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Directed by Dilpak Majeed
Produced by Marwa Tammam, Patchwork Productions
Iraq / Egypt
In a war-torn village in Kurdistan, Iraq, a woman in her seventies defies societal expectations and clings to her isolated life alongside her mother and a group of sheep with whom she shares an exceptional bond, considering them family members. However, when her elderly mother falls ill, the family’s past begins to resurface, and long-standing conflicts creep to the surface. This initiates a journey of self-discovery amidst the challenges of loss, isolation, and her pursuit of a new chapter in her life.
Directed by Rama Abdi
Produced by Hazar Yazji
Syria
After escaping their abusive family homes and conservative societies, three girls meet and rent rooms in an old Damascene house. They manage to create a safe space isolated from everything, but soon the girls start facing many threats, thus, protecting their fragile space becomes a challenge.
Directed by Nadine Salib
Produced by Baho Bakhsh, Red Star for Production and Distribution
Egypt
The Land Beyond is a mythical tale of a mute young girl called Yam who lives in a faraway isolated land inhabited by an exiled community. Her simple wish to find the magical river her mama said would bring back her voice turns everything around in ‘The Land’, known as Paradise.
Directed by Ahmad Naboulsi
Produced by Zeina Badran, Spotless Mind Films
Lebanon
While reclaiming her narrative and reexamining the choices that fueled her obsession with the sport, Suzanne, the Lebanese tennis champion, walks down memory lane, unfolding the most intense chapters of her life. She recounts her struggle to break free from the control of her husband/tennis trainer and her fight against religious extremism and harassment on tennis courts during the Lebanese Civil War.
Ayin Hara
Directed by Yasir Kareem
Produced by Clare Fog, Clear Fog Films
Iraq
Dunia is chosen to locate the last island that contains water amidst the widespread desertification in Iraq. If she fails, she will transform into a fearsome creature known as Sila.
Directed by Nicolas Khoury
Produced by Jana Wehbe, The Attic
Lebanon
Excerpts from the film “Little Wars”, intimate correspondence, and other family and personal archives intertwine with virtual Zoom meetings of the present to show the dynamics of the relationship between Souraya Baghdadi and her late husband, the famous Lebanese filmmaker Maroun Baghdadi through the presence of Maroun in his life but especially his absence.
Directed by Dessil Mekhtigian
Produced by Mia Bendrimia, Nazar Films
Egypt/France
Dessil, a filmmaker on a quest for her Egyptian identity and femininity, enters the world of renowned Balady dancer Amie Sultan as she fights for UNESCO recognition of the dance as an intangible heritage. Their intertwined fate unfolds amidst obstacles and personal transformations.
Directed by Sami Tlili
Produced by Imed Marzouk, Propaganda Productions
Tunisia/France/Egypt
A newly crowned world boxing champion must return to his village to participate in a ceremony held in his honor, during which he is supposed to receive the awards and rewards promised by the state. The journey goes awry and proves to be more complicated than expected.
Directed by Alhasan Yousef
Produced by Maria Casas Castillo and Laura Castillo
Syria/Belgium
In a land burdened by pain, Syrians have endured various forms of tragedy since 2011. Between the helplessness of those in exile, trapped by their anxiety, the helplessness of those waiting for loved ones forcibly hidden, and the helplessness of those extending their hands with a paper bearing words that shout in a silent, stifled voice, Syrians share the weight of powerlessness and the suffocation of being trapped between the walls of repression. In that pain-laden land, an earthquake had shaken it, causing those walls of repression to crack, allowing screams to be heard, and permitting light to penetrate the crevices of hope for change.
Directed by Mayye Zayed
Produced by Mayye Zayed, Cléo Media
Egypt
A separated young couple, Ghada, 35, and Khaled, 36, learn that their only daughter Salma, 8, has an incurable disease that will cause her to lose her eyesight very soon. Before her world gets increasingly dark, Khaled decides to make his daughter’s wish come true—to swim with the colorful fish in the Red Sea. Ghada decides to join them on this excursion, which eventually turns into a road trip across Egypt, in which the three of them chase rainbows that don’t last long.
