A powerful documentary and critique of the relationship between Hollywood and the Arab world, which follows two boys on a road trip throughout Morocco

Leila Albayaty’s film of love, loss, and music in Berlin, which recently screened at this year’s Dubai International Film Festival

Said Ould-Khalifa’s stirring portrayal of the origins of the Algerian War of Independence and its founding father, Ahmed Zabana

Find out how Bahraini filmmaker Mohammed Rashed Bu Ali is making waves in his island’s burgeoning cinema industry

French-Afghan novelist and director Atiq Rahimi’s haunting, metaphorical tale of love, war, and liberation in modern-day Afghanistan

Arab-American artist Ibi Ibrahim is on a mission to rebel against censorship, battle taboos, and revive the glory of the Yemeni woman of old

Yousry Nasrallah’s gripping tale of love, politics, and chivalry in the turbulent days after the Egyptian revolution in Cairo

Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi’s surreal and tragic love story of a Kurdish poet, starring the legendary Behrouz Vossoughi

Jehane Noujaim’s documentary about a Jordanian woman who receives formal education and returns to her village to make a difference