When searching for a blessing on the day of her firstborn’s naming ceremony, a mother is instead foretold a curse: her son, Muzamil, will die at the age of 20. Muzamil’s father cannot stand the...
On the banks of Magdalena river, Colombia, in 2002. José returns home deep in the forest after a long fishing night to discover that paramilitary forces killed his two sons, Dionisio and Rafael, and threw their...
Three young women from different ages and social backgrounds are hospitalized in the Block J of a psychiatric hospital in Casablanca. They have all been diagnosed with depression and are deemed to be in..
Moments before his capture by the Moroccan police, Amine digs a grave to hide his stolen bag of money and disguises it as a modest tomb. When he is released from prison years later, he returns to the...
Away from prying eyes, a young unmarried couple retreats to the depth of a desolate run-down Egyptian seaside resort. The power dynamic between them is tested, when the girl reveals she wants their...
In the summer of 1998, Kabul under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mohsen are young and in love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better future. One day, a foolish gesture causes life to take..
The movie is a journey to the dark side of the Egyptian traditional folk weddings, as it tells the story of the belly dancers who perform during these events, and their complicated relations with their..
A raw and an intimate portrayal of a man and a city, doomed and in exile, sinking to hit rock bottom. It plays on the margin of reality, where forces of the masculine and the feminine alternate, merge, attract and repel.
Justino, a 45-year-old member of the indigenous Desana people, is a security guard at the harbour of Manaus, a Brazilian city surrounded by the rainforests of Amazon. As his daughter prepares to study...