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Tag Archives: United Arab Emirates
In the Last Days of the City AKA Akher Ayyam el-Madinah (2016) Tamer El Said, Khalid Abdalla, Laila Samy, Hanan Youssef
A documentary filmmaker in Cairo is having difficulty finishing his film Read More »
Rana’s Wedding AKA Al qods fee yom akhar (2002) Hany Abu-Assad, Clara Khoury, Khalifa Natour, Ismael Dabbag
About a Palestinian girl of 17 who wants to get married to the man of her own choosing. Read More »
Amreeka (2009) Cherien Dabis, Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass
Muna, a single mother in Ramallah, has applied for a visa to the US. When it comes, her son Fadi, an excellent student, convinces her they should go. Read More »
Brev til Kongen / Letter to the King (2014) Hisham Zaman, Ali Bag Salimi, Zheer Durhan, Nazmi Kirik, Drama
Letter to the King portrays five people on a day trip from a refugee camp to Oslo, a welcome change in an otherwise monotonous life. But we soon realize that each and every one of them has an agenda for their trip. All five will make decisive choices on this day, as they discover happiness, humiliation, love or fulfill a long-awaited revenge. The five stories are tied together by a letter, written by eighty-three year old Mirza. Mirza wants to hand over the letter to the King personally.
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