Zain, som blev født til et hårdt liv på gaden i Beirut, er nu 12 år gammel, og bestemmer sig for at sagsøge sine forældre for at have sat ham i verden.

In a Japan of the near future, the government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized to remedy a super-aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a young Filipino laborer face choices of life and death.

I 30ernes arabiske stater er olieindustrien netop ved at eksplodere, og en ung arabisk prins er splittet mellem sin konservative far og sin mere moderne, liberale svigerfar.

Da en amerikansk akademiker bliver kidnappet af anti-amerikanske fundamentalister i Pakistan, er CIA overbevist om, at den unge pakistanske professor Changez er indblandet. Men da Changez begynder at berette om sit bemærkelsesværdige liv til en amerikansk udenrigskorrespondent – om Wall Street-karrieren og kærligheds-forholdet til en New Yorker-kunstner – bliver sandheden sværere at få hold på.

Pigen Almitra har mistet sin far og bor nu alene sammen med sin mor Kamila. Siden faderens død er Almitra stoppet med at tale og hendes eneste venner er måger, som hun tilsyneladende kan kommunikere med. Almitras liv tager dog en ny drejning, da hun møder kunstneren Mustafa, som holdes i husarrest grundet regeringens frygt for, at hans kunst vil opildne folket til oprør. Da Mustafa får at vide, at han må rejse hjem til sit hjemland bliver Almitra vidne til flere møder mellem Mustafa og den lokale landsbys beboere, der byder på prøver på Mustafas kunstneriske talent og styrke. Men bag kulissen planlægger regeringen Mustafas undergang.

Emad og Rana bor i Teheran, han er lærer, og sammen er de med i en teatertrup. De skal spille hovedrollerne i truppens kommende opsætning, Arthur Millers stykke ”En sælgers død”. De to har det godt sammen og overvejer at få børn. Da det hus de bor i, er ved at kollapse på grund af byggeri på nabogrunden, må de flytte ud af deres lejlighed. En kollega tilbyder dem en lejlighed. Bortset fra at en del af den tidligere lejers ting står der endnu, er lejligheden fin. Emad og Rana flytter ind. I den nye lejlighed sker et overfald, som har med den gamle lejer at gøre. Overfaldet forandrer alt for Emad og Rana, og deres relationer både til omverdenen og de to imellem, bliver udfordret dramatisk.

A spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf Sufi Muslims chewed for centuries for religious meditations – and Ethiopia’s most lucrative cash crop today. A tapestry of intimate stories offers a window into the dreams of youth under a repressive regime.

In the working class suburbs of Casablanca. Hassan and Issam, father and son, try to survive from day to day, doing small deals for the local underworld. One night, a man they were supposed to kidnap dies accidentally in their car. Hassan and Issam find themselves with a corpse to dispose of. Then begins a long night through the underworld of the city.

A talented group of orphaned children in Swaziland create a fictional heroine and send her on a dangerous quest.

Drengen Mohammed drømmer om store ting. Sammen med sin søster vil han danne et band, så verden kan opleve hans fantastiske stemme. Men det er ikke nogen nem opgave, når man er barn og kommer fra fattige kår i det besatte Gaza. Situationen bliver ikke nemmere, da en tragisk begivenhed indtræffer og er ved at slå Mohammed ud. Men modgangen til trods er han fast besluttet på at forfølge sin drøm, og mange år senere udser Mohammed sig sangkonkurrencen Arab Idol, som muligheden for at opfylde den. Med livet på spil sætter han kursen mod Egypten, hvor der afholdes auditions. Dette bliver begyndelsen på en rejse, der skal gøre Mohammed til repræsentant og talerør for et undertrykt palæstinensisk folk.

After fifteen years of imprisonment, Ziad struggles to adjust to modern Palestinian life as the hero everyone hails him to be. Unable to distinguish reality from hallucination he unravels and forces himself to go back to where it all began.

In the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I, a young Bedouin boy experiences a greatly hastened coming of age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British officer to his secret destination.

This in-depth look into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation in the U.S. and Africa unravels the complex consequences of treating animals as commodities.

A young Japanese woman named Yoko finds her cautious and insular nature tested when she travels to Uzbekistan to shoot the latest episode of her travel variety show.

A car thief (Kid Cudi) falls in love with a blind Arabian princess whose father allows them to marry under the terms he can help her see.

The Speed Sisters are the first all-woman race car driving team in the Middle East. Grabbing headlines and turning heads at improvised tracks across the West Bank, these five women have sped their way into the heart of the gritty, male-dominated Palestinian street car-racing scene. Weaving together their lives on and off the track, SPEED SISTERS takes you on a surprising journey into the drive to go further and faster than anyone thought you could.

Hla and Nyo Nyo live in a country torn by conflict. Hla is a Buddhist and the owner of a makeshift medical clinic in western Myanmar, where the Rohingya (a Muslim minority community) are persecuted and denied basic rights. Nyo Nyo is a Muslim and an apprentice midwife who acts as an assistant and translator at the clinic. Her family has lived in the area for generations, yet they are still considered intruders. Encouraged and challenged by Hla, who risks her own safety daily by helping Muslim patients, Nyo Nyo is determined to become a steady health care provider for her community.

Members of a family quit the polluted, rubbish-strewn city of Beirut for an idyllic mountain home. However, their dreams of a utopian existence are shattered by the construction of a landfill on the boundary of their land.

Two women get on the highway heading to Santa Fe. Marilyn dreams of winning a contest held by a famous belly dancing company, while her friend, Mona, has a darker secret.

During a very dry summer in an isolated community far from the city. Sofia, Clara and Lucas face their first loves and fears, while preparing the New Year's party, without knowing that nature threatens them.