Today's Recommendations

It's the fifth, and last, day of the festival! Below you can read about some of today's recommended films.

The Lions By The River Tigris

The Lions By The River Tigris

This is a film about Iraq’s second-largest city and a handful of people who refuse to give up. Mosul was the headquarters of ISIS in Iraq, and both the group’s terror and the war that followed have reduced the old city to rubble. We follow those trying to rebuild both themselves and their city.

Screening: Vika 3 at 13:15

Madaniya

Madaniya

In MADANIYA, filmmaker Mohamed Subahi follows three Sudanese youths fighting for change, against the backdrop of Sudan’s December Revolution in 2018–2019.

Screening: Vika 3 at 16:00

Thank You for Banking With Us

Thank You for Banking With Us

After their father dies and leaves a large sum of money in the bank, two sisters must put their differences aside and unite to fight the sharia law that gives most of the inheritance to their brother.

Screening: Vika 3 at 18:30

Theeb: The Wolf

Theeb: The Wolf

During World War I, in the Ottoman Empire, young Theeb is forced to survive on his own in a brutal desert landscape after his tribe’s hospitality puts his life in danger. A grand, epic adventure!

Screening: Vika 2 at 21:00