Hiam Abbass
1) Paradise now
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
Arabic
Description
The story of what may be the last 48 hours in the lives of two Palestinian men who have been recruited as suicide bombers. When they are intercepted at the Israeli border, a young woman who discovers their plan causes them to reconsider their actions.
Publisher
Digital Media Rights
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Arabic
Description
In the midst of a terrorist strike, 9 Muslim women at a crossroads gather for an unforgettable night. In a country fraught with danger and strife, the women reveal their heartbreaks, their tragedies, and their hopes for the future.
3) The visitor
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Lonely widower Walter befriends the immigrant couple who unwittingly leased his New York apartment, and fights for them when they are threatened with deportation.
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Arabic
Description
Summer in Tangiers. A family comes together for three days following the death of their father to share memories and grieve his loss, as Muslim tradition dictates. They have left the beach behind and swapped swimsuits for djellabas as everyone gathers in a show of mourning. Sparks start to fly when Sofia jets in from New York after several years away. The youngest daughter, she made a new life for herself as an actress in America. Her return provides...
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
May Brennan has it all - intelligence, looks, rave reviews for her recently published book and a loving fiancé. But immediately upon returning to her hometown of Amman, Jordan for the wedding, the cracks in her seemingly perfect life begin to show. Confronted with the wounds of her parents' long-broken relationship, coupled with the unavoidable clash of old-world and modern values, May is led to question the direction her life is taking. Her once...
7) Dégradé
Publisher
levelFILM
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In Gaza, two hairdressers and ten customers of various ages and backgrounds spend the day trapped in a beauty salon while Hamas police fight a gang in the street. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival** and **Toronto International Film Festival**.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Arabic
Description
Gaza, today. Sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works at the market with her daughter Leila. When he discovers an ancient phallic statue of Apollo in his fishing nets, Issa hides it, not knowing what to do with this mysterious and potent treasure. Yet deep inside, he feels that this discovery will change his life forever.
9) In Syria
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Arabic
Description
Trapped inside her house in a city under siege, Oum Yazan, mother of three, turns her flat into a safe harbor for her family and neighbors, trying to protect them from the war outside. When bombs threaten to destroy the building, when snipers turn the courtyards into deadly zones, and burglars break in to claim their dreadful bounties, maintaining the thin balance of routine inside the walls becomes a matter of life and death. Winner of the Panorama...
10) Visitor
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When Walter (Academy-Award®-nominee Richard Jenkins), a disaffected college professor, takes an unplanned trip into New York, he discovers a couple has taken up residence in his apartment in the city.
11) I Am Slave
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A thriller about London’s shocking slave trade, and one woman’s fight for freedom. Attracting the finest names in film production, I AM SLAVE is shocking to the core, while at the same time is one of the most inspiring stories of our time.
12) Miral
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
After being raised in an orphanage by a woman committed to peace and education, a young Palestinian woman finds herself struggling with her conscience during the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Series
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
To all appearances, May Brennan has it all intelligence, looks, the recipient of raves from her recently published book and set to marry her loving fiancée Ziad, a distinguished New York scholar. But immediately upon returning to her hometown of Amman, Jordan for the wedding, the cracks in her seemingly perfect life begin to show. May's headstrong, born-again Christian mother Nadine disapproves of Ziad's Muslim faith and is firm in her decision to...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
To put their demons to rest once and for all, Josh and a college-aged Dalton must go deeper into The Further than ever before, facing their family's dark past and a host of new and more horrifying terrors that lurk behind the red door.
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
A successful artist leaves Paris and moves to the country to rediscover his roots and get over his recent split from his wife. He hires a gardener, who turns out to be a former school friend. Reminiscing about old times or taking a humorous look at their current dilemmas, the two men become close friends again. But events soon remind them that they're not getting any younger...
17) The red tent
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Dinah's happy childhood is spent inside the red tent where the women of her tribe gather and share the traditions and turmoil of ancient womanhood. The film recounts the story of Dinah's mothers Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah, the four wives of Jacob. Dinah matures and experiences an intense love that subsequently leads to a devastating loss, and the fate of her family is forever changed.
18) Amreeka
Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
An Arab woman and her son immigrate to the United States, and while the teenager adjusts to his new school his mother tries to find a job in a small town in Illinois.
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Begins with the slaughter of Bethlehem's innocents under orders from a paranoid King Herod. Go back a year to the prophecy that informs Zechariah that his wife, Elizabeth, will bear a child. Elizabeth's cousin, the adolescent Mary, struggles with her family to make ends meet and is promised to the carpenter Joseph. Mary is told by the angel Gabriel that she will carry, while still a virgin, the long-awaited Messiah who will liberate the Jews from...