Middle East

THE UNTOUCHABLE

15 min, Fiction, Iran, Canada, 5.1

A young woman named Yassi, who is clearly very upset, stands in the middle of a highway holding up traffic. The situation gets worse when Sergeant Jabbari arrives on the scene to arrest her.

THE ROSES OF DAMASCUS

10 min 50, France, 2019

An exile seeks refuge, the spectator confront himself to the different spaces of memorie’s refugee :
Camps and barbed, the journey in a sea, a ceaseless walk.

XALKO

100 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

This film looks at Xalko, a kurdish village in Turkey, threatened by exodus. Deserted by its men who have gone to Europe or America, Xalko still survives thanks to those who keep the fort: mothers and children who do what it takes to keep it alive. It looks at migration from those left behind.

ZAGROS

58 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

ZAGROS follows the creation of carpets across the Western mountains of Iran, revealing the colours of a culture through labour.

ISTANBUL ECHOES

100min, Documentary, Canada / France

Istanbul's street vendors adapt to fast paced urban changes when their 
neighborhoods are destroyed and residents are evicted over the course of 5 years. 
As old buildings and traditions disappear, a strong awareness develops in the younger 
generations and a new voice emerges through a socially engaged hip hop group.

THE AMINA PROFILE

85min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

During the Arab revolution, a love story between two women – a Canadian and a Syrian American – turns into an international socio-political thriller spotlighting media excesses and the thin line between truth and falsehood on the Internet.