Darine Hotait

Command or Truth

Darine Hotait

Blaine Gray, Jessica Erin Sylvia

An upper class couple seduce each other by playing truth or dare.

The Far Side of Laughter

Darine Hotait

Elizabeth Ann Koshak, Brian Carter

Trapped in a dark room, a woman starts seeing fantasies from different light holes that appear to her. After realizing that these fantasies are reflections of herself in different stages of her life, the fantasies transform into nightmares.

I Say Dust

Darine Hotait

Two Arab-American women in New York City fall in love, argue home and identity, engage in a chess battle, and express themselves through the power of the spoken word.

Beirut... Hide and Seek

Darine Hotait

Aurora Joly, Elissa Boustani

In 1982 Beirut, the war, up to that point political, becomes an internal family struggle when Jamila discovers her brother's secret queer relationship with his friend Omar.

Like Salt

Darine Hotait

Jessica Damouni, Ben Williams

While boxing and jazz rely on improvisation, they both have a deep sense of resilience. Hala, an Arab American female boxer in New York City, and Kendrick, an African American jazz musician, improvise their way through a passive-aggressive America. She's Miles Davis in boxing gloves and he's Muhammad Ali refusing to live a lie.