Modern conflicts
Family: War, peace and the conduct of conflict · 74 entries
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Work
Gate of the Sun
Elias Khoury's epic of Palestinian refugees retelling the Nakba in Shatila camp; filmed by Yousry Nasrallah.The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini's novel of friendship and guilt in Kabul across the Soviet invasion and Taliban rule — the widest-read Afghan novel.A Thousand Splendid Suns
Hosseini's novel of Mariam and Laila — thirty years of Afghan women's lives through civil war and Taliban rule.Frankenstein in Baghdad
Ahmed Saadawi's IPAF-winning novel — a creature stitched from bombing victims walks post-2003 Baghdad.
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Concept
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Quo Vadis, Aida?
2020 CE · 1441 AH†Quo Vadis, Aida?.Ajami
2009 CE · 1430 AH†Joint Israeli-Palestinian film about Jaffa's Ajami neighbourhood — Muslims, Christians and Jews caught in violence; Oscar-nominated.Last Men in Aleppo
2017 CE · 1438 AH†Last Men in Aleppo.The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2012 CE · 1433 AH†Mira Nair's adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's novel — a Princeton-educated Pakistani questioned about his path from Wall Street to Lahore after 9/11.The Wanted 18
2014 CE · 1435 AH†Palestinian documentary on eighteen cows bought by Beit Sahour townsfolk for food self-sufficiency that became a 'security threat'; a civil-resistance story.The State
2017 CE · 1438 AH†Peter Kosminsky's British miniseries about Britons travelling to Syria to join ISIS; an award-winning, debated drama.Black Gold
2011 CE · 1432 AH†Jean-Jacques Annaud's film on the oil struggle among Arabian rulers in the 1930s; a Qatari production based on Hans Ruesch's novel.The Milkmaid
2020 CE · 1441 AH†The Milkmaid.Paradise Now
2005 CE · 1426 AH†Hany Abu-Assad's Oscar-nominated film about two Palestinian friends in Nablus recruited for a mission inside Israel — a debated moral drama.Black Friday
2004 CE · 1425 AH†Black Friday.The White Helmets
2016 CE · 1437 AH†Documentary on Syrian Civil Defence volunteers rescuing civilians under bombardment in Aleppo; won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short.The Cave
2019 CE · 1440 AH†The Cave.The Kingdom
2007 CE · 1428 AH†The Kingdom.The Burdened
2023 CE · 1444 AH†The first Yemeni film at Berlinale: a couple in Aden face a hard decision over an unwanted pregnancy amid war and poverty.The Square
2013 CE · 1434 AH†The Square.Turtles Can Fly
2004 CE · 1425 AH†Turtles Can Fly.The Palestinian Exile
Hatem Ali's landmark series following a Palestinian family through the Nakba from village to refugee camp — the canonical drama of Palestinian memory.Eye in the Sky
2015 CE · 1436 AH†Eye in the Sky.Papicha
2019 CE · 1440 AH†Papicha.Halima's Path
2012 CE · 1433 AH†Halima's Path.Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo
2022 CE · 1443 AH†Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo.Farha
2021 CE · 1442 AH†Darin Sallam's film about a Palestinian girl locked in a cellar during the 1948 events; Jordan's Oscar entry, it stirred controversy in Israel.Flee
2021 CE · 1442 AH†Flee.At Five in the Afternoon
2003 CE · 1424 AH†At Five in the Afternoon.Insyriated
2017 CE · 1438 AH†Insyriated.Palestine 36
2025 CE · 1446 AH†Palestine 36.Firaaq
2008 CE · 1429 AH†Firaaq.Gaza mon amour
2020 CE · 1441 AH†The Nasser brothers' film about an ageing Gaza fisherman who falls in love amid the blockade; Palestine's Oscar entry.The Patience Stone
2012 CE · 1433 AH†The Patience Stone.Mediterranean Fever
2022 CE · 1443 AH†Maha Haj's black comedy about a Palestinian writer in Haifa befriending his thieving neighbour; Cannes screenplay winner.Incendies
2010 CE · 1431 AH†Denis Villeneuve's Oscar-nominated film about Canadian twins returning to their mother's Middle Eastern homeland, uncovering a civil war fought between Muslims and Christians.Haider
2014 CE · 1435 AH†Haider.Son of Babylon
2010 CE · 1431 AH†Mohamed Al-Daradji's Iraqi film about a grandmother and grandson searching for a missing man after Saddam's fall; among Iraq's best-known films.Grbavica
2006 CE · 1427 AH†Grbavica.Once Upon a Time in Gaza
2025 CE · 1446 AH†The Nasser brothers' new film about life, resistance and joy in Gaza; screened at 2025 festivals.Kandahar
2001 CE · 1422 AH†Mohsen Makhmalbaf's film about an Afghan-Canadian journalist travelling to Kandahar to save her sister under Taliban rule; a landmark pre-2001 film on Afghanistan.Karbala
2015 CE · 1436 AH†Karbala.5 Broken Cameras
2011 CE · 1432 AH†Emad Burnat's documentary on five years of Bil'in village life under the wall and settlements, told through his broken cameras; Oscar-nominated.Outside the Law
2010 CE · 1431 AH†Outside the Law.No Other Land
2024 CE · 1445 AH†No Other Land.One Night in Al-Aqsa
2019 CE · 1440 AH†Abrar Hussain's documentary filmed on Laylat al-Qadr inside al-Aqsa — following Palestinian worshippers, guardians and workers through the holiest night of the year.For Sama
2019 CE · 1440 AH†Waad al-Kateab's documentary filmed in besieged Aleppo addressed to her daughter Sama; a human witness of the Syrian war, Oscar-nominated.Let It Be Morning
2021 CE · 1442 AH†Let It Be Morning.City of Ghosts
2017 CE · 1438 AH†City of Ghosts.Muslim Magnum .357
1986 CE · 1406 AH†Muslim Magnum.357.Of Fathers and Sons
2018 CE · 1439 AH†Of Fathers and Sons.From Ground Zero
2024 CE · 1445 AH†From Ground Zero.200 Meters
2020 CE · 1441 AH†200 Meters.Mosul
2019 CE · 1440 AH†The Russo brothers' production on the Iraqi SWAT unit in the battle to retake Mosul from ISIS; starring Suhail Dabbach.London River
2009 CE · 1430 AH†London River.Payitaht: Abdülhamid
A TRT series on Sultan Abdülhamid II's final years ruling from Yıldız Palace — a prominent modern dramatisation of the late Ottoman period.Rules of Engagement
2000 CE · 1421 AH†Rules of Engagement.Rashash
2021 CE · 1442 AH†Rashash.Rachida
2002 CE · 1423 AH†Rachida.Huda's Salon
2021 CE · 1442 AH†Huda's Salon.The Swallows of Kabul
2019 CE · 1440 AH†The Swallows of Kabul.The Voice of Hind Rajab
2025 CE · 1446 AH†The Voice of Hind Rajab.Rendition
2007 CE · 1428 AH†Rendition.3000 Nights
2015 CE · 1436 AH†3000 Nights.Snow
2008 CE · 1429 AH†Snow.Tel Aviv on Fire
2018 CE · 1439 AH†Comedy about a Palestinian soap writer crossing an Israeli checkpoint who must satisfy an intelligence officer on the ending; festival-winning.Omar
2013 CE · 1434 AH†Hany Abu-Assad's Palestinian film about a young man scaling the separation wall and drawn into the conflict; Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Film.The Mother of All Lies
2023 CE · 1444 AH†The Mother of All Lies.Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 CE · 1395 AH†Chronicle of the Years of Fire.Damascus Time
2018 CE · 1439 AH†Ebrahim Hatamikia's Iranian film about pilots flying aid into besieged Syria under ISIS attack — a major contemporary Iranian war production.Gangs of Wasseypur
2012 CE · 1433 AH†Gangs of Wasseypur.The Idol
2015 CE · 1436 AH†The Idol.
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