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Young Ahmed (Le Jeune Ahmed)
An intense and sobering portrait of both sides of the spiritual practice of zeal.
Valley of Saints
A young man in transition reframes his vision of home.
Good Bye
A portrait of life in Iran through the eyes of an oppressed woman lawyer who yearns to escape to freedom.
Circumstance
An engrossing Iranian film about the familial clash of values of a sister seeking freedom and pleasure and a brother who is zealot for Islamic fundamentalism.
Persepolis
A French animated autobiographical masterpiece about one Iranian woman's intense quest for the holy grail of freedom.
Offside
A funny, poignant, and jubilant Iranian film about some passionate female soccer fans that ends with a mystical moment of oneness.
My Country, My Country
The heroism of a busy Sunni doctor in Baghdad running for parliament in Iraq's January 30, 2005, election.
October 17, 1961
Brings to light a day of ignominy that has been erased from French history books for 40 years.
Cavite
Story of a young Filipino-American who returns to the Philippines and becomes the pawn of Muslim terrorist with a malevolent plan for him to execute.
Hala
A coming-of-age story carried by the grace, sensitivity and emotional intelligence of the young actress Geraldine Viswanathan.