Musa Syeed

A Stray

Musa Syeed

Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed

Trying to outrun his bad luck, a young Muslim refugee in Minneapolis seems like he just might make it — until he crosses paths with a stray dog.

Valley of Saints

Musa Syeed

Mohammed Afzal, Gulzar Ahmed Bhat

Widely considered to be the crown jewel of Kashmir, Dal Lake is a sprawling aquatic community where erupting political violence often distracts from the natural beauty. Gulzar, a young, working-class boatman, plans to skip town with his best friend in search of a better life, but a weeklong military curfew derails their departure. Forced to wait it out, Gulzar takes a job assisting a pretty scientist named Asifa. As they navigate the floating landscape, collecting water samples for an environmental study, an unlikely relationship blossoms between the two. When Asifa’s research reveals harmful pollutants, Gulzar realizes that the ecology of the lake and an entire way of life face an alarming threat, and everything in his own life begins to take on a new hue.

Al Bayt Al Kabeer

Musa Syeed

Ehab Elhawary

When a young boy finds a key to the empty mansion down the street, he lets himself and his imagination run wild in the big house. His little adventure creates a lyrical allegory for the Yemeni revolution.

The Dispossessed

Musa Syeed

Hazari is a traditional faith healer, exorcising patients who've been possessed by jinn. But in Kashmir amidst the world’s longest-running conflict, nothing is as it seems.