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‘Where To?’ review: A Palestinian cab driver in Berlin connects with his Israeli passenger in delicate, resonant debut
Berlin Perspectives title from Israeli filmmaker Assaf Machnes features strong performances from Ehab Salami and Ido Tako
‘Chronicles From The Siege’ review: Arabic-language debut feature is intense tapestry of life, death and courage
Palestinian-Syrian director Abdallah Alkhabtib’s Berlin Perspectives title is fuelled by its performances
‘Safe Exit’ review: Mohammed Hammad follows ‘Withered Green’ with spare Egyptian drama
Marwan Waleed anchors a restrained portrait of alienation in Hammad’s second feature
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‘In A Whisper’ review: Hiam Abbass is magnetic in sensitive Tunisian LGBTQ drama
Lelya Bouzid’s nuanced Berlin competition title is set over six days of mourning
‘Variations On A Theme’ review: Rotterdam Tiger winner is intimate South African doc-fiction
Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar follow ’Carissa’ with community drama set in the country’s Kamiesberge region
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘El Sett’ review: Reverential, heavy-handed biopic of Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum
Lavish production from ’The Yacoubian Building’ director Marwan Hamed premieres in Marrakech
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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
‘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
