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‘How Dare You Have Such A Rubbish Wish’: IDFA Review 2t46m
Mania Akbari explores the depiction of women on screen through an archive of pre-Revlutionary Iranian cinema
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‘Free Money’: IDFA Review 3n162d
Directors Lauren DeFilippo and Sam Soko document the impact of a Universal Basic Income charity scheme in Kenya
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‘Dirty Difficult Dangerous’: Hamburg Review 2l670
Two refugees find love against the odds in modern Beirut
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‘The King’s Horseman’: Toronto Review 1q2w12
Biyi Bandele’s bustling, vibrant final film is an adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s acclaimed anti-colonial play
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‘Beyond The Wall’: Venice Review 2z5p3w
Iranian writer-director Vahid Jalilvand delivers a howl of political fury
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‘The Matchmaker’: Venice Review 2m2q38
Dilligent, focused and thought-provoking portrait of notorious British jihadist Tooba Gondal
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‘Nayola’: Annecy Review 5v5qk
Stunning feature animation debut depicts the horror of war from a female perspective
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‘Mediterranean Fever’: Cannes Review t412
In Haifa, an unlikely friendship between two neighbours is the basis of a muted exploration of masculinity and mental illness
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‘Leila’s Brothers’: Cannes Review 6k4x16
Excellent performances anchor this gripping family drama about gender and succession in Iran
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‘Under The Fig Trees’: Cannes Review 154p15
Erige Sehiri makes her fiction debut with this gentle human drama set in a Tunisian orchard
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‘Harka’: Cannes Review 4c12n
Adam Bessa excels as a Tunisian street seller amidst the Arab Spring upheaval in this heartfelt dramatic debut
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‘Foragers’: Visions du Reel Review 5a6436
Palestinians banned from growing the herb za’atar defy the laws in this artful, but very piquantly spiced documentary.
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‘Sirens’: Thessaloniki Review 4v4f1e
The Middle-East’s only all-female thrash metal rock band balance friendship, romance and radicalsim in conservative Lebanon
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‘This Is Not Me’: Flare Review 2n3444
A moving portrait of two young trans men embarking upon the difficult legal process of gender transition in Iran
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‘Until Tomorrow’: Berlin Review 4v5e1f
A young single mother in Iran searches for a safe place for her baby for one night
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‘Father’s Day’: Berlin Review 2p4e19
Three intersecting family stories reveal the lasting trauma of Rwanda’s violent history
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‘Tantura’: Sundance Review 6c4359
Israeli documentary investigates controversial events at the Arab village of Tantura from 1948
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‘Recovery’: Red Sea Review 5q4x4q
Rashid Masharawi traces the history of Jaffa in this inventive, personal documentary
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‘Daughters of Abdul-Rahman’: Cairo/Red Sea Review 356u2m
Squabbling sisters try to find their way in Jordan’s all-powerful patriarchy
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‘Abu Saddam’: Cairo Review 3s6169
A veteran trucker and his assistant deliver a powerful portrayal of toxic masculinity for Egyptian director and co-writer Nadine Khan
