Conflict Movies

'Haftasonu' tells the story of Hasan, who travels to Cyprus after many years following the death of his father. As he spends a weekend in his...

A verité legal drama about Judge Kholoud Al-Faqih, the first woman appointed to a Shari'a court in the Middle East, whose career provides rare...

A glimpse into the life of a young student portrays a struggling period in his life. He does not really know where his life is leading him. In trying...

After the loss of his mother, a boy uses his imagination to escape reality, creating and playing characters. As a result, despite their grief, his...

A prison chain gang digs two fresh graves for men destined to be executed that night. As time slips away for the murderers' salvation, the grave...

A sweeping small town romance exploring the grit of craft, the heart of family, and the pains of love, told over the span of several years.

The feature length film is composed of four short animations. In ‘Lucky Me’, a couple in their twenties run towards their dreams despite...

A glimpse into the world of a bible-belt crime family trying to survive a particularly violent summer. As enemies and allies are made, turmoil begins...

Claudia Recher is a young woman who has lived a horrible situation. Her sense of reality becomes an illusion as she struggles to assemble the loose...

Over most of two decades, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani’s life has been a roadmap of Islamist militancy in Iraq and Syria. Designated a terrorist by...

After twelve years in exile, Syrian journalist and filmmaker Daham Alasaad returns to Homs, devastated by the war in Syria. Once the city of his...

On October 27, 2005, Zyed Benna and Bouna Traoré died in an electrical substation while fleeing the police, sparking three weeks of riots...

In the midst of a profound social conflict, the director, a blind activist based in Canada, returns to her native Chile to follow five activists who...

Four bank robbers begin to doubt one another when they learn they could be getting the lowest cut of money.

A college-aged couple reaches a breaking point over his irrational fear of marginal heights.