Haunted by memories of his childhood in Baghdad, Abdullah suffers from dementia and struggles to communicate with his British-born daughter, Leilah. As his mind wavers between the past and the unfamiliar present, he no longer remembers the life he has lived in London for the past 60 years or the fluent English he had spoken. Leilah, who only speaks English, needs one last moment of connection with her father before she also fades from his memory.

Ashtar Al Khirsan| UK, Iraq | Fiction | 2017| 19 min

Abdou, a 16-year old teenager, living on the outskirts of a phosphate mining town called Khouribga. His adoptive mother Mbarka, is the neighbourhood midwife and healer.

Ch’Aayba, a thirty-year-old man, uncontrollable and ferociously cynical, is an eccentric pickpocket. Suffering from a skin disease, Abdou convinces him to come see Mbarka in order to get treatment: that’s how the fate of these three will entangle.

Mohamed Zineddaine| Morocco, Italy, Qatar | Fiction | 2018| 113 min

Michelle, an intellectual and writer who. Due to his ideology, in 1980’s Syria , he was arrested and placed in solitary confinement for three years. He tells us about the most difficult evening he spent in jail: the night he was moved to another cell down the hall, in order to tell a child a story.

Majd Sammouri | Jordan | Fiction | 2019 | 24 min

At almost 90 years old, Tatá and Esperanza witness the election of the first Cuban president and for the first time in a century the president elect doesn’t have the “Castro” surname.

Secluded on an islet of vegetation, like two lighthouses from a remote era, they witness the end of a political cycle between the rustle of fire and the blizzards of storms.

Luis Alejandro Yero | Spain | Documentary | 2018| 23 min

This is the history of Michael. Standing powerfully in the face of his disability, and through his sensitivity, creativity, and wonderful sense of humour. He shows us that we all can be the best at something.

Jesus De Frutos Ayuso| Spain | Documentary | 2018 | 19 min

On a Friday 2010, at Nabi Saleh Village, four kids were interviewed at the peaceful weekly demonstrations against the Israeli Occupation. Eight years later, they were interviewed again.

Salim Abu Jabal| Palestine | Documentary | 2019| 23 min

What is work? Everyone works and has to work. The 40-hour workweek is a standard in our capitalistic society. For most of our lives, work consumes most of our available time.

Office jobs and assembly-line work have become a symbol for wasting our time on useless labor. The documentary takes a look at people during a workday and makes you reflect on the meaning of labor.

Max Baggermann| Netherlands | Documentary | 2019 | 21 min

Viviane and Antoine have lived together for 65 years, and while she still has her strength, he has long been bedridden. At a certain point physical weakness is extremely difficult to face, so the family try to keep Antoine’s spirit alive. This documentary poem plays out in an imagined state of limbo, in which a person awaits the approaching end of life: even if it assuages a harrowing internal disquiet. A heavy lyrical portrait brightened by the warming rays of loved ones’ smiles.

Cyril Aris | Lebanon | Documentary | 2018 | 74 min

A love letter from a young mother to her daughter; “For Sama” is both an intimate journey into the female experience of war. The film follows Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama. All while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice: whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life. The film is the first feature documentary by Emmy award-winning filmmakers Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts

Waad Al-Khateab, Edward Watts | UK , Syria | Documentary | 2019 | 90 min

In Rural Colombia, veteran activist Don Eduardo, rising political leader César Pachón, and agricultural educator Rosita fight their government’s neoliberal decision that allows companies to carve out their rural rights and their access to fresh water.

Victoria Solano | UK, Columbia | Documentary | 2019 | 83 min

When Marwa is nine years old, she flees with her family from Syria and gets stranded in Jordan. They believe they will be in a refugee camp for a few months, but that quickly turns into years.

Dina Naser | Jordan, France, Lebanon, Qatar | Documentary | 2019 | 86 min

A portrait of how  people attempt to lead meaningful lives against the rubble of perennial conflict. A Representation that goes beyond the reach of television news reports, to reveal a world rich with eloquent and resilient characters.

Garry Keane, Andrew McDonald | Ireland, Palestine | Documentary | 2019 | 92 mins

Today, the world is an uncomfortable place. Two of the four characters are diagnosed with Down syndrome, known as sunny kids. However, is this world sunny enough for them?

In hopes of escaping their realities, the characters take a journey into the world of classical cinema with the help of an unusual screen in a magic cinema theatre.

Alexander Zhovna | Ukraine | 2019 | Fiction |111 min

Despite the noise and chaos of the refugee camp, two young Palestinian refugees discover a creative way to record music in order to meet a deadline for a competition.

Wisam Al Jafari| Palestine | 2018 | Fiction| 15 min

Amidst the ongoing war in Yemen, people are torn between being “safe” and  feeling “distant”. Weighed down by the ever-present mental and emotional baggage, how does one move forward and heal? How does deal with so much suppressed pain

Mariam Al-Dhubhani| Qatar, Russian Federation,Yemen | Documentary | 2018 | 14 min

In Morocco, tribes called ‘Soulaliyates’ own 15 million hectares of collective land, however, Women have no right to inherit or exploit them. This is Mansoura’s story, a woman fighting for her land.

Najlae Benmbarek | Morocco | Documentary | 2019 | 26 min

Far out at sea, a cell phone floating inside an air-tight bag starts to ring.

Javier Marco Rico| Spain | Fiction | 2018 | 10 min

A story about a little leaf who despite all Nature’s laws, dreams to fly. Until the very last moment believes in his dream.

Olya Golubeva | Ireland | Animation | 2017 | 6 min

Klaus (60) works voluntary as a Santa Claus in a shopping mall. After an exhausting day, he considers quitting his job. But then, he gets a call from the children’s intensive care unit.

Werner Christian | Germany | Fiction | 2018 | 15 min

In China, in the early 1990’s, a little boy and his family have just come to live in a large factory complex. As he explores his new surroundings, he comes across other boys his age playing ping-pong, and discovers that they are fascinated by a cute little girl who spends her days looking out from the window of an upstairs apartment. Wanting to know more about the girl, he comes up with his own unique way of starting a friendship with her.

Chao Cheng | China | Fiction | 2018 | 14 min

Chennu, as a street kid, committed his first crime when he was 15 years old. He enters “hell”, a hopeless prison in Freetown. Chennu got out after four years, but now he wants to go back in order to help his friends.

Raúl De la Fuente| Spain | Documentary | 2019 | 23 min

The documentary follows a director’s journey as he seeks to get rid of his fear of using cameras in public. He discusses the risks and restrictions of shooting in public places in Egypt with other independent filmmakers, photographers and journalists.

Kareem Hussein | Egypt | Documentary | 2018 | 14:30 min

Zahi returns to Lebanon to organize his father’s funeral. His father was abducted and went missing during the Lebanese Civil War. He finds himself trapped between two separate worlds, where no communication is possible.

Hussen Ibraheem | Lebanon | Fiction | 2018 | 15 min

The story of an Iranian actress who seeks to research drugs and addiction for a role she is playing. In the process, she herself, falls into a drug addiction.

Ali Jalali | Iran | Fiction | 2019 | 19 min

A Docu-drama exposing the treatment that Yemeni nationals face outside their homeland. The treatment manifests in the form of a dichotomy, on the one hand, they are treated as pathetic individuals and, on the other hand, a treatment of false respect that reeks of racism. Hanadi al Oreqi shares her experience as a student in Jordan,  she hopes that this film can communicate her vision that “we all have our hardships and battles, but the sun will shine every day”

Mohammed Moussa | Jordan, Yemen | Documentary | 2019 | 6 min

A short documentary about the reality of the sport of boxing in Baqa’a refugee camp. The film depicts three main axes: firstly, the story of the protagonist, a boxer from a family of boxing professionals. Secondly, the socio-economic difficulties hindering him from practicing boxing full-time. And Thirdly, the story of the boxing club, and how it has become a space that has created a safe haven for the camp’s children, getting them into something productive and giving them a real outlet.

Tasnim Abo Bakr | Jordan | Documentary | 2019 | 8 min