Hiam Abbass

Para enterrar sus demonios de una vez por todas, Josh Lambert y un ya universitario Dalton Lambert, deberán profundizar en El Mas Allá (The Further) más que nunca, enfrentándose al oscuro pasado familiar y a un huésped de nuevos horrores terroríficos que acechan tras la puerta roja.

Itto, a young woman from a modest rural background, is slowly adapting to the Moroccan privileged codes of her husband’s family. But when supernatural events put the country in a state of emergency, Itto finds herself separated from her husband and new family. Alone, pregnant and looking for her way back, she finds emancipation.

Una joven que lucha contra la adicción se apodera de una antigua caja de rompecabezas, sin saber que su propósito es convocar a los Cenobitas, un grupo de sádicos seres sobrenaturales de otra dimensión.

Night has to trick the mother of the missing child into sleeping to save her soul.

Gaza, hoy. Issa, un pescador de sesenta años, está secretamente enamorado de Siham, una mujer que trabaja en el mercado con su hija Leila. Cuando descubre una antigua estatua fálica de Apolo en sus redes de pesca, Issa la esconde, sin saber qué hacer con este misterioso y poderoso tesoro. Sin embargo, en el fondo, siente que este descubrimiento cambiará su vida para siempre. Curiosamente, su confianza comienza a crecer y finalmente decide acercarse a Siham.

In the streets of New York, a young woman is relentlessly, stubbornly and desperately looking for a sofa. This is a funny story with some touching moments about holding on and letting go.

Verano de 1998. Kabul es una ciudad en ruinas ocupada por los Talibanes. Mohsen y Zunaira son dos adolescentes que se han enamorado pese a vivir en un entorno repleto de violencia y miseria. Aunque van sobreviviendo día a día, un acto irresponsable de Mohsen cambiará sus vidas para siempre.

Because he wanted to protect his little brother, Teddy, a young man without a history, is accused of the murder of his father and sent to a closed educational center, waiting for his trial for parricide. He then plunges into a brutal universe of which he does not know the rules.

Decades after an eco-disaster engulfs the biblical city of Bethlehem, two scientists from different generations discuss memory, exile and nostalgia in this symbolic speculative fiction.

Writer, director, and journalist Jawad Rhalib presents a timely exploration of Muslim identity in relation to artistic expression and harmful stereotypes, through archival footage, interviews, and evocative performances.

En el amanecer de sus treinta, Mona intenta implacablemente despegar como actriz. El tiempo pasa y las propuestas no llegan. Sin recursos, se ve obligada a mudarse con Sam, su hermana menor.

Han pasado 30 años desde los acontecimientos ocurridos en Blade Runner (1982). El oficial K, un blade runner caza-replicantes del Departamento de Policía de Los Ángeles, descubre un secreto que ha estado enterrado durante mucho tiempo y que tiene el potencial de llevar a la sociedad al caos. Su investigación le conducirá a la búsqueda del legendario Rick Deckard, un antiguo blade runner en paradero desconocido, que lleva desaparecido 30 años.

Oum Yazan, madre de tres hijos, atrapada dentro de su casa en una ciudad sitiada, convirtió su apartamento en un puerto seguro para su familia y vecinos, tratando de protegerlos de la guerra. Cuando las bombas amenazan con destruir el edificio, los francotiradores convierten los patios en zonas mortales, y los ladrones entran a reclamar sus terribles recompensas, mantener el equilibrio de la rutina dentro de las paredes se convierte en una cuestión de vida o muerte.

En el corazón del hamam, lejos de la mirada acusadora de los hombres, madres, amantes, vírgenes o exaltadas islamistas, confrontan sus risas, llantos, cóleras, Biblias y Coranes antes del silbido de un puñal y del silencio de Dios.

A Palestinian comedy about women crammed in a tiny beauty parlor on the Gaza Strip

NASSER'S REPUBLIC: THE MAKING OF MODERN EGYPT is the first film for an American audience about Gamal Abdel Nasser, one of the Arab world's most transformative leaders.

Samia emigra ilegalmente a Francia. Obsesionada con la idea de que su hermano, extremista islámico, pueda estar espiándola, encuentra refugio en Imed, un conocido de su pueblo natal, y en Leila, una misteriosa mujer que le ofrecerá su primer trabajo como asistenta del hogar.

En el corazón de la Provenza, Louise cría sola a sus dos hijos e intenta mantener a flote el negocio familiar. Un día en el que casi atropella a un desconocido, Louise descubre que es un hombre distinto al resto de la gente. La fascinación que siente por él es tal que sospecha que podría cambiar su vida y la de su familia.

"Nothing Escapes My Eyes" is about a silent transformation of a place and a human being. Inspired by the texts of Edward W. Said, the poems of Mahmoud Darwish and Verdi’s opera Aida, the film depicts in a metaphoric form current issues of cultural identity, loss and the pressures to conform. With no dialogue, the film is backed by a musical excerpt from Aida whose lyrics express the difficulties of being loyal to one’s country and cultural identity. The personal and urban transformation tackles on issues of identity, loss and disorientation as a result of historical colonialism and contemporary globalization.

An in-depth documentary on the making of Ridley Scott's "Exodus: Gods and Kings," featuring interviews with the cast and crew. Featured in the Deluxe Edition Blu-ray set.

Narra la historia de Moisés (Christian Bale), un hombre cuyo coraje desafió a un imperio cuando se rebela contra el todopoderoso faraón Ramsés (Joel Edgerton), liberando a 600.000 esclavos en una épica huida a través de Egipto, llena de peligros y mortíferas plagas, en busca de la Tierra Prometida.

Alex, the son of a gang boss from Marseilles, joins the French Foreign Legion to avoid a hit put out on him by the Corsican Mafia. Four years later, Alex deserts and returns to Marseilles to get back together with Katia, his former girlfriend. But in the city, relationships have changed...

Una mujer vuelve a su Jordania natal para encontrarse a sí misma. Lo que descubre es que sus padres están en trámites de divorcio...

Desperate for companionship, a lonely, young Palestinian-American man agrees to marry an Israeli woman in need of a Green Card, forcing them to re-examine their respective cultural and familial traditions.

Comedia agridulce que gira en torno a un funeral. Durante los tres días de duelo que marca la tradición marroquí, la familia se reúne en la villa de vacaciones del difunto para compartir sus recuerdos y el dolor de la pérdida de su querido padre y marido. Es verano, pero la playa está prohibida y los trajes de baño son sustituidos por chila- bas, mientras la señora de la casa hace un despliegue de pena y angustia. La llegada de la hija más joven, Sofía, hará que salten chispas. Viejos secretos salen a la luz, convirtiendo en confusión el orden siempre mantenido por el patriarca. Entre risas y lágrimas, una especie de histeria colectiva llevará a cada una de las mujeres a afrontar algunas verdades sobre su hogar.

Podemos cambiar nuestra vida en una noche?Bajo un cielo caprichoso,seis almas perdidas serán los heroes de una historia de amor,cada vez mas cruel,imprevisibles,dolorosa….Unos se encuentraran,otros no.

In “Le Donne della Vucciria”, sixth Miu Miu Women’s Tale, Palestinian female director Hiam Abbass contemplates the transformative power of clothes, music and dance in a charming, evocative study of the women of the Sicilian city of Palermo.

In “Le Donne della Vucciria”, sixth Miu Miu Women’s Tale, Palestinian female director Hiam Abbass contemplates the transformative power of clothes, music and dance in a charming, evocative study of the women of the Sicilian city of Palermo.

A Palestinian family living in the north of Galilee gathers to celebrate the wedding of one of their daughters, as war rages between Israel and Lebanon. Internal conflicts explode between the family - secrets are revealed and lies are unmasked. The battles between different family members become as merciless as the outside war once their father falls into a coma and inches toward death.

A Palestinian family living in the north of Galilee gathers to celebrate the wedding of one of their daughters, as war rages between Israel and Lebanon. Internal conflicts explode between the family - secrets are revealed and lies are unmasked. The battles between different family members become as merciless as the outside war once their father falls into a coma and inches toward death.

A Palestinian family living in the north of Galilee gathers to celebrate the wedding of one of their daughters, as war rages between Israel and Lebanon. Internal conflicts explode between the family - secrets are revealed and lies are unmasked. The battles between different family members become as merciless as the outside war once their father falls into a coma and inches toward death.

Several directors from countries of the region were invited to create stories taking place in and around the beautiful city of Istanbul, in the vein of “Paris, je t’aime” and “New York, I love you”. They come together to remind viewers that Istanbul’s history does not belong only to the people of Turkey.

Based on a true story, this beautifully-shot epic traces the life of Sarah, from her early years in a Catholic orphanage in 1970s Belgium, through her rebellious, poverty-stricken teens in a village in the Atlas mountains of Morocco.

En un pequeño pueblo de Oriente Medio, la tradición exige que las mujeres vayan a buscar agua, bajo un sol ardiente, a la fuente que nace en lo alto de una montaña. Leila, una joven casada, propone a las demás mujeres una huelga de sexo: no mantendrán relaciones sexuales hasta que los hombres colaboren con ellas en el transporte del agua hasta la aldea.

Tal tiene 17 años y acaba de experimentar una traumática experiencia: ha sido testigo de un atentado terrorista en la ciudad en la que vive, Jerusalem. Tal se enfrentará a una grave disyuntiva: por una parte es momento de divertirse, de enamorarse, de hacer locuras, de no tener lazos ni obligaciones ni responsabilidades... pero por otro se siente necesitada de poner su grano de arena para manifestar su rechazo ante la barbarie. A ella le gustaría que no brotara más la semilla del odio entre israelíes y palestinos, pero desde su humilde posición, poco puede hacer. Por eso dedicará sus esfuerzos a escribir una carta imaginaria a un supuesto palestino que no conoce y al que le lanzará una serie de preguntas acerca de muchas cuestiones que no puede entender. Esa carta la lanzará en una botella al mar de Gaza, como símbolo de su tristeza. Lo que nunca podría imaginar, es que un tiempo después, recibirá una respuesta. El destinatario de su nota, ha firmado ahora como "Gazaman".

A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.

Call for the regularization by the French government of all undocumented workers living in the country, a short film co-directed by 320 filmmakers and directors, producers, distributors and cinema owners.

A veiled Arab woman, steeped in tradition, journeys to London to visit her estranged daughter only to find her living with a black boyfriend..

It's Independence Day in Lebanon: three women who've never met before are on the same bus heading to visit a prison situated in a remote area of the country. Traveling through an arid landscape littered with mines and decapitated dreams, the journey transforms into the women's quest for their own independence.

Sonia (Gainsbourg) y Daniel (Duris) mantienen una tormentosa relación; por eso, cuando un tipo se cuela en casa de Daniel con la intención de quedarse, Daniel da por supuesto que es cosa de Sonia. Sin embargo, tras la ruptura de la pareja, el nuevo inquilino permanece en la casa impertérrito, lo que crea un atmósfera tensa y llena de incógnitas.

Drama protagonizado por una inmigrante palestina y su hijo adolescente en una pequeña ciudad de Illinois. La vida de Muna transcurre entre la pesadez diaria de los puntos de control de Cisjordania y la sombra de un matrimonio fracasado, pero todo cambia cuando obtiene un permiso de trabajo y residencia para los Estados Unidos. Allí tendrán que esforzarse por encajar en una nueva cultura sin perder la propia, enfrentándose a un entorno que, tras la invasión de Irak, mira con desconfianza a todo Oriente Medio. Mientras Fadi congenia con su prima rebelde y se mete en líos en el instituto, la indomable Muna no pierde la esperanza y, a pesar de tener que llevar una doble vida en la hamburguesería local, afronta con optimismo esta nueva etapa, enseñándole a su hijo una lección que nunca olvidará.

The Mesopotamian Marshes, at the delta of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, in the south of Iraq. This is where Mastour and Zahra grow up. Shortly after their marriage, Mastour and Zahra are forced to separate when the Gulf War breaks out. On the battlefield, Mastour befriends Riad, a young soldier from Baghdad. Mortally wounded, Mastour makes Riad promise to protect Zahra when the war is over. When Riad arrives in the village, he falls deeply in love with Zahra. But unable to bear the loss of her husband, Zahra shuts herself off. In this completely foreign environment that is hostile to this newcomer, and as a new conflict is on the verge of inflaming the whole area, Riad will do the impossible to find his place.

Un hombre misterioso, desconfiado y solitario,que vive al margen de la ley y lleva siempre un violín bajo el brazo, llega a España con la intención de terminar un trabajo. En su camino se cruzarán los más peculiares personajes.

In Marseille, the young Serbian-Albanian Adria Shala is an illegal immigrant traumatized by her past. Every now and then Adria recalls her life in Kosovo, when she was saved from rape by a deserter called Srdjan Vasiljevic in 1999. They move to Belgrade where Srdjan becomes a gangster, dealing weapons and becoming an assassin. Adria learns how to shoot and helps Srdjan with his work at first, becoming his mistress later.

Kamar, una bailarina palestina de espíritu libre, ve como su luna de miel con Zaid se ve interrumpida cuando él entra en prisión por motivos políticos. Mientras cumple condena, ella deberá luchar por su libertad y por sacar adelante su negocio. No le será fácil, y menos cuando se empiece a sentir atraída por Kais, un coreógrafo. Bajo este conmovedor drama romántico firmado por la debutante Najwa Najjar, se esconde un retrato de la vida cotidiana de una Ramala ocupada por los israelíes, donde las expropiaciones y el derribo de casas están a la orden del día.

In London, an airport baggage handler is forced by French and British intelligence agents to seduce the wife of a businessman with ties to Syrian terrorists.

Shattered by the loss of her child, Nyla Jayde, a brilliant criminal defense attorney, takes on a case involving a 14th century Moroccan legend, a vengeful spirit named Kandisha.

In a small police station, Lieutenant Emilie Carange finds herself sexually attracted to Jamil Messaouden, a young rookie officer. When an old Algerian woman reports that she's seen drug dealers operating in the neighborhood, they find themselves in over their heads in an investigation. Night after night, Emilie's desire grows. The drug investigation gets out of hand and so does Emilie...

"The choice of each period is intimate, as each period awakens a particular emotion in me. This emotion reflects what is around me, not everyone is able to recognise it -- that is the risk I take. I think that this is good enough reason to make a film that will make visible small yet revealing things in differeent ways. I believe in tropisms and that is what interests me in this film." -- Marie Vermillard [taken from London Film Festival 2006 catalogue]

Salma vive en el pequeño pueblo palestino de Cisjordania, que se encuentra en la Línea Verde que separa Israel de los territorios ocupados. Sus huerto de limoneros es visto como una amenaza a la seguridad de su nuevo vecino, el ministro israelí de Defensa.

A successful woman searches for romance by speed dating in this drama. Eloise has a great job and a great education, but she's looking for love. Can a couple of minutes be the key to finding true love?

Chloé, a young baby sitter, must look after Blanche, the daughter of Agnes and François, for the first time. Once the couple has left, Chloé falls asleep in front of TV. When she wakes up, she is horrified to discover that the baby is no longer there.

A political drama centered around Israel's pullout from the occupied Gaza strip, in which a French woman of Israeli origin comes to the Gaza Strip to find her long ago abandoned daughter.

Walter Vale, un profesor universitario de Connecticut que viaja a Nueva York, se ve envuelto en la vida de una joven pareja inmigrante a la que encuentra viviendo en su apartamento de Manhattan, un piso que apenas visita. Tarek, un músico Sirio, y Zainab, su novia senegalesa, viven allí porque alguien les ha alquilado el apartamento, haciéndose pasar por el dueño.

Tras haberse dado a conocer en París, un pintor regresa a su pueblo natal en la Francia profunda. La casa en la que creció cuenta con un espléndido jardín, por lo que decide buscar los servicios de un jardinero en el periódico local. El primer y definitivo candidato es un antiguo compañero al que no veía desde la escuela. En su contacto diario con él, el pintor descubre a un hombre que acaba por asombrarle por su franqueza y la sencillez de la mirada con la que ve el mundo.

Historia de una joven llamada María y del designio divino que cambió para siempre su vida y la historia de la humanidad. Relata su vida en Nazaret, su compromiso con su esposo José, la visita del Ángel Gabriel, un embarazo milagroso y el arduo camino al que ella y José tuvieron que hacer frente desde Nazaret hasta Belén para dar a luz al hijo de Dios.

Dos niños son criados en Francia como hermanos. Uno es rico y el otro hijo de la nodriza de la familia. La vida les separa bruscamente pero se reencontrarán cuando Azur decida ir en busca del Hada de los Djins. Fábula sobre la tolerancia realizada por Michel Ocelot, director de "Kirikú y la bruja"

Basada en hechos reales. Tras el asesinato de varios atletas israelíes por el grupo terrorista "Septiembre negro" en los Juegos Olímpicos de Múnich de 1972, un agente especial del Mossad tuvo que ejecutar una misión altamente secreta: asesinar a los responsables.

Khaled y Said son dos jóvenes palestinos, amigos desde la infancia, a los que reclutan para llevar a cabo un atentado suicida en Tel Aviv. Después de una última noche con sus respectivas familias, de las que no les está permitido despedirse, parten hacia la frontera con explosivos pegados al cuerpo. Sin embargo, nada sale como estaba previsto y una serie de contratiempos les obliga a separarse. Entonces tendrán que replantearse su vida y sus convicciones.

Anne Cestac accepts the obvious: her husband Julien, in his forties, has fallen madly in love with another woman. Annoyed, Anne sets out to find potential lovers.

Rachid learned of Mélanie's accidental death. He decides to follow in his footsteps by taking his friend's last walk again. That day, Mélanie had met her sister Madeleine, for a last face-to-face meeting. What happened? What will Rachid discover?

Rebecca (Natalie Portman), una joven estadounidense que vive en Jerusalén desde hace unos meses, acaba de romper con su novio. Sube al taxi de Hanna (Hanna Laslo), una mujer israelí que debe ir a Jordania, a la Zona Libre, a recoger una importante cantidad de dinero. Cuando llegan a su destino, Leila (Hiam Abbass), una mujer palestina, les explica que "el Americano" no está y que el dinero ha desaparecido. Una road-movie en Oriente Próximo; la historia de un encuentro inesperado, tres mujeres de culturas diferentes que intentarán, unir sus fuerzas para cambiar el curso de los acontecimientos. Es también el encuentro de religiones y culturas diferentes que nos permitirá comprender la compleja realidad del conflicto.

In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, a television comedian that works in the Revolution Studios in Damascus, Syria. They have never met each other because of the occupation of the area by Israel since 1967; when Mona moves to Syria, she will lose her undefined nationality and will never be allowed to return home. Mona's father Hammed is a political activist pro-Syria that is on probation by the Israeli government. His older son Hatten married a Russian woman eight years ago and was banished from Majdal Shams by the religious leaders and his father. His brother Marwan is a wolf trader that lives in Italy. His sister Amal has two teenager daughters and has the intention to join the university, but her marriage with Amin is in crisis. When the family gathers for Mona's wedding, an insane bureaucracy jeopardizes the ceremony.

Nadia is a 45 year old female professor at the University of Tunis. She is married and has a daughter of 18, Sarra. For some time, Nadia has problems in her marriage also symptoms of menopause are inseparable. The physical and psychological state deteriorates inexorably Nadia.

Yousry Nasrallah's powerful adaptation of Lebanese writer Elias Khoury's epic novel of fifty years of Palestinian dispossession, exile, and resistance. The film follows the flight of Younes, his wife Nahila, and those around them, from their village in northern Palestine to a refugee camp in Lebanon. Some vow to continue the struggle, most simply struggle to survive. Unsparingly detailing the impact of the nakba (disaster) on Palestinian life and society and the refugees' often-contentious relationship with their reluctant Lebanese hosts, Gate of the Sun spans generations, mixing personal stories with historical events.

Saïd, seventy, has been demoralized by his wife’s illness which has left her hospitalized. He withdraws into solitude and writes poetry to express the infinite love he carries for his beloved.

Saïd, seventy, has been demoralized by his wife’s illness which has left her hospitalized. He withdraws into solitude and writes poetry to express the infinite love he carries for his beloved.

Newly-arrived Ahmed tries to integrate his family to the canadian society, while attempting to control his son's life orientation.

Writer Léo Shepherd lives in rural France together with his daughter Virginia, who manages his affairs. One day Virginia gets a call from the Swedish Academy. Léo has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His estranged son Paul tries desperately to contact him, but is denied every time by his sister. When Léo starts traveling to the ceremony in Stockholm by motor bike, Paul decides to follow him and try to speak to him. Clearly Léo doesn't want to be followed, starts speeding and gets involved in a accident, but isn't badly hurt. The police confuse another motorist for Shepherd and announce his death. Paul, driven by his childhood experiences, decides to kidnap his father.

Lilia es una viuda aún joven que vive con su hija adolescente Salma. Su existencia es enteramente normal, hasta el momento en que, al intentar proteger a su hija, quien mantiene un romance con un músico de cabaret, descubre la vida nocturna en dichos lugares. Allí, un atrayente e inquietante mundo nuevo, lleno de placeres desconocidos, se abre ante la protagonista, quien descubre en ese ámbito, además de la amistad, su gran talento para la danza, a través de la cual recupera su sexualidad reprimida ante la presión social. Así, Lilia pasa de madre ejemplar a deseada mujer de la noche, aunque eso signifique competir con Salma por el amor del mismo hombre.

It is the end of the school year for the children of a dormitory town. Most of them leave the place for a vacation with their parents but not Lucien and Adama whose parents can't afford the expense. While the big brothers of the housing estate are busy breaking the law Lulu and Adama manage to sneak into their neighbors' trailer. The two stowaways are elated until they reach their destination: a nudist camp...!

A mother living in the French countryside bicycles into town to buy a baguette for her family, and makes a dramatic discovery.

A mother living in the French countryside bicycles into town to buy a baguette for her family, and makes a dramatic discovery.

A mother living in the French countryside bicycles into town to buy a baguette for her family, and makes a dramatic discovery.

In the 70s, Ali, Rabiaa, Driss, Abdellah and Hamid are a group of friends grow up in a heavy world of drugs, pop, politics ans sex. Rabiaa is a local girl whom they all share whenever the urge comes. Ali, accidentally kills a policeman and sent to prison. When he is released 20 years later, the group is just a memory. Ali relives the past and faces up the today's different reality with its disillusions ans responsibilities.

Set in France in 1961-1962 during the Algerian War, Living in Paradise is a thought-provoking examination of the lives of North African immigrants trying to find a place in the social system of Western Europe.

When Chloe, a young Parisian, decides to take a long-overdue vacation, she has to find someone to look after Gris-Gris, her beloved cat. Everyone, including her gay male roommate, refuses to help her, but she finally makes an arrangement with the elderly Madame Renée, who often watches over other peoples' cats and dogs. However, when Chloe comes back, Madame Renée tells her that unfortunately the cat has been lost, and the unlucky owner goes on a search for her dear animal friend. While looking for the cat, she meets many colorful characters who populate the neighborhood.

Haifa, nicknamed after the city of his love and hope, goes around and comes around in a Palestinian refugee camp. Although he is everybody's fool, there are many things that only he knows. He is closely related to the family of Abu Said, a former policeman who gains new hopes from the political developments. Oum Said, his wife, hangs her hope on the imminent release of their eldest son, Said, from jail. She tries to find him a bride to secure things for the future. Their youngest son, Siad, is cynical and rebellious. He refuses to believe things. Sabah, the 12 year old daughter is romancing the future and wants to find out what's in it for her. The different stories are interwoven into a very timely insight into the current Palestinian mind.