Short and Straight to the Point
The Trap
(Fakh)
To what lengths would you go to break free from a love that has run its course?
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- Egypt, Germany • 2019
- Director Nada Riyadh
- Cast Shaza Moharam, Islam Alaa
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
A Drowning Man
We are all drowning men just trying to keep our heads above water.
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- Denmark, United Kingdom, Greece • 2017
- Director Mahdi Fleifel
- Cast Atef Alshafei, Rebih El-Saleous
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, DocAlliance Films, Netflix basic with Ads, Amazon Video
Bonboné
(بونبونة)
A Palestinian inmate serving time in an Israeli jail receives a visit from his wife who devises a bold and crafty operation to fulfill their secret desires.
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- Occupied Palestinian Territory, Lebanon • 2017
- Director Rakan Mayasi
- Cast Saleh Bakri, Rana Alamuddin
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Amazon Video
Cargo
I am not a beggar.
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- Lebanon • 2017
- Director Karim Rahbani
- Cast Abed El Hady Assaf, Saad El Dine Moukhalalati, Cynthia Khalifeh, Ghady Rahbani
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Rupture
(رابتشير)
Four Arab kids search for a pool and find relief from both the heat and their trauma as Syrian refugees.
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- Jordan, Canada • 2017
- Director Yassmina Karajah
- Cast Asaad Al Arid, Salam Al Marzouq, Hussein Al Ahmad, Wazira Al Ahmad, Rania Issa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The President's Visit
When the President of the Republic visits a soap shop, things get real clean.
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- Lebanon, Qatar, United States • 2017
- Director Cyril Aris
- Cast Mounia Akl, Nicolas Daniel, Fouad Yammine, Sihame Haddad
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Kanopy
Dry Hot Summers
(حار جاف صيفا)
Two lonely people accidentally meet in a Cairo taxi and take a journey of self-discovery that reconnects them to the joys life.
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- Egypt, Germany • 2016
- Director Sherif El Bendary
- Cast Mohamed Farid, Nahed El Sebai, Donia Maher, Mohamed Abdel Azim
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Nocturne In Black
There are still beautiful things in life, and music is one of them.
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- Lebanon • 2016
- Director Jimmy Keyrouz
- Cast Julian Farhat, Tarek Yaacoub
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Amazon Video
The White Helmets
To save a life is to save all of humanity.
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- United Kingdom • 2016
- Director Orlando von Einsiedel
- Cast Khalid Farah, Mohammed Farah, Abu Omar, Raed Saleh
- Genre Documentary, War
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Visit
(الزيارة)
What goes on when the cameras aren't rolling is even more important.
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- Egypt, Germany • 2015
- Director Marouan Omara
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DocAlliance Films