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Remembering the Arab Spring
In the Last Days of the City
Tamer El Said
2017 Egypt, Germany, United Kingdom
In the fading grandeur of downtown Cairo, Khalid, a 35-year-old filmmaker struggles to make a film that captures the pulse of his city at a moment when, all around him, the crumbling buildings reflect the waning dreams of their inhabitants.
Available on Apple iTunes, Vudu
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Series
Eagle of Upper Egypt
Mohamed Ramadan, Yaser Sami
2018-2018
Zain, an Egyptian police officer, engages in a fierce confrontation with a businessman turned drug lord and each man is bent on taking the other down. When their conflict intensifies, Zain suddenly becomes a prisoner fighting to prove his innocence.
Available on Netflix
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Short and Straight to the Point
A Drowning Man
Mahdi Fleifel
2017 Denmark, United Kingdom, Greece
Alone and far from home, a young refugee makes his way through a strange city looking for the means to get through his day. Surrounded by predators that force him to make compromises merely to survive, his life of exile grows one day longer.
Available on Netflix, DocAlliance Films, Amazon Video
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Record It!
Speed Sisters
Amber Fares
2015 Palestine, Qatar, United Kingdom
Military checkpoints and social expectations don't stop the members of the Speed Sisters, the first all-women race car driving team in the Middle East. They're bold. They're fearless. And they're tearing up tracks all over Palestine.
Available on GuideDoc, Apple iTunes, Amazon Video, Kanopy,
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Oscar Submissions
3000 Nights
Mai Masri
2015 Palestine, France, Jordan
After a Palestinian woman's random good deed leads to her arrest and imprisonment, she must give birth to her son in an Israeli prison and fight to protect him while trying to survive and maintain hope.
Available on Netflix, Amazon Video, Tubi TV
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Next Award, Please
Salt of This Sea
Annemarie Jacir
2008 Palestine, Belgium, France
Brooklyn-born Soraya travels to Palestine and Israel to reclaim both her family's home and their money taken during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Hoping to reunite with her grandfather, she seeks to experience the land her parents had to leave.
Available on Netflix, Kanopy
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Box Office Hits
Light of My Eyes
Wael Ehsan
2010 Egypt
A young music composer and a blind woman break up after a misunderstanding. But parting ways isn't as easy as they thought, as destiny---with the help of an old childhood friend--has different plans for them.
Available on Netflix
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