Films
Displaced
The film visualises the concept of displacement of the Palestinian people and how Palestine lives in their memory and in their daily life in their “exile”.
Elie Fayrouz
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.
Embrace
A young Lebansese man explores what growing up is like in contemporary Sydney.
Fatima’s Secret
Film based on true events in Algiers, 1998: Fatima is 65 years old and lives in a popular area ravaged by domestic violence and terrorism. She lives alone, without any links to her neighorhood. But behind the obvious indifference hides a terrible secret.
Fatma
The legendary diva Umm Kulthum stars in this classic film about a poor nurse who falls in love with the son of one of her wealthy patients. Abandoned by her husband while pregnant, she must fight her husband’s wealthy and powerful family in court.
A rare treat, this film features nine of Umm Kulthum’s most famous songs by composers Mohamed Al Asabgui and Riad Al Sunbati.
Globalisation
A man, a TV… and the devil between them.
Greyscale
Grey refuses the dullness of his city, he creates his own life in colours…