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Birds of War

2026Syria

The love story of a London-based Lebanese journalist and a Syrian activist and cameraman as told through 13 years of personal archives across revolutions, war, and exile.

American Doctor

2026Palestine

When three American doctors-Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian-enter Gaza to save lives, they find themselves caught between medicine and politics, risking everything to expose the truth.

Not Made For Politics

2025Belarus

Belarusian women fighting for their personal and political freedom under opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, inspire the film's director to confront and overcome her own fear.

Silent Flood

2020Ukraine

Set by a beautiful river canyon in Western Ukraine, a pacifist community with unique religious beliefs, sees their peaceful way of life gradually distressed by floods and eventually an unexpected war.

A Fox under a Pink Moon

2025Iran

In A Fox Under a Pink Moon, we follow the strong-willed 16-year-old artist Soraya, an Afghan girl who has spent years trying to flee Iran for Europe, to reunite with her mother, filming the long journey and her hardships on her mobile phone.

My Father and Gaddafi

2025Libya

In 1993, Mansur Rashid Kikhia, Libya's former diplomat and peaceful opponent to Qaddafi vanished in Cairo. His daughter Jihan investigates his disappearance while documenting her mother's 19-year search for truth.

Flana

2025Iraq

Flana is a 2025 documentary directed by Zahraa Ghandour that investigates the unexplained disappearances of women in Iraq, particularly those known as "flana," which translates to forgotten or anonymous women. 

Habibi Hussein

2025Palestine

A Palestinian projectionist embarks on a journey through the West Bank, seeking parts to restore an old movie theater's projector when a German NGO arrives to renovate it, clinging to hopes of reclaiming his former position.

Electing Ms Santa

2025Moldova

In a Moldovan village, 42-year-old Elena embarks on a journey to break free from social and family conventions and gain control over her life by pursuing her newfound dreams.

9-Month Contract

2025Georgia

Nine months of pregnancy for 14,000 dollars? A long friendship between director and protagonist evolves into a film about surrogate motherhood and dignity in an unregulated industry in Tbilisi.

50 Meters

2025Egypt

Through a nuanced, emotionally layered father-daughter journey in the waters of a community swimming pool in Cairo, Yomna a first-time director, uses her filmmaking process as a tool to spend more time with her father, approaching him to explore her existential questions about career, parenthood and mortality.

Cuba & Alaska

2025Ukraine

Two female medics in Ukraine's army, whose lives are captured via phone and body cam footage, navigate the chaos of war with bravery, humour and friendship.

Timestamp

2025Ukraine

Timestamp is an insight to how the war in Ukraine is affecting the daily lives of school children and teachers.

A State of Passion

2024Palestine

After 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Gaza’s Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals, British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, emerged to find himself as a face of Palestinian resistance.   

Abo Zaabal 89

2024Egypt

Through the recollections of a father and his son, the story of the events of 1989 in the Abo Zaabal prison is brought to life for the first time.