First-time director Usman Riaz embraces the old-fashioned star-crossed romance with a beautifully animated film about a young glassblowing artist and his lost love. At the same time it's a truly humanist, demonstrating how art and creativity can provide solace and [ ... more]
The second chapter in Sergio Leone’s epic Dollars Trilogy ups the ante with more tension, more grit, and a bigger budget thanks the success of the first outing for the Man With No Name. This time around two rival bounty [ ... more]
Hasan Hadi's debut feature is a beautiful tale of love, friendship and resilience told from the perspective of a child growing up under Saddam Hussein’s oppressive regime. It was the first Iraqi film to feature at the Cannes Film Festival, [ ... more]
The first Somali film to be featured at the Cannes Film Festival (in 2024), The Village Next to Paradise tells the story of Mamargrade who is struggling to raise his son Cigaal in their rural Somali village amidst conflict, natural [ ... more]
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