Five shorts come together under an ‘Untitled Omnibus feature’, led by five Saudi women directors. The tone of the Omnibus feature will be brought together under a unified vision to realise nuanced reflections on women-centered narratives
Behind the closed doors of Beirut’s most exclusive neighborhoods, a lifestyle of elegance endures. Taking a look at the history of the country through the lives of four prominent families from its Christian elite, this unique and surreal testimony to Lebanon is a documentary portrait of the city’s upper classes that questions the complex reality of the capital city.
Acclaimed director Derek Tsang strikes a delicate chord in this poignant and brutal modern romance. Fiercely intimate, the murder yarn follows its characters at close range, exposing the psychological and physical violence of bullying in contemporary youth culture. Within this hostile pressure cooker, two unlikely heroes find each other, their worlds colliding to devastating effect.
Director and actor Uisenma Borchu portrays a Mongolian woman living in Germany. Unsettled and unfulfilled, she embarks on a journey through the Gobi Desert to search for her roots. Reunited with her sister amid a majestic landscape of endless hinterland, a culture clash shaped by vastly different life experiences begins.
Amid the lawless confusion of the recently imploded USSR, Anton and his gang are tough street youths who regularly vanquish urban rivals. With dominance comes the attention of serious, ruthless gangsters higher up the food chain. Soon Anton, his gang, his mother, strait-laced brother, and little sister are all in mortal danger.
Masoud sets out with Salma on a journey with no destination and no plans to return. But when they break down in the desert, their adventure takes an unexpected turn. The mechanic Sufyan mysteriously disappears with the car, in pursuit, Masoud begins a solitary journal of self-discovery.
A journey inside a tribal Omani society undergoing rapid transformation in 1978. Dablan faces pressure from his village to kill a leopard - instead, he resolves to set the animal free.
An intimate documentary about family, friendship, and home which draws together the love of autumn with nostalgia for home.
Impoverished street boxer Hassan dreams of a better life, ambitions that are made reality after he impresses a wealthy man during a fight. Hassan is invited to move into his mansion but discovers the glamour of his new existence is worthless without the love and friendship left behind in his former neighborhood.