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Reviews‘Beyond The Wall’: Venice Review
Iranian writer-director Vahid Jalilvand delivers a howl of political fury
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Reviews‘The Matchmaker’: Venice Review
Dilligent, focused and thought-provoking portrait of notorious British jihadist Tooba Gondal
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Reviews‘Nayola’: Annecy Review
Stunning feature animation debut depicts the horror of war from a female perspective
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Reviews‘Mediterranean Fever’: Cannes Review
In Haifa, an unlikely friendship between two neighbours is the basis of a muted exploration of masculinity and mental illness
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Reviews‘Leila’s Brothers’: Cannes Review
Excellent performances anchor this gripping family drama about gender and succession in Iran
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Reviews‘Under The Fig Trees’: Cannes Review
Erige Sehiri makes her fiction debut with this gentle human drama set in a Tunisian orchard
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Reviews‘Harka’: Cannes Review
Adam Bessa excels as a Tunisian street seller amidst the Arab Spring upheaval in this heartfelt dramatic debut
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Reviews‘Foragers’: Visions du Reel Review
Palestinians banned from growing the herb za’atar defy the laws in this artful, but very piquantly spiced documentary.
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Reviews‘Sirens’: Thessaloniki Review
The Middle-East’s only all-female thrash metal rock band balance friendship, romance and radicalsim in conservative Lebanon
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Reviews‘This Is Not Me’: Flare Review
A moving portrait of two young trans men embarking upon the difficult legal process of gender transition in Iran
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Reviews‘Until Tomorrow’: Berlin Review
A young single mother in Iran searches for a safe place for her baby for one night
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Reviews‘Father’s Day’: Berlin Review
Three intersecting family stories reveal the lasting trauma of Rwanda’s violent history
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Reviews‘Tantura’: Sundance Review
Israeli documentary investigates controversial events at the Arab village of Tantura from 1948
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Reviews‘Recovery’: Red Sea Review
Rashid Masharawi traces the history of Jaffa in this inventive, personal documentary
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Reviews‘Daughters of Abdul-Rahman’: Cairo/Red Sea Review
Squabbling sisters try to find their way in Jordan’s all-powerful patriarchy
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Reviews‘Abu Saddam’: Cairo Review
A veteran trucker and his assistant deliver a powerful portrayal of toxic masculinity for Egyptian director and co-writer Nadine Khan
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Reviews‘Becoming’: Cairo/Red Sea Review
All-female anthology takes a sparky driver’s seat approach to life in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Reviews‘The Stranger’: Cairo Review
Palestine’s submission to the international Oscar category is set in the disputed Golan Heights
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Reviews‘After A Revolution’: IDFA Review
Two siblings on opposing sides of the Libyan civil war cope with its aftermath in different ways
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Reviews‘Taamaden’: IDFA Review
Seydou Cisse’s economic migrants take a dangerous route from Mali to Valencia