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• Rock The Kasbah | DVD | (25/07/2016) from £4.49   |  Saving you £8.50 (189.31%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When Richie finds himself in Kabul, abandoned, penniless and without his passport, he discovers a young girl with an extraordinary voice and manages her through Afghanistan's version of American Idol, the wildly popular Afghan Star.

• Omar | DVD | (06/10/2014) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Oscar-nominated in the Foreign Film category (Palestine entry) OMAR tells the story of a sensitive young baker who is accustomed to dodging surveillance bullets when he daily crosses the separation wall to visit Nadia his secret love. But occupied Palestine knows neither simple love nor clear-cut war. To prove himself to Nadia's family Omar becomes a freedom fighter and must soon face painful choices about life and manhood. When he is captured after a deadly act of resistance he falls into a cat-and-mouse game with the military police. Suspicion and betrayal begin to jeopardize all of his relationships: his longtime trust with accomplices and childhood friends deteriorates and even Nadia begins to question his motives. His feelings quickly become as torn apart as the Palestinian landscape. But it's soon evidence that everything he does is for his love of Nadia. The four young characters are all played by newcomers and this is their first film lending the Palestinian story authenticity and immediacy. Waleed F. Zuaiter playing Agent Rami is the only actor amongst the main cast that has had previous experience in front of the camera. Hany Abu-Assad directed the last Palestinian Oscar-nominated film Paradise Now (2006) and his previous work also includes the critically-acclaimed Rana's Wedding (2002) and The Courier (2011).

• Baghdad Central | DVD | (16/03/2020) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Thrilling drama starring Waleed Zuaiter, Bertie Carvel and Corey Stoll. Set during the disbandment of the Iraqi establishment when US-led Coalition forces occupied the country, an Iraqi ex-policeman, Muhsin-al-Khafaji, is battling to keep himself and his sick daughter safe. However, when he learns that his eldest, estranged daughter has been leading a secret life that's led her into great danger, he embarks on a volatile mission to find her.

• Omar | Blu Ray | (06/10/2014) from £11.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Oscar-nominated in the Foreign Film category (Palestine entry) OMAR tells the story of a sensitive young baker who is accustomed to dodging surveillance bullets when he daily crosses the separation wall to visit Nadia his secret love. But occupied Palestine knows neither simple love nor clear-cut war. To prove himself to Nadia's family Omar becomes a freedom fighter and must soon face painful choices about life and manhood. When he is captured after a deadly act of resistance he falls into a cat-and-mouse game with the military police. Suspicion and betrayal begin to jeopardize all of his relationships: his longtime trust with accomplices and childhood friends deteriorates and even Nadia begins to question his motives. His feelings quickly become as torn apart as the Palestinian landscape. But it's soon evidence that everything he does is for his love of Nadia. The four young characters are all played by newcomers and this is their first film lending the Palestinian story authenticity and immediacy. Waleed F. Zuaiter playing Agent Rami is the only actor amongst the main cast that has had previous experience in front of the camera. Hany Abu-Assad directed the last Palestinian Oscar-nominated film Paradise Now (2006) and his previous work also includes the critically-acclaimed Rana's Wedding (2002) and The Courier (2011).