The Present (2020)
On his wedding anniversary, a man, accompanied by his small daughter, goes into town to buy his wife a present - but this is occupied Palestine and nothing is that simple.
The Teacher (2023)
A Palestinian schoolteacher struggles to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance with the chance of a new relationship with volunteer-worker and his emotional support for one of his students.
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