Movies: Sameera Asir

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career....

Palestine, 1948. After the withdrawal of the British occupiers, tensions rise between Arabs and Jews. Meanwhile, Farha, the smart daughter of the mayor of a small village, unaware of the coming tragedy, dreams of going to study in the big city....

When a man dies, his wife, ex-wife, and daughter-- three Arab women living in modern day Jordan-- must put their differences aside and work together to deal with the inherited family home....

During a scorching hot summer’s day in Amman, a man prepares for a special meeting. A raw and intimate portrayal of a man in grief, and a city on fire, doomed and in exile, and sinking to hit rock bottom. It plays in the margin of reality, where for...