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Publisher
Spiral Pictures
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"[C]aptures the state of the world's most popular art form today by tying three narratives from around the globe together with insights from venerable filmmakers and ordinary moviegoers. An aspiring actress in Mumbai tries to break into Bollywood; two friends in Scotland put on a film festival unlike any other; a young Tunisian director awaits the premiere of his controversial film. These stories are woven together with archival footage, interviews,...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Arabic
Description
A group of Palestinian and Israeli women attends a video workshop at a small town community center run by Rona, a young filmmaker from Tel Aviv, who teaches them to document their lives. As each student shares footage from her home life with the others, their beliefs and preconceptions are challenged and barriers are broken down. The group comes together as mothers, daughters, wives, and women, living in a world designed to keep them apart, and form...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
English
Formats
Description
Why preserve film in a world where audiovisual materials seem so readily available online? That is the key question posed in Film, the Living Record of Our Memory, which features interviews with film archivists, curators, technicians, and filmmakers including Costa-Gavras, Jonas Mekas, Patricio Guzmán, Ken Loach, Bill Morrison, Fernando Trueba, Wim Wenders, and appearances by Martin Scorsese, Barbara Rubin, Idrissa Ouédraogo, Ridley Scott, and Ousmane...
4) Bethlehem
Pub. Date
2014
Language
עברית
Description
The complex relationship between an Israeli Secret Service officer and his teenage Palestinian informant. Shuttling back and forth between conflicting points of view, the film is a raw portrayal of characters torn apart by competing loyalties and impossible moral dilemmas, giving an unparalleled glimpse into the dark and fascinating world of human intelligence.
5) Fatima
Publisher
Kino Lorber, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Français
Appears on list
Description
Fatima lives on her own with two daughters to support: 15-year old Souad, a teenager in revolt, and 18-year old Nesrine, who is starting medical school. Fatima speaks French poorly and is constantly frustrated by her daily interactions with her daughters. Her pride and joy, they are also a source of worry. To ensure the best possible future for them, she works odd hours as a cleaning woman. One day, she takes a fall on the stairs. On leave, Fatima...
6) Omar
Pub. Date
2014
Language
Arabic
Description
Omar is accustomed to dodging surveillance bullets to cross the separation wall to visit his secret love Nadia. But occupied Palestine knows neither simple love nor clear-cut war. When Omar is captured after a deadly act of resistance, he falls into a cat-and-mouse game with the military police. Suspicion and betrayal jeopardize his longtime trust with his childhood friends, but it's soon evident that everything he does is for his love of Nadia.
7) Huda's salon
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Arabic
Description
A young mother who is married to a jealous man goes to Huda's salon in Bethlehem. However, this ordinary visit turns sour when Huda blackmails the mother to have her work for the secret service of the occupying force.
8) Fan
Publisher
Yash Raj Films Pvt. Ltd
Pub. Date
2016
Language
Hindi
Description
Superstar Aryan inspires Gaurav, his fan who attacks anyone attacking his idol. But what happens when Aryan himself rejects Gaurav - does Gaurav remain Aryan's adoring fan?
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Arabic
Description
The riveting exploration of rebellion, memory, and sisterhood reconstructs the story of Olfa Hamrouni and her four daughters, unpacking a complex family history through intimate interviews and artful reenactments to examine how the Tunisian woman's two eldest were radicalized by Islamic extremists. Casting professional actresses as the missing daughters, along with acclaimed Egyptian-Tunisian actress Hend Sabri as Olfa, award-winning director Kaouther...
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