The Translator
- -A Syrian exile living in Australia returns when his brother is taken into custody by the Assad regime in 2011.
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Inshallah a Boy
- -A widow pretends to be pregnant with a son in order to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan’s patriarchal inheritance laws. This thriller from the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival is Jordan’s Official Entry for Best International Film at the Academy Awards. The film won several awards: * Grand Prize in Post-Production at the Marrakech International Film Festival. ** Four awards from the Final Cut Venice Workshop at the Venice Film Festival. *** El Gouna Film Festival Award, worth $5,000.** **** Freiburg Film Festival Award, Switzerland...
Haifa Street
- -2006, Baghdad is ravaged by sectarian violence. Haifa Street is the epicenter of the conflict. Ahmed gets dropped off there by a taxi on his way to his beloved Suad's home to ask for her hand for marriage, he gets shot by Salam, a sniper who's living his own personal hell on a rooftop above.
