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- DirectorHana KazimStarsMohammed AhmedMansoor Al-FiliEman DoghozA fake exorcist visits the home of a man who thinks his wife is possessed by a Djinn, only to find out that things are not as they seem.
- DirectorEren CelebogluAri CostaStarsRima HaddadShyaam KarraAnna KhajaThe Bride is a horror/thriller that examines gender politics in the middle east. In May of 2016, 100 Yazid slave girls were burned alive at a slave market in Mosul. Their owner, Umm Saraf, queen of the Isis slave trade was responsible. She fled into the desert leaving one survivor, her personal slave, Amal. Amal is captured and questioned by Major Ahmad of the Kurdish Women's Protection Unit, an all female battalion of soldiers fighting ISIS. The Major believes Amal's life as a slave is her own fault, and her very existence reinforces every cliche of Middle Eastern women. The irony is Major Ahmad has orders to turn Amal over to the United States so Amal may be interviewed on 60 Minutes. As the Major says, "You're going to be famous for being a victim. That is ironic." What ensues is a battle of feminine perspectives. Frustrated with Amal's perceived lies, the Major demands the truth. Finally, Amal tells the story of The Bride, a legend among the Yazidi slaves. She was a Boko Haram slave girl sold to ISIS and murdered by Umm Saraf for being defiant. But instead of snuffing the Bride out like a flame in the dark, she returned as a vengeful ghost, haunting Umm Saraf and driving her mad. Finally, Amal reveals that the Bride and she are one in the same, and she is offering the Major the opportunity to do the right thing. The Bride is not only a journey into the heart of darkness that is war, but the human soul and all its shadows and sins.
- DirectorMateo MarquezStarsIsra ElsalihieGreta MurdochAlastair MurdochWhen a girl is followed on her way home, she finds herself facing a sinister force that threatens her entire existence.
- DirectorAli AbbasiStarsAlice RahimiDiana Al HussenSoraya HelliA journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
- DirectorAna Lily AmirpourStarsSheila VandArash MarandiMarshall ManeshIn the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.
- CreatorDana EdenMaor KohnOmri ShenharStarsNiv SultanShaun ToubShervin AlenabiA Mossad agent embarks on her first mission as a computer hacker in her home town of Tehran.
- DirectorUsama AlshaibiStarsManal KaraMolly PlunkDejan MirceaA young Muslim Dominatrix in the midst of a spiritual crisis.
- DirectorYassin KoptanStarsMelodie CastaKayla EvaEdward HernandezAfter 6 years of being in a long distance relationship, Sandra travels to the Middle East to see her girlfriend and ask her the big question.
- DirectorNicolas GreinacherStarsMo AhmadiAfsaneh DehrouyehLadina von FrischingSet in Switzerland, our story follows Ayaneh, a young refugee from Afghanistan. One day at a public swimming pool she meets Anna and instantly feels attracted to her. As the relationship between the two women develops, Ayaneh is confronted with growing resistance from her religious family.
- DirectorPatrick WellsStarsNawal Al-MaghafiFares Al-MusawiHusain Al-MusawiThis powerful investigation into Shia clerics in some of Iraq's holiest shrines uncovers a dark network of exploitation of young women and girls, trapped into prostitution and pimped out by a religious elite. Unprecedented undercover filming and victim testimony reveal how they procure young women for male clients and are prepared to conduct 'pleasure marriages' with children as young as ten years old. These halal pleasure marriages totally circumvent Iraq civil law, but are routinely ignored.