Quo Vadis, Aida? (2021): Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp.

The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020): His own body turned into a living work of art and promptly exhibited in a museum, Sam, a Syrian refugee, will soon realize to have sold away more than just his skin.

The Crossing 过春天 (2018): Studying in Hong Kong but living in Shenzhen (the port city of Mainland China), Peipei has spent 16 years in her life travelling between these two cities. To realize the dream of seeing snow in Japan with her bestie, Peipei joins a smuggling gang and uses her student identity to smuggle iPhones from Hong Kong to Mainland. Her family life and friendships begin to fall apart. The daily life of Peipei starts to get out of control.

Holy Spider (2022): A 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.

Farha (2021): Palestine, 1948. After the withdrawal of the British colonizers, tensions rise between Arabs and Jews. Meanwhile, Farha, the daughter of the mayor of a small town, dreams of going to study in the big city.

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    11 year ago

    Really enjoyed Holy Spider.