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Iraqi Odyssey
In this comprehensive and compelling personal document, filmmaker Samir retraces his family history, focusing on the past in Iraq and the subsequent migration and diaspora…Published on: -
Music: Mahreb Scopitone
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Music: Nizar Rohana duo
Rohana’s experience as a soloist and as a group member now encompasses traditional, modern/experimental music. In 2001 he was awarded a Bachelor of Music and…Published on: -
The Grand Tour
Experience Rotterdam Xpanded’s expositions and the IFFR White Nights programme.Published on: -
Nation Estate
A nine-minute science fiction film that offers a clinically dystopian, yet humorous approach to the deadlock in the ‘Middle East conflict’. The film explores a…Published on: -
The All-Hearing
An ode to loudspeaker libertarianism, Abu Hamdan’s work frequently deals with the relationship between listening and borders. In The All-Hearing we are introduced to Cairo’s…Published on: -
A Simple Story, Mine, Yours and M’s
Atefeh Yarmohammadi works out her personal history in a palimpsest of historical and contemporary film footage accompanied by a distinctive soundtrack. She was born in…Published on: -
Mille soleils
Portrait of Magaye Niang, who played the lead in the African classic Touki Bouki by Djibil Diop Mambéty in 1973. In A Thousand Suns, Niang…Published on: -
Le mirage
Ahmed Bouanani is considered highly influential in the Moroccan cinema, but he never reached large audiences beyond the ‘Maghreb’ context. Following his death in 2011,…Published on: -
Bla cinima
The square in front of the Sierra Meatra Cinema is Algeria on a small scale. Old and young, rich and poor all go there. They…Published on: