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LOVE IMAGINED
LOVE IMAGINED Egypten/ 2025 / arabisk dialog med svenska undertexter / 103 minDen egyptiska regissören Sarah Rozik presenterar i sin långfilmsdebut Love Imagined en romantisk musikalisk berättelse som skiljer sig från traditionella kärlekshistorier. Filmen utforskar...
DIKTATORNS TÅRTA
DIKTATORNS TÅRTA Irak, Qatar, USA I 2025 I Arabisk dialog med svenska undertexter l 102 minI 1990 talets Irak, under president Saddam Hussein måste nioåriga Lamia samla ihop ingredienser för att baka en obligatorisk tårta för att fira presidentens födelsedag, annars...
THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE
THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE Iraq, USA, Qatar I 2024 I Arabic dialogue with Swedish subtitles l 102 minABOUT FILM The Iraqi director Hassan Hadi made an extraordinary debut on the international film scene with his first feature film, The President’s Cake, achieving an...
ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU
ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU Germany, Cyprus, Palestine, Jordan, Greece, Qatar, Saudi Arabia I 2025 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 146 minABOUT FILM Palestinian director Cherien Dabis has made a remarkable mark on the global cinematic scene with her feature film...
THE ESCAPE TO SCHOOL
THE ESCAPE TO SCHOOL Sweden, Palestine I 2026 I Arabic dialogue with Swedish subtitles l 16 minABOUT FILM When a fierce winter storm destroys their forest homes, a group of wise small people seek refuge in a nearby village school. The children and their teacher...
STORIES BEYOND BORDERS..
NOVEMBER 19 15.30, KULTURSKOLAN
IRTIZAZ
IRTIZAZ Saudi Arabia I 2025 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 14 minABOUT FILM Set in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a disillusioned mother, pressures her reluctant daughter Juju to approach a wealthy and newly widowed matriarch at a funeral. As the mother keeps...
PARADISE GARDEN
PARADISE GARDEN Morocco, France I 2025 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles I 17 min ABOUT FILM Morocco. Naima, a single mum, and her son Ahmed, 11, live in a slum. As the State decides to rehouse them, Ahmed must change schools. But the law is formal: only the...
SALOPETTE
SALOPETTE Tunisia I 2025 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles I 17 min ABOUT FILM Salima, 25, is a rock band singer whose life has been divided since childhood. Seeking safety within her fractured family, she struggles to rebuild herself. As she confronts her...
SOMEWHERE ELSE
SOMEWHERE ELSE Kuwait I 2025 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles I 10 min ABOUT FILM Dana, a desolate yet daring 10-year-old, runs away from her turbulent home on the Kuwaiti coast of Bnaider, escaping her mother’s rage. She roams down the shore, stumbling upon...
SUSPENSION
SUSPENSION Lebanon I 2025 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles I 16 min ABOUT FILM A magical cabeceo in a tango ballroom takes two passionate souls on an intimate journey, a suspended moment. Their words flow seamlessly through a dreamlike dance, revealing the...
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FLANA
FLANA Iraq, France, Qatar I 2025 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 87 minABOUT FILM Iraqi filmmaker Zahraa Ghandour presents her powerful feature-length documentary Flana, a deeply personal work that emerges from individual memory to reopen a collective,...
LOVE IMAGINED
LOVE IMAGINED Egypt I 2025 I Arabic dialogue with swedish subtitles l 110 minAbout Film In her first feature-length fiction film, Love Imagined, Egyptian director Sarah Rozik presents a distinctive romantic musical that chooses to speak to emotions through imagination...
TO A LAND UNKNOWN
TO A LAND UNKNOWN United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Palestine I 2024 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 106 minAbout film Chatila and Reda are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens. But when Reda loses...
SNOW WHITE
SNOW WHITE Egypt I 2024 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 105 min About film Snow White is a groundbreaking 2024 Egyptian drama directed by Taghrid Abouelhassan, featuring Mariam Sherif as Iman, a young woman with dwarfism navigating societal challenges in...
PASSING DREAMS
PASSING DREAMS Palestine, Sweden, France, Saudi Arabia I 2024 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 85 minSYNOPSISSami, a young 12 years old boy, takes us on an exciting adventure that spans an entire day and night in the company of his uncle, and the uncle's...
MY DRIVER AND I
MY DRIVER AND I Saudi Arabia I 2024 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles I 110 minAbout Film Saudi filmmaker and actress Ahd Kamel made her feature film debut with My Driver and I, an intimate coming-of-age story that reflects the evolving landscape of...
THE ESCAPE TO SCHOOL Familjedag Stadsbiblioteket
AL GAID
AL GAID Saudi Arabia I 2025 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles I 103 minAbout Film Saudi filmmaker Hussam Alhulwah brings forward Al Gaid, an epic desert adventure that reimagines the revenge genre through a distinctly Arabian lens. Set in the harsh and wintery...
HIJRA
HIJRA Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, United Kingdom I 2025 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 115 minABOUT FILM Saudi director Shahad Ameen continues to establish her international presence with her feature film “Hijra”, which has received widespread critical...
ESAAF
ESAAF Saudi Arabia I 2025 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles I 110 minABOUT FILM Esaaf is a high-energy comedy starring Saudi actor and stand-up comedian Ibrahim Al Hajjaj and directed by British filmmaker Colin Teague, known for his work on internationally...
My Beautiful Baghdad
My Beautiful Baghdad Ali Jbara Al-Daraji is an Iraqi-Canadian filmmaker and producer working between Toronto and the MENA region. His work explores themes of memory, war, and identity through intimate human stories. He is the director of the short film My Beautiful...
THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE
THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE Iraq, USA, Qatar I 2024 I Arabic dialogue with Swedish subtitles l 102 minABOUT FILM The Iraqi director Hassan Hadi made an extraordinary debut on the international film scene with his first feature film, The President’s Cake, achieving an...
THE ESCAPE TO SCHOOL
THE ESCAPE TO SCHOOL Sweden, Palestine I 2026 I Arabic dialogue with Swedish subtitles l 16 minABOUT FILM When a fierce winter storm destroys their forest homes, a group of wise small people seek refuge in a nearby village school. The children and their teacher...
CALLE MÁLAGA
CALLE MÁLAGA Morocco, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium I 2025 I Spanish, Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 116 minABOUT FILM Moroccan director Maryam Touzani confirms her position as one of the leading voices in contemporary Arab cinema with her feature...
TO DREAM PERHAPS
TO DREAM PERHAPS Tunisia, France I 2025 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 83 minABOUT FILM The documentary To Dream, Perhaps (Tunis – Berlin) by Tunisian director Nidhal Guiga celebrates its World Premiere at the Malmö Arab Film Festival — a special...
HABIBI HUSSEIN
HABIBI HUSSEIN Palestine, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Sweden I 2025 I Arabic, English, German dialogue with English subtitles l 96 minABOUT FILM Palestinian filmmaker and actor Alex Bakri presents his deeply personal feature-length documentary Habibi Hussein, a work...
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH Saudi Arabia I 2025 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles I 115 minABOUT FILM A Matter of Life and Death is a romantic dark comedy directed by Anas Ba-Tahaf and written by Saudi writer and actress Sarah Taibah, who also stars in the...
MY FATHER’S SCENT
MY FATHER'S SCENT Egypt, Norway, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, France, Qatar I 2025 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 96 minABOUT FILM In My Father’s Scent, Egyptian director Mohamed Siam presents an intimate feature film whose international journey began with...