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The codes of UAE society tell men and women how they ought to behave. What happens when young p…
Fatima Helal Al Baloushi / United Arab Emirates / Short Narrative
Forced to pick up arms, young soldiers are stuck in the middle of the ongoing war in Yemen.
Mariam Al-Dhubhani / Yemen, Qatar / Short Documentary
New freedoms have recently come to the citizens of Egypt, but what is it like to be a woman in…
Hanan Abdalla / Egypt / Feature Documentary
Director Denis Villeneuve continues his studies of females facing extreme circumstances in this…
Denis Villeneuve / Canada, France / Feature Narrative
A young Palestinian living in a refugee camp in 1949 struggles to escape imminent death when he…
Nora Alsharif / Jordan, Palestine, United Kingdom, Qatar / Short Narrative
A little girl with the name Itto Titrit (Morning Star) is kept out of school against her wishes…
Mohamed Abbazi / Morocco / Feature Narrative
Steeped in realism, ‘Kingdom of Garbage’ gives voice to the children displaced by the ongoing c…
Yasir Kareem / Iraq, Netherlands, United States of America, United Kingdom / Short Narrative