Highlights: Documentary

99 mins

With subjects ranging from displacement, to drag racing in Saudi, this program takes a deep and intimate look into the lives of everyday Arabs

9 Days: From my Window in Aleppo

Floor Van Der Meulen,Thomas Vroege / Syria / 2015 / Doc Short / 13 mins
Syrian photographer, Issa Touma, spent nine days holed up in his apartment, recording what was happening outside his window. The result? An unprecedented glimpse into a war that has been raging for three years now.
Between Heaven and Earth

Sahera Dirbas / Switzerland / 2015 / Doc Short / 12 mins
Set in an Iraqi-owned barbershop in Switzerland, refugees from all over gather and share stories of their journey to Switzerland and life in exile.
Hajwalah

Rana Jarbou / Saudi Arabia / 2015 / Doc Short / 21 mins
Hajwalah explores the underground joyriding (or tafheet) culture in Saudi Arabia.
Shireen of Al-Walaja

Daz Chandler / Palestine / 2015 / Doc Short / 27 mins
An intimate portrait of the day-to-day life of a dynamic popular resistance leader from Palestine who left her full-time job with the UN to return to her home village of al-Walaja and fight for its survival.
Stateless: Syrian Refugees in Detroit

Mike Holland / US / 2016 / Doc Short / 15 mins
Fleeing the violence in Syria, refugees resettle in Detroit where they face xenophobia from members of their new community.
Xenos

Mahdi Fleifel / Palestine / 2013 / Doc Short / 13 mins
An in depth look at the harsh lives of young Palestinian men in Greece, plagued by poverty and bordem and left with little options.