Raed Andoni’s Improvisation explores the conflict of identity faced by different generations of Palestinians, as told through the story of a family of musicians who are divided in their political views, but united by their passion for Oud and Arab classical music…
Personal memories of the tumultuous days of Al Nakba, ‘the catastrophe’,
May 15th 1948, when 750,000 Palestinians were expelled freom their homes.
‘If I live one thousand years, you think I will forget that?’
A young Lebansese man explores what growing up is like in contemporary Sydney.
Elie Darwish has a voice similar to that of famous Lebanese singer Fairuz. It was his mother who heard him singing for the first time and gave him his nickname: Fairuz. Despite the years, Elie hasn’t changed. The film traces the sotry of this man with a woman’s voice and his life, which is full of love, music, pain, solitude and waiting.
BEING OSAMA provides an intimate look at six men with highly diverse backgrounds, interests and personalities, united by their first names and the experience of living as an Arab in the post 9/11 world.
In July of 2003, exiled writer and poet Sinan Antoon returned to his native Baghdad with a team of independent filmmakers, artists and poets to document the effects that decades of oppression, war, sanctions and occupation have had on his city.
Based on the famous novel by Ihsan Abdel Qoddous, this 1961 classic is set prior to the 1952 revolution and stars the legendary Omar Sharif in one of his most memorable roles. Sharif plays Ibrahim, a member of the underground resistance who seeks refuge from the so-called “political police” by taking shelter in the home of a civil servant and his family.