The Source is set in a small village somewhere between North Africa and the Middle East. For as long as anyone can remember, the women of the community have fetched water from a mountaintop spring in the blazing sun. Leila, a young new bride, urges the other women to go on love strike: no more sex until the men run water to the village.
Abu Shadi is a divorced father and a school teacher in his mid-60s living in Nazareth. After his daughter's wedding in one month he will be living alone. Shadi, his architect son, arrives from Rome after years abroad to help his father to hand-deliver the wedding invitations to each guest, which is the local Palestinian custom. As the estranged pair spend the day together, the tense details of their relationship come to a head challenging their fragile and very different lives.
A beautiful, unique, and deeply personal depiction of Palestine since 1948 from the internationally acclaimed director of Divine Intervention.
1967. The world is alive and ripe with possibility--new music style hope. But in Jordan thousands of refugees from Palestine are held waiting for their right to return to their homeland. Amidst this a young boy yearns to be reunited with his father. Restlessly cooped up in the refugee camp he secretly sets out on his own and along the way attaches himself to a group of young freedom fighters who take him under their wing. Together they embark on a journey of adventure driven by an unshakable resolve to be free. Following on the acclaimed Salt of this Sea writer and director Annemarie Jacir proves with When I Saw You that she has become a leader in Palestinian contemporary cinema. This heartfelt and moving film Palestine's entry for the 2013 Academy Awards is suffused with a distinct sense of this revolutionary time and place.
The Bands Visit is the heartwarming and poignant winner of the Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard prize - a mesmerizing and witty story of strangers in a strange land. A fading Egyptian police band arrives in Israel to play at the Arab Cultural Center. When they take the wrong bus the band members find themselves in a desolate Israeli village. With no other option than to spend the night with the local townspeople the two distinctly different cultures realize the universal bonds of love music and life. Set against a breathtaking desert landscape this cross-cultural comedy proves that getting lost is sometimes the best way to find yourself.
An assassin for the Sicilian mafia Salvo is solitary cold and ruthless. When he is assigned to eliminate a rival Mafia clan he discovers Rita an innocent blind girl who stands powerlessly by whilst over hearing her brother's murder. What follows is an intense exchange fuelled by adrenaline and fear between the killer and witness. The darkness is lifted from Rita's eyes just as Salvo decides against his violent instincts to spare her life. From then on both haunted by their brief encounter attempt to navigate their dangerous next steps side by side. Winner of the 2013 Critics Week Grand Prix prize at Cannes and nominated for the BFI London Film Festival Sutherland Award for first feature SALVO brings a renewed sensory suspense to the mafia movie with sublime cinematography and evocative soundscape. The film marks the stylishly energetic directorial debut from Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza. Special Features: Short Film 'Rita' Interview with Directors and Cast
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