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Reviews‘Barni’ review: A missing girl leads to new horizons in ambitious, sentimental Somali debut
Mohammed Sheikh’s feature follows the search for a missing child from a quiet Somali village to the big city
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Reviews‘A Sad And Beautiful World’ review: Lebanon’s Oscar hopeful is appealing, soulful romance
The debut feature from Cyril Aris follows a Lebanese couple over three decades
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Reviews‘Sink’ review: Visually striking Jordanian debut offers authentic depiction of mental illness
The first feature from Screen Arab Star Of Tomorrow Zain Duraie now plays Red Sea competition
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Reviews‘El Sett’ review: Reverential, heavy-handed biopic of Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum
Lavish production from ’The Yacoubian Building’ director Marwan Hamed premieres in Marrakech
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Reviews‘Sophia’ review: Jessica Brown Findlay stars in Dhafer L’Abidine’s accessible Tunisian thriller
L’Abidine also stars in this workmanlike thriller, which premieres as a Marrakech Gala screening
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Reviews‘Past Future Continuous’ review: IDFA Envision winner is poignant, formally daring family portrait
Directors Firouzeh Khosrovani and Morteza Ahmadvand explore the link between a US-based woman and her parents in Tehran
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Reviews‘A Fox Under A Pink Moon’ review: Strong Afghan migrant doc blends phone footage and animation
Iranian filmmaker Mehrdad Oskouei’s IDFA competition title follows a young Afghan artist attempting to journey to Europe
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Reviews‘Cotton Queen’ review: Thessaloniki winner is assured debut from Sudanese filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani
A young Sudanese woman fights for control of her own life in Mirghani’s village drama
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Reviews‘Happy Birthday’ review: A child maid wishes for a better life in affecting, sensitive Egyptian debut
Sarah Goher’s first feature has been selected as Egypt’s official Oscar submission
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Reviews‘The Woman Who Poked The Leopard’ review: Intense portrait of Ugandan activist Stella Nyanzi
Patience Nitumwesiga profiles the exiled feminist poet in scattergun DOK Leipzig title
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Reviews‘Palestine 36’ review: Palestine’s Oscar entry is stirring historical drama from Annemarie Jacir
Jacir’s lavish period epic is set against the background of Palestine’s 1936 Arab Revolt against British rule
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Reviews‘One Woman One Bra’ review: A single woman fights for her rights in spirited Kenyan drama
Vincho Nchogu’s feature debut plays London’s First Feature Competition after premiering in Venice
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Reviews‘Desert Warrior’ review: Visually stunning Saudi Arabian epic lacks an emotional core
Antony Mackie and Sir Ben Kingsley star in Rupert Wyatt’s 7th century Arabian drama
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Reviews‘Unidentified’ review: Haifaa Al Mansour’s Saudi thriller sees a grieving woman turn detective
The Saudi Arabian director reteams with star Mila Alzahrani, who plays a true-crime enthusiast investigating a murder
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Reviews‘Without Permission’ review: An exiled filmmaker returns to Iran in Hassan Nazer’s bold docudrama
Real Iranian children discuss love and hope in the British-Iranian director’s Busan Competition feature
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Reviews‘Divine Comedy’ review: Ali Asgari skewers Iranian cultural restrictions in witty satire
Charming performances carry Asgari’s fifth feature about a fictional director attempting to screen his latest film in Tehran
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Reviews‘Calle Malaga’ review: Carmen Maura stars in Maryam Touzani’s tame Tangier-set domestic drama
Moroccan filmmaker Touzani follows ‘The Blue Caftan’ with a predictable story about finding things to live for in old age
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Reviews‘Bidad’ review: A female singer fights to be heard in potent Tehran-set drama
Iranian filmmaker Soheil Beiraghi’s fourth feature premieres in Karlovy Vary competition
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Reviews‘Woman And Child’ review: Saeed Roustaee drama heaps misfortune on an Iranian widow
Parinaz Izadyar stars in overwrought Cannes Competition title
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Reviews‘It Was Just An Accident’ review: Jafar Panahi confronts the Iranian injustice system head-on
Cannes Competition title sees a traffic accident spark a series of devastating events