‘My family is here. I’m hanging here, torn between these two countries, these two realities. I belong to both these countries without being totally part of them’

‘Some people follow the masses. Others follow the sun’ – Annemarie Jacir’s bittersweet film about the Palestinian struggle, and one boy’s quest for freedom

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

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

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

Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s dark film set in the Anatolian countryside is about far more than just a murder