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Arab movie days

Political thriller from real-life Egypt

ARAB MOVIE DAYS: "Boy from Heaven" is first and foremost a well-composed suspense film, but at the same time gives an exciting insight into religious environments and political lines of conflict in today's Egypt.
Aleksander Huser -

Arab film with political sting

ARAB MOVIE DAYS: The thriller Huda's Salon takes a feminist look at the position of women in the Israeli – occupied West Bank, while the distinctive family drama Costa Brava, Lebanon deals with Lebanon's ongoing waste crisis.
Aleksander Huser -

Forgiveness and revenge

MOSULS RUINS Film ISIS Tomorrow describes the state of Mosul in January 2018, six months after the city was liberated from Islamic State.
Hans Henrik Fafner -

Dandelion of the West Bank

LANYARD: What Walaa Wants portrays a child growing up in the shadow of Israeli occupation and Palestinian freedom struggle, in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank.
Ellen Lande -

Small bits of beauty

EVERYDAY IN GAZA: The film portrays the resignation that is, in effect, a desire to find life and happiness in the midst of all the tragedies.
Hans Henrik Fafner -

Then the people had enough

OCCUPATION: Naila and the Uprising is a close and personal story of women's struggle and big politics during the first intifada.
Vibeke Harper -

A descent into the world of torture

SYRIA: In a simulated prison cell, in a basement in Oslo, sit three men from Syria. It is a strong political documentary.
Andrew P. Kroglund -

With hope of change

By portraying a female Sharia judge in the West Bank and a Palestinian boy at an Israeli hospital, respectively, these two documentaries provide insight into some of the challenges Palestinians face. 
Aleksander Huser -

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