Elias Matar

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Maysaloun Hamoud

Mouna Hawa, Shaden Kanboura

The film captures the daily duality of three young Palestinian women in Tel Aviv, caught between hometown tradition and big city abandon, and the price they must pay for a lifestyle that seems obvious to many: the freedom to work, party, fuck, and choose.

Exodus

Elias Matar

Exodus documents the harrowing journey of Syrian refugees as they cross the Aegean Sea from Turkey into Greece. Over three thousand refugees attempt this treacherous crossing everyday, seeking asylum in Western Europe. It's a life and death gamble that they are willing to take for a chance at a new life away from their war-torn homeland.

Chingaso the Clown

Elias Matar

Quinn Larson, David Hyatt

A man paints his face and heads off to seek revenge on crime kingpin Bastard the Clown and his Clown Army.

Ribbons

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Greg Baldwin, Patrick Hickman

A wounded young soldier and a psychologically damaged girl get caught in the crossfire between her estranged family and an Armenian hitman.

Ashes

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Brian Krause, Kadeem Hardison

An obsessive doctor working on a cure for AIDS unwittingly creates an aggressive new bacteria that deteriorates the body and enrages the mind.