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A taste of cherry
(1997)
Ta‘mi gilas
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Director:
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Abbas Kiarostami
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| Starring:
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Abdolrahman Bagher, iHomayoun Ershadi
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A man determined to commit suicide searches for someone to bury him after the act and receives advice from everyone he asks.
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Alexandria, why?
(1978)
Iskanderiya--leh?
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Director:
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Youssef Chahine
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| Starring:
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Ezzat el Alail, Farid Shawqi
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A boy in WW II Egypt idolizes Hollywood films and the West, until he learns the truth behind the European occupation.
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Amazing Grace
(1992)
Hessed Mufla
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Director:
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Amos Gutman
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| Starring:
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Sharon Alexander, Aki Avni
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Jonathan tries to connect with Thomas, who is HIV-positive, detached, and in search of hard drugs.
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Baran
(2001)
Baran
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Director:
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Majid Majidi
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| Starring:
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Hossein Abedini, Mohammad Amir Naji
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An Iranian teenager falls in love with an Afghan refugee girl.
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Beaufort
(2007)
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Director:
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Joseph Cedar
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| Starring:
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Oshri Cohen, Itay Tiran
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Israeli soldiers in Lebanon must protect a fortress that is sacred to both Israelis and Arabs.
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Border cafe
(2005)
Café Transit
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Director:
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Kambuzia Partovi
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| Starring:
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Fereshteh Sadre Orafaei, Parviz Parastoei
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An independent-minded widow in Iran bucks tradition to run her dead husband's truck stop café.
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Caramel
(2007)
Sukkar banat
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Director:
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Nadine Labaki
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| Starring:
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Nadine Labaki, Yasmine al Masri
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Five Lebanese women living in Beirut deal with their own quirks and problems in this romantic comedy.
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Close-up
(1990)
Nema-ye nazdik
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Director:
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Abbas Kiarostami
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| Starring:
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Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Hossain Sabzian
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An unemployed movie buff passes himself off as a director.
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Color of paradise
(1999)
Rang-e khoda
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Director:
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Majid Majidi
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| Starring:
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Salameh Feyzi, Hosein Mahjoob
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A widowed man wants to keep his blind son a secret from his fiance.
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Destiny
(1997)
al-Massir
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Director:
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Youssef Chahine
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| Starring:
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Nour el-Cherif, Laila Eloui
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In 12th Century Andalusia, a liberal judge and philosopher is forced into exile, but his students keep his thoughts alive.
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Distant
(2002)
Uzak
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Director:
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Nuri Bilge Ceylan
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| Starring:
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Muzaffer Özdemir, Emin Toprak
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Two cousins inhabit an apartment in Istanbul, and their differences become pronounced in the stultifying atmosphere.
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Gabbeh
(1996)
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Director:
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Mohsen Makhmalbaf
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| Starring:
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Shaghayegh Djodat, Abbas Sayahi
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A young woman magically appears to help an elderly couple clean a rug that tells the story of the young woman's courtship.
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Jellyfish
(2007)
Meduzot
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Director:
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Shira Geffen
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| Starring:
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Sarah Adler, Nikol Leidman
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The lives of three very different Israeli women in Tel Aviv intersect, weaving an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life.
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Kippur
(2000)
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Director:
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Amos Gitai
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| Starring:
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Liron Levo, Tomer Russo
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Israeli soldiers experience death and spiritual devastation during the 1973 Yom Kippur war.
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Offside
(2006)
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Director:
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Jafar Panahi
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| Starring:
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Shayesteh Irani, Sima Mobarek-Shahi
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Iranian girls dress as boys to be allowed to enter Tehran’s soccer stadium and are arrested.
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Osama
(2003)
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Director:
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Siddiq Barmak
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| Starring:
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Marina Golbahari, Zubaida Sahar
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A girl disguises herself as a boy in order to support her mother in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
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Paradise now
(2005)
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Director:
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Hany Abu-Assad
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| Starring:
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Kais Nashif, Ali Suliman
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Two friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel-Aviv.
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Rana’s wedding
(2002)
Al qods fee yom akhar
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Director:
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Hany Abu-Assed
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| Starring:
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Ismael Dabbag, Clara Khoury
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A Palestinian girl has ten hours to find and marry her boyfriend in occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank.
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The band's visit
(2007)
Bikur ha-Tizmoret
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Director:
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Eran Kolirin
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| Starring:
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Ronit Elkabetz, Sasson Gabai
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An Egyptian band heads to Israel to play at the opening of an Arab arts center and find themselves lost in the wrong town.
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The Syrian bride
(2004)
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Director:
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Eran Riklis
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| Starring:
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Hiam Abbass, Makram Khoury
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Once Mona crosses the border between Israel and Syria to get married, she will never be allowed back to her family in the Golan Heights.
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