Middle Eastern Studies

Documentary, Foreign Language
5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. Hebrew and Arabic dialogue; English subtitles.

Documentary, Foreign Language, History
A multiple festival award winner and Oscar nominated documentary, The Square is an unmissable insight into the heart of the Arab Spring. In English, Arabic, with English subtitles.

Documentary, War
Presents the story of four children surviving in war-torn Aleppo, Syria, and their escape to a new life in Germany. The film follows the family over three years.

Drama, Foreign Language, Sports
The Tehran soccer stadium roars with 100,000 cheering men and only men. According to Islamic custom, women are not permitted to watch or participate. The ambitious girls who manage to sneak into the arenas are caught and sent to a holding pen, guarded by male soldiers their own age. Duty makes these young men and women adversaires, but duty can't overcome their shared dreams, their mutual attraction, and ultimately their overriding sense of national pride and humanity. Persian/Farsi dialogue, English or French subtitles.

Drama, Foreign Language, Mystery
A group of old college pals decide to reunite of a weekend by the Caspian Sea. The fun starts right away as they quickly catch on the plan of lively Sepideh, who has brought along Elly, her daughter's kindergarten teacher, in hopes of setting her up with recently divorced Ahmad. But seemingly trivial lies, which start accumulating at the seashore, suddenly swing round and come back full force when one afternoon Elly suddenly vanishes. In Farsi; optional subtitles in English.

Adventure, Drama, Thriller
It's about a gun. It's about communication - or the lack of it - both intercultural and intracultural. Raises issues like terrorism and immigration, and is as basic as husbands talking to their wives and parents understanding their children.

Drama, Foreign Language
Three Cairene women from different backgrounds join together in uneasy solidarity to combat the sexual harassment that has impacted each of their lives.
Arabic with English subtitles.

Comedy, Family, Foreign Language
A young boy, Ali, loses his sister Zahra's school shoes. In order to stay out of trouble, the two come up with a plan to share Ali's shoes, but they must keep it a secret from their parents. In Farsi with optional dubbed French dialogue and with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned in English.

Drama, Foreign Language
Marzieh, a terminally ill actress, wearily relates her desperate quest for political asylum through a series of interviews with an unsympathetic government official. In Farsi and English, with English subtitles.

Drama, Foreign Language
A story about a family trying to cope with its ability to define boundaries and deal with them -- focusing on Mona's sister Amal, a modern woman trapped in a tradition and culture she wants to break out of. In Hebrew, Arabic and English, with optional English or French subtitles.

Drama, Foreign Language, Thriller
The story of a couple whose relationship begins to turn sour during their performance of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. Persian dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles.

Drama, Foreign Language, War
Just one day from completing their military training, three conscripts desert their camp and escape into the frozen wilderness of Northern Iran. In Farsi and Turkish with English subtitles.

Drama, Foreign Language
Mitra, in prison for killing her violent stepfather, confronts new warden Tahereh on the eve of a riot, fearlessly challenging her dogmatic views - which, over time, begin to change. In Farsi with English subtitles.