the movie revolves around a dictator celebrating his birthday in his lavish palace.

After 62 years of living together, Aïcha and Mabrouk, Lina’s grandparents, have decided to separate.

Mustafa and his wife Salwa live 200 meters apart in villages separated by the wall.

The residents of the old-fashioned Beirut building decide to restore their building after the end of the civil war in the early nineties.

Only One Man Wanted, a socio-political metaphor about the Arab-Israeli conflict.

This is a poetic flight in time, back to when young men dreamed of changing the world with their own hands and forward to a present where young men just want the security of a salaried job.

Testimonies of ordinary people who lived war and its tragedy, while highlighting the necessity of a trial to analyse the reasons behind the Lebanese war to avoid its repetition.

Salim's car is stolen in front of his house. When he goes to report the theft, a police detective who used to observe him as a university student recognises him, and the two become friends.

A police officer is assigned as an undercover drug dealer with the license to kill, deal in drugs, and do whatever is required for his identity to remain secret.

Yousef, an innocent and naive employee, meets on his day off a peculiar billionaire dressed as a tramp, known as Sayyed Marzouk.

Son of Babylon: Northern Iraq, 2003, two weeks after the fall of Saddam Hussein: Ahmed, a 12-year-old boy, begrudgingly follows in the shadow of his grandmother.

Qawana: A poetic journey through Iraq in search of an Iraqi/Turkman song.

Taufiq, an old failed writer; Amal, a wife in hiding, and Muhanad, a clandestine gay IT-specialist all meet at Abu Nawas, a cosy café and popular hangout for Iraqi exiles in London.

The screening of ‘Amal’s Garden’, ‘Survivors of Firdos Square’, ‘Crazy Days’ and ‘Sabyea’ will be followed by a Q&A with directors Adel Khaled and Dhyaa Joda.

The film recounts the lives of two very different Palestinian women: Farah Hatoum, a widow living with her children and grandchildren, and Sahar Khalifeh, a West Bank novelist.

Screening of ‘1000 & 1000 Nights’ and ‘Refugees for Life’ by Hady Zaccak, followed by Q&A.

‘The Wandering Myth’, ‘Satyricon’, ‘Civil War’ and ‘Nothing to Lose” are four short films by Fouad Elkoury. Sreening will be followed by a Q&A.

Aseel, Nashaat's nephew, comes across a fact that makes him doubt the circumstances of his uncle's death. He embarks then on a quest to uncover the truth.

To all appearances, May Brennan has it all: she is an intelligent and successful published author, set to marry her loving fiancé Ziad.

This fiction film tells the banal story of a man and a woman separating.

The film is about two students' journey from the moment the elections are announced until the end of the academic year.