Movies: Haut Les Mains

Alyssa, a rebellious 19 year-old girl, and her friend Mehdi — a shy and introverted 23-year-old young man — who use their imagination to escape their unpromising reality. When they discover a contest in the south of Tunisia that may allow them to fl...

A former communist leader and activist for Moroccan independence, Edmond Amran Elmaleh left behind a vast body of literary work that masterfully articulates personal and collective memory. This cinematic letter, addressed to Elmaleh by director Simon...

Zohra has received a French residence permit for medical reasons, but when her health improves, she is supposed to leave the country. In the summer heat of her small town, dreams and everyday life merge into a shimmering narrative in the subjunctive....

They were children when they left, dreaming of a life without worry: freedom and wealth. But what awaited them was a nightmare. One of them began to change, leading him to commit a lethal knife attack in Turku, Finland. By following the lives of two ...

In the north of Israel, Nagham, a Palestinian girl, decides to return to Bir’em, her family’s village, which was destroyed during the 1948 Palestinian Nakba. The teenager spends the summer reconnecting with memories of her grandfather....

History teacher Julia tries to find a cure for her son Ghassan, who, after being bitten by a rabid dog, slowly transforms into a violent monster....

While men in Morocco are allowed to marry again six months after they have been separated, for women to get divorced is an almost insurmountable bureaucratic undertaking. Ghita, Latifa and Saadia are attempting it nonetheless....