Two Palestinian women become the pawns of both the Israeli and Palestinian security authorities.
Öte
2023
1h.48min
16+
A love letter to the unique magic of solo traveling.
The Rain Bride
2022
1h.39min
16+
Between the war's frontlines to the dance floor, a Kurdish woman's journey defies tradition and embraces liberation.
Numb
2023
1h.30min
16+
A riveting Iranian drama set in a unique kindergarten in Tehran, where the usual gender segregation of schools is yet to begin.
The Exam
2021
1h.26min
16+
For a young Kurdish woman, the entrance exam for university will decide, if she can live freely or has to submit to the men in her life.
The Dream
1987
45min
16
This poignant and thought-provoking documentary offers a unique and deeply moving insight into the lives of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
1982
2020
1h.40min
12 FSK
While Wissam fights for his love, political tensions rise and the Israeli army invades Lebanon.
Dreams of the City
1984
2h.3min
16+
A poignant tale of lost innocence, young Dib navigates the tumultuous landscape of 1950s Damascus following his father's death.
Alam
2022
1h.47min
16+
This poignant coming-of-age drama that delves into the complexities of Palestinian identity under Israeli rule.
Re-Destruction
2021
45min
16+
Acclaimed Lebanese director Simon El Habre paints a vivid portrait of Beirut post-Civil War, highlighting the impact of the 2020 port explosion.
Inertia
2015
1h.12min
16+
Dreamlike, Israeli indie film about a woman whose nightmare turns into a hopeful sense of autonomy.
Here and Now
2018
1h.27min
16+
Andrei, a Russian speaking immigrant living in Ashdod, is balancing work, bills, taking care of his kid sister Chris, and rehearsing for a concert.
Crossings
2020
1h.28min
16+
Three young Israelis are forced to serve in the military police at a checkpoint despite their refusal to do military service.
Hotline
2015
1h.39min
16+
Intensely charged in political terms, HOTLINE is not merely revealing but downright shocking in what it conveys about Israel’s policies on outsiders.
God's Neighbors
2012
1h.38min
16
Israeli filmmaker Meni Yaesh tackles the complex yet always renewable thematic triangle of religion, violence, and sex.
Redemption
2018
1h.44min
16+
Menachem, a widowed father is a former rock singer and has left everything behind to become part of the ultra orthodox jewish community.
Family in Transition
2018
1h.10min
16+
An intensely intimate profile of a transgender woman and her wife and children, that refuses to sugarcoat the challenges faced by the family.
Cinema Sabaya
2021
1h.35min
12
Israel's Official Submission to the 95th Academy Awards is a heartwarming journey of unlikely friendships and empowering conversations.
Living Water
2020
1h.17min
16+
The conflicts for water in Jordan’s deserts already happening today gives a pretaste of future disputes.
Looteyo
2022
1h.23min
16+
A powerful film about the struggle of a naive boy with good intentions in the harsh environment of Irans drug stronghold on the Island of Hormuz.
Room Without a View
2021
1h.13min
16+
Slavery has never ended. It has just assumed other names and ways to conceal itself.
As I Open My Eyes
2015
1h.46min
16+
A dazzling coming-of-age film that interweaves a pivotal moment in Tunisian history with an 18-year-old's struggle for freedom.
Queen Lear
2019
1h.24min
16+
Heartwarming doc about the transformative experience of an all-woman theater group touring rural Turkey performing Shakespeare’s King Lear.
The One Man Village
2008
1h.25min
16+
The merciless fighting between militias in the region around Mount Lebanon ended in reprisals against civilians.
The Sea Ahead
2021
1h.56min
16+
This riveting feature tells the story of a young woman returning home to a crisis-ridden country and family she barley recognizes.
The Silhouettes
2020
1h.20min
16+
Taghi, an Afghan refugees living in Iran, faces the choice of staying in a country where he is not welcome or returning to a country he barely knows.
Personal Affairs
2017
1h.30min
16+
This bitingly funny episodic film subtly interweaves the conflicts of a Palestinian family with the political realities of the Middle East conflict.
Pig
2018
1h.48min
16+
Filmmaker Hasan is seething with rage. He is banned from working and a serial killer is killing all the other directors in town. All except Hasan.
The Return of the Aramean People
2012
1h.2min
6
This film follows a group of Aramaic Christians as they return to their ancestral homeland of southeastern Turkey.
Rain of Homs
2017
1h.42min
16+
Homs, Syria in 2014: A short ceasefire, time to flee. That day, Yusuf and his nephew wanted to leave Homs, But things turned out differently.
Haifa Street
2019
1h.18min
16+
This gripping thriller about Baghdad's most dangerous street illuminates the political motivations and private entanglements of those involved.
Afghanistan - New beginning?
2006
37min
16+
Five years after the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan the country's future was uncertain but buoyed by cautious optimism.
Refugee
2018
1h.24min
16+
In 2015, at the height of the Syrian war, Raf’aa, a mother of two, made the journey alone to Germany to secure asylum for her family.
The Marriage Project
2020
1h.19min
16+
The director of a psychiatric clinic near Tehran gives patients the opportunity to marry each other, in a model project.
Objector
2019
1h.16min
16+
Like all Israeli youths, Atalya is obligated to become a soldier. But unlike most, she questions the practices of her country’s military.
Afterward
2020
1h.35min
12
Jerusalem-born trauma expert Ofra Bloch confronts her personal demons in a journey where she meets with people she was taught to hate.
Here I am... Here you are
2017
1h.9min
16+
A director and his partner are forced into a long distance relationship thanks to strict European visa laws between Italy and Lebanon.
Wajib
2017
1h.36min
16+
Shadi returns to Nazareth to fulfill his duty (WAJIB) as a big brother, where simmering conflicts await.
Leaving Baghdad
2010
1h.27min
16+
The story of Saddam Hussein's personal cameraman exposes the absurdities and brutality of the Iraqi dictators regime.
In Vitro
2019
28min
16+
After an eco-disaster, the abandoned nuclear reactor under the biblical city of Bethlehem was transformed into a huge orchard.
The Rojava Experiment - A Society On The Move
2019
58min
16+
In northern Syria, an anti-hierarchical, multi-ethnic model of democracy was launched in the Rojava region under the leadership of the Kurds.
Chronic
2017
1h.27min
16+
Omar, a photographer, lost his male lover in an explosion. He turns his experience of loss into an art project.
Panoptic
2017
1h.10min
16+
Panoptic is a letter from a daughter to her deceased father in an attempt to reconcile with Lebanon’s turbulent past.
Virgins
2018
1h.30min
16+
When a local fisherman claims to have seen a mermaid, tourists flock to the beach at Kiryat Yam, saving teenaged Lana from yet another boring summer.
Erased, Ascent of the Invisible
2018
1h.16min
16+
30 years after the end of the civil war in Lebanon, over 17,000 people who disappeared are still unaccounted for. An unnamed artist searches them.
Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait
2013
1h.43min
18
Horrifying videos of the Syrian civil war, taken with mobile phones in the besieged city of Homs, show the horrors of war unfiltered.
The Tower
2018
1h.17min
16+
Warm-hearted animated film tells the story of a girl in the permanent refugee camp Burj el Barajneh, Lebanon and her family history.
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
2018
2h.7min
12 FSK
A fling, as it could happen anywhere in the world, takes on a dangerous political dimension in the divided city of Jerusalem.
Double Income, Kids
2019
1h.34min
16+
A gay couple from Tel Aviv wants to become parents, ideally twins with an American surrogate mother, one child from each father.
Gaza Surf Club
2016
1h.27min
0 FSK
Surfing in this film is a metaphor and expression of freedom. Young people in Gaza have the same desires as anyone else.
Ink of Yam
2017
1h.15min
6 FSK
In one of Jerusalems oldest tattoo studio Jews, Christians, Muslims and atheists get their tattoos done.
Asmahan
2014
1h.11min
16+
A Palestinian director uses the story of legendary Syrian entertainer ASMAHAN to offer a fresh take on Middle Eastern history and the Arab Spring.
The Hunter
2010
1h.32min
12 FSK
Ali Alavi is a passionate hunter who was recently released from prison. His wife and daughter get shot during a demonstration.
Despite his stigma as a ...
Ajami
2008
2h.0min
16 FSK
Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Ajami. Here is the Babel of the present, life a permanent state of emergency. Enemies who have been enemies for a long time live here ...
The Prince of Nothingwood
2017
1h.26min
12 FSK
Salim Shaheen defied the Soviets and the Taliban and is the most prolific Afghan filmmaker you've never heard of.
Istanbul United
2014
1h.25min
16 FSK
The story of an extraordinary alliance of rival soccer fans in Istanbul during the Gezi protests in 2013.
Youth
2013
1h.43min
16 FSK
Two brothers are on the wrong track: they decide to use a weapon to solve their family's money problems but without considering the possible consequen
The Cut
2013
2h.18min
12 FSK
Heartbreaking drama about the Armenian genocide at the beginning of the 20th century.
Namrud: Troublemaker
2017
1h.35min
16+
Jowan Safadi, an Israeli Palestinian and musician from the Middle East, is under investigation by Israeli police for "inciting terrorism".
Tehran Taboo
2016
1h.36min
16 FSK
The lives of three strong-willed women and a young musician cross paths in Tehran’s schizophrenic society where sex, adultery, corruption, prostitution ...
One Week and a Day
2016
1h.38min
6 FSK
When Eyal finishes the week of mourning for his late son, his wife urges him to return to their routine but instead he gets high with a young neighbor.
This ...
The Patience Stone
2012
1h.44min
12 FSK
Golshifteh Farahani plays the dutyful wife of an paralyzed Jihadists, who begins to confess her real feelings.
Come to My Voice
2014
1h.45min
0 FSK
In eastern Turkey, a young Kurdish woman is forced to make a weapon disappear.
If You Die, I'll Kill You
2011
1h.31min
16+
Philippe, who has just been released from prison, meets Avdal, a Kurd who is looking for an Iraqi war criminal.
Nation Estate
2012
9min
16+
In, part one of this sci-fi triology, a vertical solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been found.
Jaffa - The Orange's Clockwork
2009
1h.27min
16+
Jaffa, home of the world famous cakes, is a bustling metropolis and focus of this fascinating documentary.
Shalom Salam
2006
53min
16+
The documentary SHALOM SALAM tells about the conflict in the Middle East through the eyes of Israeli and Palestinian children.
Paradies! Paradies!
2016
1h.18min
16+
Kurdwin Ayub, a member of the European Film Academy, tries to find out why his father falls into euphoria at the very mention of Kurdistan.
Birds of September
2013
1h.39min
16+
A glass van with a mounted camera drives through the streets of Beirut and explores the city from behind the glass.
Gate #5
2011
1h.24min
16 FSK
Simon El Habre's documentary, a follow up to “One Man Village” is a study of the bygone days of the once bustling port of Beirut.
Bulgaria Of All Places
2007
1h.34min
0 FSK
This documentary chronicles the life of writer Angelika Schrobsdorff's family, who fled from Berlin and Nazi Germany to Bulgaria in 1939.
In The Future They Ate From The Finest Porcelain
2015
29min
16+
In a temporal twist, this movie tells the story of an intervention into the future perception of a territory’s political history.
Solomon's Stone
2015
25min
12
Black-comedy short SOLOMON'S STONE, directed by Ramzi Maqdisi, is adapted from the novel Blue Light by Hussein Barghouty.
Diaries of a Flying Dog
2014
1h.15min
16+
This is both a documentary and an attempt at self-therapy for Lebanese director Bassem Fayad and his dog 'Zen'.
Haunted
2014
1h.57min
16+
“When the bombs fell, the first thing we did was run away. It was not until later that we realized we had not looked back.”
A World Not Ours
2012
1h.33min
16+
For little Mahdi, the Palestinian refugee camp Ain El-Helwe is a huge adventure playground. Unlike for most of his family.
A Space Exodus
2008
5min
16+
A SPACE EXODUS is the first part of Larissa Sansour’s Palestinian science fiction trilogy.
Monsieur Lazhar
2011
1h.34min
12 FSK
Simon discovers that a teacher has hung herself in the classroom. Bachir Lazhar, 55, Algerian immigrant is the substitute teacher. The class goes through ...
Chaja & Mimi
2009
10min
16+
Chaja Florentin and Mimi Frons have been best friends for 83 years. Born and raised in Berlin, they fled to Palestine with their families in 1934 to escape ...
Towards Jerusalem
1990
1h.25min
16+
Beckermann's subjects offer a dramatic range of candid opinions about Arab-Jewish relations, immigration, the intifada, religion, and the economy.
What the Wind Took Away
2017
1h.15min
16+
Although they have lost everything through their flight, the Jesidesses Hedil and Naam fight for a dignified life for their families.
45 Minutes to Ramallah
2013
1h.23min
12 FSK
In this satirical journey two Palestinian brothers from Jerusalem want to fulfill their father's last wish to be buried in Palestinian ground.
Andres Veiel: Balagan
1994
1h.29min
16 FSK
A play about the Holocaust is being staged in Israel. The actors are descendants of Holocaust survivors and Palestinian. A documentation about the coexistance ...
Honey and Ashes
1996
1h.16min
16+
Naima, a doctor, Amina, a graduate, and Leila, a young student, are pursuing their individual routes to an independent life when their paths cross.