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Birds Of War
(Country: United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon; Year: 2026; Director: Janay Boulos, Abd Alkader Habak)
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.
Ghost School
(Country: Pakistan; Year: 2025; Director: Seemab Gul; Writer: Seemab Gul; Stars: Adnan Shah Tipu, Tariq Raja, Adnan Shah, Nazualia Arsalan, Kehan Naqvi, Vajdaan Shah)
Rabia, a ten-year-old Pakistani girl, sets out to find why her only school in the village is closed.
Hijra
(Country: Ameen, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, UK; Year: 2025; Director: Shahad Ameen; Writer: Shahad Ameen; Stars: Lamar Faden, Khairia Nazmi, Nawaf Al Dhufairi, Baraa Alem, Lana Komsany)
Three generations of Saudi women share a journey across the desert to Mecca. When the eldest granddaughter disappears, the grandmother travels to the north in search of the missing teenager.
Human Tide
(Country: Saudi Arabia; Year: 2025; Director: David Andrew Ward)
Each year, millions of Muslims embark on the sacred pilgrimage of Hajj. This documentary provides an intimate look at this spiritual journey through the eyes of six diverse groups of pilgrims.
Ish
(Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Imran Perretta; Writer: Imran Perretta, Enda Walsh; Stars: Farhan Hasnat, Yahya Kitana, Sudha Bhuchar)
A racially profiled police stop-and-search sets two best friends on a collision course
Once Upon A Time In Gaza
(Country: France, Palestine, Germany, Portugal; Year: 2025; Director: Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser; Stars: Majd Eid, Nader Abd Alhay, Ramzi Maqdisi)
Gaza, 2007. Yahya, a young student, forges a friendship with Osama, a charismatic restaurant owner with a big heart. Together, they start peddling drugs while delivering falafel sandwiches, but they are soon forced to grapple with a corrupt cop and his oversized ego.
Roqia
(Country: France, Algeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia; Year: 2025; Director: Yanis Koussim)
After a car crash, a man returns home to his family with his face covered in bandages and suffering from amnesia. His youngest son fears him and cannot recognise him any longer, while a voice in his head haunts him, repeating words in an unknown tongue. As mysterious and threatening events accumulate, the man begins to suspect he is possessed.
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