United Arab Emirates Movies

A collage of voices from activists forced to flee the country offers glimpses into Myanmar’s history through three locations: Yangon Zoological...

Imran, hailing from Pakistan, works at the fish market in UAE. Wrestling runs in his family and is part of their legacy. Akhadas (wrestling ground)...

A 60-year-old Christian farmer struggles to hold onto the land he has tilled for decades despite mounting tensions in Lebanon's picturesque Akkar...

This haunting and beautifully formed documentary is a meditation on the life of Egyptian screen legend Soad Hosni, who starred in eighty-two feature...

Teta Kaabour is an 83-year old family matriarch and sharp-witted queen bee of an old Beiruti quarter. She’s been gripped as of late by the...

Walid is searching for work. His family's well-being depends on it - wife, son, unborn child... Economic crisis is in full swing.

A short treatise on the semiotics of capital, happiness, and phenomenology under the flickering neon of global capitalism.

Sharjah airport in the 1930's showing the airport, town, Emirate and Imperial Airways staff. An early British documentary produced by many pioneers...

Uncle Naji seeks assistance from his Grandfather who lives in Yemen, to support him in getting rid of the daemons in his restaurant, meanwhile, his...

Marcus, all long time friend of The Man checks up on him after semmingly going silent for days on his phone. What has happened to him?

Blending staged scenes and home footage, Sari Sari reimagines a family’s life inside and around the sari-sari store, where children’s...

Ajeeb wa Ghareeb is a contemplative film capturing the essence of Madha through a two-day site visit. Filmmaker Zubayr Hossain utilizes i-phone,...

A poetic portrait of a blind father with a bright perspective on life, who is strongly determined to deliver his message to the world.

A dreamlike scrapbook of early memory. Pigeons, domestic interiors, and eyes and mouths flicker as tiny screens sit beside bilingual Arabic and...

People search for unspoken or even absolute truths when it comes to the notions of life and death. Fertility is associated with the miracle of...

The story of a transgender male who struggles to enlist in the military.

Feeling stuck in his mundane life & the world collapsing around him, Zain decides to take matters into his own hands to craft an escape plan.