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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Overview of articles

  • Zohra: A Moroccan Fairytale

    Barney Platts-Mills returns to filmmaking after a thirty year absence, with this moving tale of adolescent yearning and innocence in rural Morocco. Th
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  • Hawi

    All the while improvising, El Batout shot this mosaic film set in Alexandria, where everybody is looking for something or someone. A prisoner is relea
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  • La sueur des palmiers

    ‘Palm sweat’ is a colourful metaphor for the changing situation in the Egyptian countryside. In an oasis village, all the healthy men follow a caravan
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  • A House in Jerusalem

    Quest based on Gitaï’s earlier film House, about a house in Jerusalem that was taken from its Arab owners and came into Jewish Israeli hands.…
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  • The Arab Dream

    Palestinian film-maker visits the occupied territories. Is there a future with so much past?
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  • Noces de lune

    Solid and powerful feature about the vicissitudes of a group of affluent youths on the coast of Tunisia.
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  • L’Arene du meurtre

    Wayward, very personal portrayal of the Israeli landscape prompted by the tragic murder of prime minister Rabin.
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  • Salut Cousin!

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  • Essaïda

    Artist is inspired by troubled adolescent in mixed working-class district.
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  • Africa Dreaming

    Two men who have shared a love for chess since their youth are driven apart by two women.
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