Ashraf Barhom

A professional smuggler tries to save a 12-year-old girl whose family has gone missing in the Syrian war. (imdb)

In 1948 Palestine, a 14-year-old girl dreams of attending school in the city. However, her aspirations are shattered by the escalating conflict of the Nakba. When violence reaches her village, her father hides her in a small cellar to protect her. From her confined space, she witnesses harrowing events that change her life forever, serving as a poignant lens on a historical tragedy.

In occupied Golan Heights, a desperate unlicensed doctor subverts his village's expectations when he accidentally encounters a wounded soldier from the war in Syria.

An unassuming American family is drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. (imdb)

An Israeli fighter pilot (Stephen Dorff) is shot down over Lebanon and must make his way across the war-torn country with the aid of an angry young Palestinian boy, in this gritty, moving drama from director Eran Riklis (The Syrian Bride). (tiff.net)

In fourth-century Roman Egypt, astronomer Hypatia teaches philosophy and mathematics while seeking to unravel the mysteries of the cosmos. As religious turmoil erupts in Alexandria, rising fundamentalist movements threaten the city's ancient knowledge and the famous library. Trapped within the social unrest, she fights to protect scientific discovery while her former slave faces a choice.

When a terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, an international incident is ignited. While diplomats slowly debate equations of territorialism, FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury quickly assembles an elite team and negotiates a secret five-day trip into Saudi Arabia to locate the madman behind the bombing... (Universal Stuidos)

Paradise Now is the story of two young Palestinian men as they embark upon what may be the last 48 hours of their lives. (Warner Independent Pictures)

Directed with equal parts humor and humanity by Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis, The Syrian Bride is set on the sun-baked border between Israel and Syria, a no man's land that the eponymous bride must cross in order to meet her anxious groom. (Film Forum)