Manal Issa

Set in 1990s Paris, the new film from French-Lebanese director Danielle Arbid is a coming-of-age story about a young woman from Beirut whose relationships and encounters reveal different facets of her new country. (MUBI)

Ulysses, a secluded artist who mysteriously retired a few years ago, meets Mona, a young art student full of life. The encounter will change them both. (imdb)

Upon the Arabic Spring a young woman rents a room in the neighbor's brothel where she can dream about her sexual desires and identity. (imdb)

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 sent to her best friend from 1980's Beirut. 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. (imdb)

Bertrand Bonello reworks the last minutes of his 2016 film Nocturama in this short film for Fondazione Prada's "Finite Rants" collection in the form of a letter written for his 17-year-old daughter during the COVID-19 pandemic. (imdb)

A story of the miraculous journey made by swimming sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini who fled as refugees from war-torn Syria all the way to the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Due to an ambiguous event outside, the exits of a Berlin courtyard are blocked by the police and a state of emergency occurs. Among the residents of the building, insecurities start to pump fear.