The film shows how ordinary people in the war in Ukraine suddenly become fighters and have to go to the front. Why this film? I watched this film at the Munich Film Festival and was very fascinated by the reality it portrays. I believe it is very important for people who do not come from […]
In the Land of Brothers, told in three moving chapters, tells the story of Afghan refugees seeking a new life in Iran. The film impressively shows how, despite hope and hard work, they repeatedly encounter obstacles: lack of residency rights, workplace exploitation, constant fear of deportation, and everyday discrimination. Why this film? This film moves […]
“Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo” tells the story of six-year-old Dounia, who loves her hometown of Aleppo despite suffering severe blows of fate. When war breaks out and her father disappears, she is forced to flee with her grandparents. Accompanied by a mysterious magical power, she embarks on a dangerous journey in the hope […]
For his documentary “Ghost Hunting,” Read Andoni seeks former prisoners of Al-Moskobiya, Israel’s main interrogation center, so that they can reenact their experiences of torture and imprisonment through a role-playing game.
The documentary by ARTE is about Africans who do not embark on the daring and dangerous journey to Europe. Instead, they look for well-paid work within Africa.
In the 1970s, the Aryub Cinema was the most elegant movie theater in Kabul. Those were times of freedom and joy, which were swept away by civil war and tyranny. Only thanks to the old projectionist Naser did the Aryub survive amid the destruction. A group of young students decides to support the cinephiles and […]
In 2001, the Taliban blew up Buddha statues in Bamiyan, one of Afghanistan’s cultural centers. Amid the caves of the former monastery in the area, Bakhtay grows up—a girl torn between fighting local gangs of boys her age and her deep desire to find a place in a new girls’ school.
In a country torn apart by war, a thirty-year-old woman watches over her older husband. A bullet to his neck has left him in a coma. After years under his control, without her own voice, one day the woman decides to say things she never could before, even though they had been married for ten […]
The film tells a very poetic story about a girl in shattered Afghanistan who must navigate new freedoms and old restrictions after the Taliban regime.
“Dancing Arabs” is the story of a young Palestinian’s liberation from all the political restrictions of his environment. He fights for love, equality and peaceful coexistence. The film shows his needs and, in a dramatic and comic way, the real drama of his reality. Between political and social considerations, love and peace win out.
