people on a journey that will change their lives. When I Saw You is the story of people affected by the times around them, in search of something more in their lives. A journey full of adventure, love, humor, and the desire to be free. A story of the human spirit that knows no borders.

In a Palestinian town, Tamer and his friends lead a typical high school student's life until the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa'. To please her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious flag operation on the eve of Israel's Independence Day which is a mourning day for Palestinians.

A British journalist tries to escape Israel after the UN imposes an embargo from land air and sea due to the spreading of a virus. Gaza becomes the safest place in the region.

In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, Nafisa lives a simple life, picking cotton and learning from her grandmother. The arrival of a young Sudanese businessman, threatens to change their way of life.

Nine voices from Gaza. Nine people who tell of their life before, then during the war, in the neighbourhood whose outline they draw in chalk on the ground. By recreating their own Jabaliya, Nuseirat or Khan Younis, each character unveils their minuscule and fragile space of humanity, which corresponds to the dreams, hopes, dangers, comfort and discomfort of a life oppressed, prevented, but not yet reduced to ashes, not yet totally plunged into oblivion. By telling us their stories, the protagonists attempt to reconnect with themselves, to stop being ghosts. Simply, to come back to life.

Occupied Palestine: A serene landscape now pockmarked by military checkpoints. When a Palestinian film crew decides to avert a closed checkpoint by taking a remote side road, the political landscape unravels, and the passengers are slowly taken apart by the mundane brutality of military occupation. Both a visual poem and a narrative about the fragmentation of a people, "like twenty impossibles", also questions the politics of filmmaking and the opportunism of artists.

On the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, a Syrian Father makes a decision that puts his daughter's life at risk.

A story of a young, ambitious mother who takes advantage of a series of events, which become instrumental in her pursuit for human dignity.

A story about nostalgia, loneliness, and the absence of love. Haneen is an old woman surviving within the memories of her home, struggling between slow monotony and her passion to rediscover life.

When 40-year-old Amir visits his ailing father in hospital intending to reveal a long held secret, the nature of their dysfunctional relationship gets in the way. As the two men battle out their differences, the tension mounts on Amir who finally withdraws and leaves. Blinded by rage and his galloping emotions, Amir finds himself stuck between guilt and a desperate need to race back to his father before it's too late.

An architectural exploration of Columbia University in New York where buildings only reflect each other, space is restricted, objects concealed or only partially revealed. Small, hidden imperfections. Set against a montage of real phone messages received by Columbia University faculty, the viewer's imagination contributes to this portrait reflecting an atmosphere of American college campuses today.

A Palestinian-American teenager hooks up with a disaffected youth and they set out to clean up the town. This hilarious coming-of-age tale with a Western flavor carries a bittersweet, political edge. Director Annemarie Jacir's first film. Set in Texas.