Turtles Can Fly (2004), a film by Bahman Ghobadi This riveting and heart-breaking Iranian film is dedicated by the filmmmaker to “all the innocent children in the world — the casualties of the policies of dictators and fascists.” In a refugee camp near the Turkish border…
Films
Category: Films
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Bas Ya Bahar (1972), a film by Khalid Al-Siddiq The first feature film to be made by the state of Kuwait. It is a period piece about Kuwait before the discovery of oil when fishing was the predominant occupation. Bay Ya Bahr is the story…
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Silences of the Palace [Samt al-Qusur], directed by Moufida Tlatli. France/Tunisia, 1994 Moufida Tlatli’s masterpiece Silences of the Palace (Samt al-Qusur) is a Tunisian film released in 1994. Seventeen years after its release, Silences remains lamentably little known, even among those who have a better…
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Ahlam (2006), a film by Mohamed Al Daradji Ahlam tells the story of a young woman called Ahlam, which means “dreams” in Arabic. Ahlam is a young woman in a psychiatric hospital in Baghdad: she goes crazy after her husband is killed on her wedding…
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Arna’s Children (2004), a film by Juliano Mer Khamis Arna Mer Khamis was a legendary activist against the Israeli Occupation. Born into a Jewish family, she married a Palestinian Arab and spent her life campaigning for justice and human rights in her homeland. Arna founded…