Seven years after the death of his mother, 13-year-old Karim has left Paris for Morocco with his father Messaoud, who has remarried and decided to return to his homeland. After a year at a French boarding school in Casablanca, Karim joins the newly blended family – including his new half-brother, stepmother and his father’s mother-in-law - for the summer in Boujad, a small town in central Morocco. Already muddled by the anxieties of adolescence, Karim struggles to understand their world and establish his place in a family of strangers. Meanwhile, his father - having discovered how little he really knows about Morocco after decades in France - is finding it difficult to adjust and even more challenging to relate to a boy beginning to show signs of rebellion. Their tumultuous relationship is at the heart of director Omar Mouldouira’s personal story, tenderly told, which encourages us to reflect on our own family bonds.
Ridha
Cuenta la historia de Gordon (Joe Cole), un operador de un robot hexápodo, y Ayusha (Lina El Arabi), una joven de Oriente Medio. Gordon, que trabaja vigilando un oleoducto en el desierto, queda fascinado por Ayusha mientras maneja su robot araña desde América. Ayusha está prometida con otro hombre al que no quiere. A pesar de la distancia, los miedos y la extraña interacción, Gordon hará todo lo posible para que Ayusha escape a su destino.
Soldier 1
Jean-Claude Carrière coescribe la adaptación de la novela de Atiq Rahimi, también guionista y director, que narra la historia de una mujer, en un país de Oriente Medio, que tiene que quedarse en casa a cuidar de su marido, herido en una reyerta y en estado de coma. La mujer, joven y con dos hijas, alterna el tiempo que pasa en la casa, evitando a las guerrillas que siguen luchando en la calle, con el tiempo que pasa con su tía, una mujer liberada que se queda a cargo de las niñas.
Messaoud
Once upon a time, lived by the ocean, Fatima and Messaoud, a newly wedded couple. Fatima thanked the heavens everyday for having given her a kind and honest husband. The fisherman, Messaoud dreamed of a better future, far beyond the horizon. But, leaving meant paying a heavy tribute to the smuggler: betraying the woman he loved...
