Plot Author Matching "Carthage Film Festival" (Sorted by Title Ascending)
1. 3000 Nights (2015)
103 min | Drama
A young Palestinian schoolteacher gives birth to her son in an Israeli prison where she fights to protect him, survive and maintain hope.
Director: Mai Masri | Stars: Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadira Omran, Rakeen Saad, Raida Adon
Votes: 730
2. 4 Years Later (2017)
27 min | Documentary, Short
In Tamatave, Rita and Lalia are two young primary school teachers. They face up to the children's difficulties in a first grade class. One is in a public school, the other is in a private ... See full summary »
Director: Julie Anne Melville
3. We Have Never Been Kids (2015)
104 min | Documentary, Family
An Egyptian woman is trying to look after her four children, especially in the lead-up to and aftermath of her divorce from their father. However, over time, the circumstances around her gradually change on all levels.
Director: Mahmood Soliman
Votes: 9
4. The Malagasy Way (2014)
84 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Just for the time of a film, let's have fun reversing the roles... Let's imagine it isn't for the economists anymore to demonstrate their growth model, but for the farmers, artists, ... See full summary »
Director: Nantenaina Lova | Stars: Rejao Refaralahy Joela, Rado Mpikabary, Florentine Razafiharisoa, Joela Rejao Refaralahy
Votes: 22
5. Agonie (2018)
10 min | Short, Drama
When he awakes six feet underground in a coffin with a bottle of whiskey, a torch and a Talkie-Walkie, Youssef realizes it's a joke. But the hours pass and nobody comes to find him. His ... See full summary »
Director: Ghassen Jeribi | Star: Aymen Ben Hmida
Votes: 9
6. Life's Eye (2016)
25 min | Documentary, Short
Describes the inhabitants of El-Fustat and their suffering due to poverty, ignorance, disease and neglect. It shows the contrast between the shanty houses submerged by water and the luxury ... See full summary »
Director: Wafaa Hussein
7. The Last of Us (2016)
95 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
N is coming from the desert to reach North Africa and make an illegal crossing to Europe. He steals a boat, but it soon sinks into the middle of the sea, then embarks in an imaginary ... See full summary »
Director: Alaeddine Slim | Stars: Jahwar Soudani, Fethi Akkari, Jihed Fourti, Slim Majdoub
Votes: 184
8. Al Medina (2015)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
Yusif is half Danish, half Arab travels to the Middle Eastern city of Medina - along with his pregnant Danish wife, Sarah. Yusif wants to start a new life with his wife in his father's ... See full summary »
Director: Omar Shargawi | Stars: Sara Hjort Ditlevsen, Ashraf Farah, Omar Shargawi
Votes: 77
9. The Curve (2015)
80 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Radi, an isolated mysterious guy, who lives in his old VW minivan, finds himself starting an interesting journey.
Director: Rifqi Assaf | Stars: Ashraf Barhom, Fatina Laila, Mazen Moadam, Ashraf Telfah
Votes: 47
10. Survivors of Firdous Square (2018)
28 min | Documentary, Short
This is the story of two artists, Bassem the sculptor and Adel the director. We see their struggles in Baghdad as a result of the US occupation, and their departure for Damascus. There ... See full summary »
Director: Adel Khaled
11. Al-Sheikh Noel (2017)
20 min | Short, Drama
The film tells the story of a Muslim sheikh living with his grandson in the recently liberated territories of ISIS in Iraq. The Sheikh tries to bring joy to the heart of his grandson and ... See full summary »
Director: Saad Al-Essamy | Stars: Raed Al Jabouri, Abdullah Al-Ghaleb, Ala Al-Obeidi, Saheb Shaker
12. The Valley (2014)
R | 135 min | Drama
After surviving a car crash in the middle of Lebanon's isolated Beqaa Valley, an amnesiac man finds himself held hostage on a local farm that doubles as an illegal drug-production facility.
Director: Ghassan Salhab | Stars: Carol Abboud, Fadi Abi Samra, Mounzer Baalbaki, Carlos Chahine
Votes: 65
13. The Third Hand (2014)
16 min | Short, Drama
Zineb daughter of the worker Hassan, like all girls her area wants to pursue her graduate studies in the city. However, her parents don't even have enough money to pay for a simple ... See full summary »
Director: Hicham Elladdaqi
14. Love, Theft and Other Entanglements (2015)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
A Palestinian car thief gets into the trouble of his life when he steals the wrong car. What he thought was an Israeli car and an easy way to make money in his impoverished refugee camp ... See full summary »
Director: Muayad Alayan | Stars: Sami Metwasi, Ramzi Maqdisi, Kamel El Basha, Maya Abu Alhayyat
Votes: 103
15. On the Crossbar (2019)
90 min | Documentary, History, Sport
A throwback to Habib Bourguiba's presidency era in 1978, focusing on the failed strike insurrection by the Union in parallel with a very memorable sport event, the qualification of the Tunisian National Team to the World Cup in Argentina.
Director: Sami Tlili | Stars: Béji Caïd Essebsi, Habib Bourguiba
Votes: 21
16. Thin Line (2018)
23 min | Short
14 January: day of the Tunisian revolution. Two days later, a climate of terror and a sense of insecurity reign throughout the land and in the people's hearts. Ramla, a young props girl of ... See full summary »
Director: Fawzy Djemal | Stars: Leïla Arfaoui, Amir Dridi, Sami Jouini, Mohamed Ali Mahfoudh
Votes: 9
17. A Return (2014)
60 min | Documentary
In a Tunisian village El Omrane in Sidi Bouzid (283 km from Tunis), massive arrests against young people who demonstrated their right to work. The elders of the town decide to start a ... See full summary »
Director: Abdallah Yahya
Votes: 11
18. On the Roof of Damascus (2017)
26 min | Short, Drama
The film presents a stage that the Syrian youth generations are going through as a result of the war, its conditions and the negative effects it has on them. It is a story about the youth ... See full summary »
Director: Al-Mouhannad Kalthoum | Star: Samer M. Esmael
19. Ali; Ali (2018)
23 min | Short
Two students, Ghada and Nadra, share a flat. One day in the town they fancy a boy. Since they tell each other everything, each sings the praises of the boy she has met, showing him off to ... See full summary »
Director: Fathi Doghri | Stars: Nader Ayache, Ameni Essid
Votes: 8
20. Amal (2021)
12 min | Short
Amal, a PhD student in the Department of Sociology. She is 28 years old and she lives with her 52 years old mother Samira who works in a public library. Amal maintains her hobby of cinema. ... See full summary »
Director: Amel Karray | Stars: Amel Karray, Awatef Harroussi, Selma Ben Yahia, Amira Azim
21. Like a Bird (2012)
26 min | Short, Documentary
Through the testimonies of bird breeders, this documentary digs into the relationship between men and this fragile animal. The symbolism between the bird and the cage, brings us back to an ... See full summary »
Director: Jelel Bessaâd
22. Amphibian (2015)
15 min | Short, Drama
Jesús lives with his father on the shore of a large lake. José, his older brother, has returned home carrying with him a criminal past. This morning, Jesús accompanies him in search for a job that would help restore his reputation.
Director: Héctor Silva Núñez | Stars: Luis Henrique Castillo, J. Garcia, Franklin González, Mauricio Reverol
23. Antananarivo Tiako Ianao (2017)
15 min | Documentary, Short
While the Malagasy capital Antananarivo is in the turmoil of a political crisis, the filmmaker Hamy Ratovo fights against the censorship of his film in the margins of the demonstrations. ... See full summary »
Director: Haminiaina Ratovoarivony | Stars: Marion Guichard, Fenosoa Lova, Hamy Ratovo
24. Argu (2021)
97 min | Drama
Koukou is called crazy for his different behavior. The village elders committee and his father decide to put him in a mental asylum. his brother Mahmoud, disillusioned by his love story, ... See full summary »
Director: Omar Belkacemi | Stars: Latifa Aissat, Mohamed Lefkir, Kouceila Mustapha
25. Secrets on the Wind (2017)
27 min | Short, Drama
Océane is a little blind girl. She spends her days playing at the edge of the beach. She is very attached to her grandfather. Her grandfather enters the depths of the sea on a day of a ... See full summary »
Director: Imène Alnasiri Boulos | Stars: Giacomo Fiashi, Clara Keiryllos, Kais Mestiri
Votes: 9
26. In Origins of the Tunisian Revolution (2012)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Shok between an outrageous wealth on one side and the inhuman poverty on the other. The camera films mansions and luxury residences, as well as the precarious shantytowns and slums where ... See full summary »
Director: Nejib Ben Azouz
27. Aya Goes to the Beach (2015)
17 min | Short, Drama
The only entertainment for 10-year-old Aya, a domestic helper, is some TV and her fantasies about the sea. With her handicapped neighbor, she seeks a way to make her dream come true.
Director: Maryam Touzani | Stars: Badia Aziz, Nouhaila ben Moumou, Fatima Herandi Raouya
Votes: 14
28. Aydil (2012)
47 min | Documentary
The North, home of wheat and legends; a group of women narrating their stories that are shaped by the pain, sorrow and boldness of their society. These women are distinguished by the way ... See full summary »
Director: Ziad Kalthoum
29. Narcissus (2015)
90 min | Drama
While Mehdi is torn between his secret gay affair and the perspective of getting married, his sister Hind struggles to face her present and to reveal the secrets of her past kept in the dark.
Director: Sonia Chamkhi | Stars: Aïcha Ben Ahmed, Ghanem Zrelli, Jamel Madani, Fatma Ben Saïdane
Votes: 19
30. Babor Casanova (2015)
35 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
Algiers, 2015. Adlan and Terrorist navigate the Sacré Coeur neighborhood, desperately trying to make a few dinars.
Director: Karim Sayad
Votes: 21
31. Who Games Last... (2021)
15 min | Short
A newly appointed teacher has just bought a second hand toy car. He has an appointment with a Broker for the rental of a house. At the sight of his new car, all the professor's ... See full summary »
Director: Hassen Marzougui | Stars: Abdelmonem Chouayet, Salah Eddine Kaffel, Nozha Temimi Triki, Taoufik El Bahi
32. Baladna alraheeb (2014)
85 min | Documentary
How to make a film on violence without directly showing or reproducing it? The film Our terrible country attempts to respond to this approach by taking us on the perilous journey of Yassin ... See full summary »
Directors: Mohammad Ali Atassi, Ziad Homsi
Votes: 38
33. Barakah Meets Barakah (2016)
88 min | Comedy, Romance
A guy from the middle class, meets a girl from A wealthy family, and they start a romance in a country that frowns upon it.
Director: Mahmoud Sabbagh | Stars: Hisham Fageeh, Fatima AlBanawi, Sami Hifny, Khairia Nazmi
Votes: 1,732
34. Apnea (II) (2017)
25 min | Short, Drama, Romance
A moment of life of a young couple who finds themselves facing a probable eternal separation.
Director: Insaf Arafa | Stars: Mohamed Ali Blaiech, Meriem Cristou
Votes: 9
35. Amid Summer & Winter (2018)
29 min | Short, Drama
Salwa, in Cairo to finish some paperwork, decides to visit her younger brother Hassan. After their late parents' divorce, they were brought up apart, she by her mother. She spends a day ... See full summary »
Director: Shady Fouad | Star: Shady Fouad
36. Beats of the Antonov (2014)
68 min | Documentary, War
The story of the people of the Blue Nile and Nuba Mountains in Sudan, showing how they deal with civil war. Traditionally music has always been part of daily life in these areas, but now, it has a new role in a society challenge by war.
Director: Hajooj Kuka
Votes: 153
37. The Beach House (2016)
75 min | Drama
Four people from an Arab generation roaming over the ruins of ideologies, causes and virtues of their predecessors. It portrays their intellectual and emotional nonchalance about what is ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Dib | Stars: Sandy Chamoun, Lara Chekerdjian, Julian Farhat, Nesrine Khodr
Votes: 45
38. A Home of One's Own (2019)
78 min | Documentary
Ruba grew up in an exiled family and internalized her mother's memories and difficulties. She seeks to deconstruct her memories in order to recreate a new narrative that allows her to face ... See full summary »
Director: Ruba Atieh
39. Bestas (2015)
12 min | Short, Drama
The story of Lucas, a 13 year-old kid who swears vengeance to the man that abuses his mother in exchange for a miserable life.
Directors: Rui Neto, Joana Nicolau | Stars: Guilherme Galhardo, Beatriz Coelho, Rogério Jacques, Sara Graça
Votes: 15
40. Burning Hope (2016)
85 min | Drama
"Burning Hope" is at once the story of an unlikely friendship and the portrait of a fragile country haunted by so many ghosts. Between investigation and intimate story, the movie tells the ... See full summary »
Director: Lotfi Achour | Stars: Doria Achour, Jawhar Basti, Oussema Bedhiaf, Mohamed Dahech
Votes: 41
41. C'est eux les chiens... (2013)
85 min | Drama
After 20 years spent in jail, a political prisoner is released in the midst of the Arab Spring. A TV crew doing a report on the social movements in Morocco decides to follow him in the quest of hist past...
Director: Hicham Lasri | Stars: Hasan Badidah, Yahya El Fouandi, Imad Fijjaj, Jalal Boulftaim
Votes: 124
42. Cargo (IV) (2017)
20 min | Short
Fleeing the Syrian war, an old man and his grandson got lost in Lebanon. Abed Al-Hadi, the 7 years old grandson, is forced to protect and care for his sick grandfather. Abed has no choice ... See full summary »
Director: Karim Rahbani | Stars: Abd El Hady Assaf, Cynthia Khalifeh
Votes: 24
43. Charter (2019)
24 min | Short, Drama
A Tunisian poet settles in France. Facing the blank page, he roams the streets of Paris without purpose or vocation. Images of Tunis come back to him and he seems to want to escape. During ... See full summary »
Director: Sabry Bouzid | Stars: Majd Mastoura, Manon Gineste
Votes: 11
44. Borders of Heaven (2015)
83 min | Drama
An ordinary family whose life takes a dramatic turn. Between despair, guilt and desire for life, how to reconstruct when you face the unacceptable ?
Director: Farès Naânaâ | Stars: Lotfi Abdelli, Anissa Daoud, Sophie Ghodhbane, Mouna Noureddine
Votes: 95
45. Look (2014)
26 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
Belgacem, 35 and Naouel, 28, a blind couple are united by the strength of their love beyond their disability. Each day, they struggle to raise with dignity and joy their children Hamza and ... See full summary »
Director: Imen Dellil
Votes: 8
46. Chouf (2016)
108 min | Crime, Drama
Chouf: it means "look" in Arabic, but it is also the name of the watchmen in the drug cartels of Marseille. Sofiane is 20. A brilliant student, he comes back to spend his holiday in the ... See full summary »
Director: Karim Dridi | Stars: Sofian Khammes, Foued Nabba, Oussama Abdul Aal, Zine Darar
Votes: 409
47. Phony Cinema (2014)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
April 2013, Algiers, Algeria. Djamel an independent filmmaker asks Yasmine his ex-wife to write a script based on the Algerian political current affairs. Instead of that, the young woman ... See full summary »
Director: Bahia Allouache | Stars: Nabil Asli, Amina Beldjoudi, Mohamed Seghir Bendaoud, Nadjib Oulebsir
48. Cloch'Art (2017)
22 min | Documentary, Short
Ala, Ahmed and Mahdi are only seventeen years old yet they do not see their lives without rap music. Despite the conflicting aspect which disturbs their relations with their families and ... See full summary »
Director: Manel Katri
Votes: 9
49. Cold Harbour (2013)
73 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
While investigating a smugglers' turf war in Cape Town, township cop Sizwe discovers police corruption. He must set loyalty aside to act with integrity, alone.
Director: Carey McKenzie | Stars: Tony Kgoroge, Fana Mokoena, Nan Yu, Deon Lotz
Votes: 216
50. Coma (V) (2015)
97 min | Documentary
Three women - grandmother, mother and daughter - live hidden away in an old building in Damascus. They have chosen to live in voluntary imprisonment, cutting themselves off from a city in a... See full summary »
Director: Sara Fattahi
Votes: 12