United Arab Emirates Movies

A documentary profiling the work and life of Hassan Sharif in the Gulf’s art community before his death in 2016.

Two young lovers wander off to a forest on their wedding night where their fate is overcome by the darkness of self- destruction. Finding a field of...

A group of Emirati youths head to a remote desert farmhouse owned by one of their fathers to spend a weekend during the winter. While practicing the...

A recorded camera invitation extended to 28 Palestinian diasporas to share their memories of their homeland results in an unexpected journey into...

An argument between an unhappy couple, triggered by the consumption of a bad bunch of oysters, escalates into a heated fight, due to the wife's...

“Apathy-Rise,” a parody of Coldplay’s Paradise by Niche Trio featuring Pierre Janssen, humorously explores existential themes from...

In a small commercial harbour in the south of France, two Moroccan sailors are watching over ferries that were abandoned by ship-owners. Young...

About the adventures of a little boy (based on the tale of Gauf)

In what could be considered a follow up to Al Qasimi’s 2020 work Mother of Fire, she once again invokes the figure of the jinn (spirits in...

Focusing on the work of cartoonists in Egypt, Algeria, Syria, and Palestine, this documentary examines how comic strips and caricatures are becoming...

Panoptic explores Lebanon's schizophrenia. Depicting a nation thriving for modernity while ignoring the vices preventing it from achieving its goal,...

'Karama has no walls' is set amidst Yemen's 2011 uprising. The film illustrates the nature of the Yemeni revolution in stark contrast to the gross...

During a lonely night shift at a crisis hotline, a volunteer’s wavering empathy is tested by a call that refuses to stay simple.

After his parents' separation, 15-year-old Isaac loses his love for music. But with his grandmother's guidance and a chance encounter with retired...

In Tsumikh, Makhacheva brings herself and her own biography to the centre-stage. She interrogates the fraught relationship between personal and...

A poetic exploration of the city of Dubai and the surrounding desert, following the 2009/10 economic crash.

Tarek and his mother Ghaydaa number among the tens of thousands of refugees crossing the border from Palestine, having been separated from Tarek's...

Zelal is a documentary that's an invitation to delve into the world of psychiatry and "madness" in Egypt. It meets the ordinary madmen and women...