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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Overview of articles

  • The Cave

    A career in Cairo calls for bassist Adham while he tries to breathe new life into old friendships.
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  • Evaporating Borders

    Originally from Yugoslavia, Iva Radivojevic investigates the effects of large-scale immigration on the sense of national identity in Cyprus, one of th
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  • Chronicle of a Disappearance

    Palestinian filmmaker Suleiman returns to Israel after years spent living abroad. We meet his family and friends in a series of often ironic scenes an
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  • The Iranian Film

    Creative documentary about filmmaking in Morocco, by a filmmaker inspired by Iranian masters. He sets out to get his own film off the ground. On…
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  • Café Regular, Cairo

    Taboos are broken during a candid conversation in a bar. A refreshing look at male-female relations in contemporary Egypt. Screened before Night #1.
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  • The Ugly One

    Adachi, ex-member of the Japanese Red Army, narrates a story taking place in Beirut. The melancholy of war, the pain of disillusionment. A story being
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  • Rags and Tatters

    January 2011: Egypt is in the grip of revolution. Asser Yassin escapes from jail only to end up in a country he no longer recognises.…
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  • Not at Home

    In Kabul, tensions within a family keep on increasing as tradition and reality clash. In Germany, an Afghan girl waits in a desolate refugee centre.…
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  • La nuit

    Quneitra on the Golan Heights was destroyed by Israel during the war with Syria in 1967. The father of Malas, a Palestinian freedom fighter, is…
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  • El Rayo

    The Straight Story in Spain. It is 2011, the crisis is at its height and there is no work. Time for illegal immigrant Hassan to…
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