Set against the backdrop of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the film explores themes of land, honor, and survival through the story of a family caught between fleeing their homeland or submitting to life under occupation.
a young boy works hard to buy his sister a birthday cake, but at the end of his journey he runs into an army man who's world collides with his in a situation that both try hard to control.
Rayane, a Lebanese woman, talks with her one-night-stands and lovers about how, strangely, she has great memories of the 2006 Israeli-Lebanese war.
Two lovers. Both are immigrants. Their relationship is the last thing that they kept from home, the last rope they are attached to. Marc holds that rope dearly, Léa wants to cut it. Her love of Paris has taken over the love of Marc
This deeply affecting documentary follows a small number of Israelis and Gazans through the most dramatic and tragic year of their lives. Using personal and previously unseen footage, it tells the story of the war in Gaza and the October 7 attacks through deeply emotional stories from both sides of the conflict. In Gaza, the film follows three individuals from reaction to the October 7th attacks to the start of the bombing by the Israeli military and to the loss of family members that all three suffer. In Israel, we witness footage of the Israeli characters, as they and their family members are attacked by Hamas on October 7th and then follow their stories through the year.
Maia, a single mother, lives in Montreal with her teenage daughter, Alex. On Christmas Eve, they receive an unexpected delivery: notebooks, tapes, and photos Maia, from 13 to 18 years old, sent from Beirut to her best friend who left for Paris to escape the civil war. Maia refuses to open the box or confront its memories, but Alex secretly begins diving into it. Between fantasy and reality, Alex enters the world of her mother’s tumultuous, passionate adolescence during the Lebanese civil war, unlocking mysteries of a hidden past.
During the conflict in Macedonia in 2001, a Spec-Ops soldier is placed in a transport truck along with a group of unexperienced young soldiers mobilized for active duty. While on the road, the convoy is ambushed and all hell breaks loose over the group. Panic takes over and people start dying. The Spec-Ops soldier tries everything to lead his young unit of soldiers to safety, but their inexperience leads many to their deaths.
Eight journalists and their guide have been murdered by Uchuraccay. A Spanish reporter and his guide will travel to the place to find out what happened. This is the recreation of a story that could never be completely clear.
As India faces a militant attack in Kashmir, the country’s best combat aviators join forces under a reckless yet brilliant squadron leader to form 'Air Dragons', faces mortal dangers and their inner demons.
An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
Carding, the anti-Japanese guerrilla turned Huk rebel when his family's land is taken over by the greedy landlord while Maxie, the communist recruiter who assures Carding that only a communist can be a true Filipino; however it was Jesus, Carding's brother-in-law who shoots Carding in the arm foiling his attempt to escape the military.
In 1999, as Israel's occupation of southern Lebanon crumbles, architect Yacov Rechter is commissioned to build a soldiers' memorial. His son Amnon urges a monument for all war victims instead.
Beirut, Lebanon. Hassan is assembling wooden boards. His wife is dead. He is building her coffin. Tamara and Rami, the children, in their twenties, are helping him as best they can to fulfill her last wish: to be buried in her childhood village, abandoned for more than 20 years.
1880. British India. Robert Case, a half-caste lieutenant, is unjustly discharged from the British Army. He joins the rebel Bengali tribesmen offensive against the colonial enemy. They capture a foreign journalist and Case recounts his story of false accusation on trumped-up charges, instigated by the bigotry and racism of his commanding officers. Following a successful attack by the British against the rebels Case is brutally shot by Colonel Drewe, his accuser. The journalist returns home determined to report the true story of The Brigand of Kandahar.
The film follows five people who lost their sight in armed conflicts, gathering fragments of their present-day lives. Through an enveloping sound composition, veiled archival material, footage shot by the protagonists themselves, and a sensitive visual approach, the film explores memory, perception, and our relationship to the visible. Steering away from spectacle, it invites us to hear what often goes unheard, and to feel differently. In an age saturated with images, this documentary offers a sensory experience where listening becomes a gesture of resistance and human reconnection.
Wanting a better life for herself and her child, Amani decides to flee Lebanon. Her journey unravels impossible choices and sacrifices only a Mother can make.
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In 1975, the long slog of civil war has recently begun in Beirut. Two friends, Tarek and Omar, suffer during the Lebanese civil war. Conflicts arise when they decide to cross from West to East, crossing the Muslim-Christian line that divides Beirut.
A group of civilians share a bus ride to Sampar, a town full of natural resources. It is heavily guarded by the state army who is fighting against the rebel militias, who want freedom over their homeland.
Oum Karim, a 60-year-old Beiruti lady, is used to preparing Lahm Bi Ajin (Lebanese ham pie) once per week.
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