A Palestinian man, Mustafa (Ali Suliman, “Paradise Now,” “Jack Ryan”), and his wife live 200 meters apart…
Middle Eastern Focus
In “Ahed’s Knee,” which debuted at Cannes, Nadav Lapid (“Synonyms,” “The Kindergarten Teacher,” “Policeman…
At the outset of “Any Day Now,” 13-year-old Ramin Mehdipour and his Iranian family are living in a refugee…
“The Falconer” thrillingly recounts a larger-than-life adventure, but at its core the film tells an…
In “A Hero” — the latest from Ashgar Farhadi, acclaimed writer/director of “The Past,” “The Salesman,” “…
A chaotic, tender family is on a road trip across a rugged landscape, but to where? In the backseat, Dad…
Based on real events, ‘Huda’s Salon’ — directed by two-time SLIFF alum Hany Abbu-Assad (“Omar,” “Rana’s…
In a Syrian border village in the early ’80s, as little Sero attends school for the first time, a new…
Celebrated animator Chloé Mazlo makes her feature debut with this strikingly original film inspired by her…
When driving home from southern Tunisia, Fares and Meriem's car is hit by a stray bullet during an ambush…
In the early-20th-century Ottoman Empire, Ali returns from France, where he was sent by the state to…
Fehmi, a 19-year-old aspiring rapper from a rough neighborhood of Istanbul, is addicted to bonzai, a cheap…
The first in Abbas Kiarostami’s sublime, interlacing trilogy of films set in the northern Iranian village…