Feature Films

The Cotton Queen

SUZANNAH MIRGHANI | سوزانا ميرغني 94 min

In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, Nafisa lives a simple life, picking cotton and learning from her grandmother. The arrival of a young S...

Once Upon a Time in Gaza

ARAB NASSER, TARZAN NASSER | طرزان وعرب ناصر 90 min

In 2007 Gaza , a student is pulled into crime and corruption, where risky favors blur survival and compromise.

THE STORIES

ABU BAKR SHAWKY | أبو بكر شوقي 120 min

Ahmed receives a letter from Austria – Liz has replied to his search for a pen pal. Together, Ahmed and Liz will live through war, family jo...

SINK

ZAIN DURAIE | زين دريعي 87 min

When her teenage son is suspended after a troubling outburst, Nadia believes he just needs guidance. But as Basil’s mental state deteriorate...

ROQIA

YANIS KOUSSIM | يانيس كوسيم 89 min

After a car crash leaves Ahmed with amnesia, he returns to his village, unable to recognize his family or surroundings. As strange visitors...

MY FATHER’S SHADOW

AKINOLA DAVIES JR | كينوال ديفيز 94 min

My Father’s Shadow follows a single day in Lagos during the 1993 electoral crisis. A father struggles to protect and guide his two young son...

MY FATHER’S SCENT

MOHAMED SIAM | محمد صيام 96 min

After leaving the hospital, a sick father and his son spend a tense, revealing night together. This intimate odyssey becomes their first tru...

KATANGA THE DANCE OF THE SCORPIONS

DANI KOUYATÉ 113 min

After a failed coup, King Pazouknaam appoints his cousin Katanga to lead the army. Guided by a soothsayer who claims he should be king, Kata...

IRKALLA THE DREAM OF GILGAMESH

MOHAMED JABARAH AL-DARADJI | محمد جبارة الدراجي 109 min

In war-torn Baghdad, a diabetic 9-year-old seeks his dead parents through a mythical gate to Irkalla in the Tigris River, while his friend f...

HIJRA

SHAHAD AMEEN | شهد أمين 115 min

Twelve-year-old Janna travels to Mecca with her strict grandmother, Sitti, and rebellious sister, Sarah. When Sarah disappears, their journe...

DIYA

ACHILLE RONAIMOU | أشيل رونايمو 137 min

Dane, a driver for a humanitarian NGO, accidentally kills a boy. Forced to pay a “Diya,” he travels across northern Chad, where his search f...

Promised Sky

Erige Sehiri | أريج السحيري 92 min

Marie, an Ivorian pastor living in Tunisia for ten years, opens her home to Naney, a young mother seeking stability, and Jolie, a determined...

WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM

Amel Guellaty | آمال القلاتي 96 min

Alyssa and Mehdi, childhood friends feeling trapped in suburban Tunis, discover an art contest in Djerba. Alyssa drags Mehdi on a fantastica...

The voice of Hind Rajab

Kaouther Ben Hania | كوثر بن هنية 90 min

On January 29, 2024, Red Crescent volunteers received an emergency call from a six-year-old girl trapped in a car under fire in Gaza. They t...