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Overview of films

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  Of Heroes, Football and All That Remains of My Childhood

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  Lynn Kodeih | 25' | Lebanon | None

  Questioning what it means to be a ‘revolutionary’ today, the artist explores hopes and disillusions in the context of recent Arab history in this live
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  On the Sand, Under the Sun

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  Mohamad Malas, Hala Alabdalla | 32' | Syria | None

  Short documentary about political prisoners struggling to come to terms with haunting memories, produced for the anniversary of the Universal Declarat
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  One Eye Open

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  Ikon | 18' | Egypt | None

  A search for the artist’s roots as he travels to Japan and investigates a world that is partly foreign and fascinating, partly familiar.
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  Out of Focus

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  Salah Saouli | 60' | Lebanon | None

  A vision of the city of Beirut at a crucial moment of transition from war to peace that draws the observer into a quasi-physical engagement.
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  Pipe Dreams

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  Ali Cherri | 5' | France | None

  A memorable phone call between the Syrian cosmonaut Muhammed Faris (part of a Russian space mission) and the late president Hafez al-Assad.
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  Rant

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  Hassan Khan | 7' | Egypt | None

  Developed through a series of intense workshops with an actress, the film investigates the psyche of an unspecified cultural operator – perhaps critic
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  Remarks on a Square

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  Jasmina Metwaly | 53' | Egypt | -

  Remarks on a Square is a series of videos shot during and after the uprising in Cairo, Egypt in 2011. The series consists of twelve…
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  Revolution

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  Khaled Hafez | 3' | Egypt | None

  An experimental screen is split into the three colors of the flag – Red, White and Black – which represent the three promises of the…
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  Rice City

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  Sherif El Azma | 20' | Egypt | None

  Beautifully crafted suspense in this stylish, black-and-white experimental Egyptian short that features a strong score by Nahla Mattar.
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  The Right Side of That Road

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  Hazem Alhamwi | 14' | Syria | None

  A thoughtful reflection on the working class district of the Old City of Damascus and the relations between the people and the built environment.
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  Silence

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  Rami Farah | 40' | Syria | None

  Silence is an emotional investigation of sense and senselessness in the conflict over the occupied Golan Heights and the events leading to its loss. I
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  Stone Bird

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  Hazem Alhamwi | 35' | Syria | None

  The eccentric Abu Hajar has chosen a life in seclusion to escape an unsolvable personal conflict imposed on him by a rigid society.