(2019) Arabic Feature Films | Female Lead Role

The film deals with certain major women issues within Oman and Asia with a focus on Oman and India, and how an Omani conservative society treats it. It is a self-discovery journey and a mixture between drama and road-movie.

With her abusive husband in jail and a coveted divorce pending, hardworking Noura can almost grasp a happy, new life with lover Lassaad - but when the best-laid plans are upended, Noura must tap her unshakable will to fulfill her dream.

FOR SAMA ist sowohl eine intime als auch eine epische Reise in die weibliche Erfahrung des Krieges.

Im Algier des Jahres 1997 sind die Terroristen, die einen archaischen islamischen Staat wollen, allgegenwärtig. Sie unterdrücken Frauen und sind entschlossen, ihren Körper, ihre Kleidung und den öffentlichen Raum zu kontrollieren.

Set in a dystopian landscape, SCALES is the story of a young strong-willed girl, Hayat, who lives in a poor fishing village governed by a dark tradition in which every family must give one daughter to the sea creatures who inhabit the waters nearby. In turn the sea creatures are hunted by the men of the village. Saved from this fate by her father, Hayat is considered a curse on the village and grows up an outcast. Nevertheless, she does not surrender to this fate and fights for a place within her village. After her mother gives birth to a baby boy, Hayat must accept the brutal custom of giving herself to the sea creatures or finding a way to escape.

Since her husband went to jail, Hala has to face her suicidal thoughts alone. Her strength has to come from within as society does not help nor forgive a depressed woman, specially if she is a mother.

During the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, an 11-year-old boy tries to tell a classmate about his crush on her while their teachers try to hide their fear of the conflict.

Abla betreibt eine Bäckerei in ihrem Haus, in dem sie allein mit ihrer Tochter Warda lebt. Als eine schwangere Frau an ihre Tür klopft, ist Abla weit davon entfernt zu ahnen, dass sich ihr Leben für immer verändern wird.

Amidst air strikes and bombings, a group of female doctors in Ghouta, Syria struggle with systemic sexism while trying to care for the injured using limited resources.

Nach Jahren im Ausland in Paris kehrt Selma nach Tunis zurück mit dem Traum, eine eigene Psychotherapiepraxis zu eröffnen.

Eine entschlossene Überraschungskandidatin eines jungen saudischen Arztes für die Kommunalwahlen fegt ihre Familie und Gemeinde auf, während sie darum kämpfen, die erste weibliche Kandidatin ihrer Stadt aufzunehmen.

January 2014. Zina and Joe, around 20, return to Tunisia from the Syrian front where they were sequestrated and raped. Zina has been separated from her two-month-old child, and Joe, being pregnant, locks herself and only talks about Syrian horror through her next novel "Raped". Nadia, a lawyer, and Dora, a humanitarian doctor, accompany them in their long and difficult reconstruction; between violence of relatives, hard feedback from social networks, and misery. Nadia, also a lawyer of Driss, 21, persecuted homosexual and expelled from all schools, asks her to help Zina.

In the middle of the Algerian Sahara, in her relay, a woman writes her History, she welcomes, for a cigarette, a coffee or eggs, truckers, wandering beings and dreams, Her name is Malika.

A family from a rural area in Egypt is torn apart after a tragic accident. A mother's search for redemption, revenge, and hope sets the events of this dramatic story of a forgotten society.

The widow of "Bahjat Bek", who died and left a great mystery behind, asks "El Maharaja", to help her solve this mystery. However, he falls in love with her daughter which leads to a complicated situation.

The3M: Malika, Moïse and Mathieu are friends, all born in the same neighborhood of Casablanca, of different religions. A strong friendship links them. but, political events set them apart. They meet again and try to maintain their bonds.

Three patients and a nurse from a women's psychiatric ward in Casablanca, Morocco, confront their suffering and forge a strong friendship, escaping in occasional nocturnal escapades that slowly help to bring them back to life.

In 1976 civil-war-torn Beirut, a young rebellious woman fights to free her neighborhood from the control of the Holiday-Inn Sniper and to maintain her relationship with a woman bound by social norms.

Ruba grew up in an exiled family and internalized her mother's memories and difficulties. She seeks to deconstruct her memories in order to recreate a new narrative that allows her to face her sense of permanent alienation. But a question remains: is life as attractive when you are no longer a stranger?

The journey of change in the life of Nour and the Saudi society has been rich in contradictory ideological changes. Today, at "Forbidden Faces" exhibition the whole community affirms that art is not a sin, it is a gift by God and reflects high social sophistication that was fought fiercely by a man with an extremist approach (the uncle), and supported steadily by the love and devotion of her husband, cousin and soul mate who represents the educated Saudi man with a moderate view, open mided, flexible and supportive to women's success.