This visceral and powerful tale of heroin addiction in Iran follows a young bride-to-be and her mother, who is determined to knock her daughter off the path to self-destruction. Iranian cinema is continually surprising in its... more>

In this comic tale of romance and friendship across ethnic divides, several generations of two families -- one white and one Muslim -- find common ground in a working-class part of Leeds. In another insightful look into the complicated... more>

Kids and tightropes are not two things that Westerners typically believe belong together, but a long-persecuted Muslim community in China has been coaxing their children to walk through the air for centuries, as shown by this... more>

In this heartrending melodrama of love and murder, a woodcutting mobster stands between his daughter and the young man who loves her. A gripping Iranian murder-mystery set in the snow-covered forests of a remote mountainous region,... more>

In this unsettling, gritty look at urban Tunisian life, a gentle young man and his group of low-life friends must pay the price when they rape a woman. A strikingly different setting coupled with a harshly realistic story make this... more>

Tunisia's premier amateur auteur filmmaker is portrayed with loving honesty and gut-busting hilarity in this thrilling documentary. Tunisia is not a country renowned for its film industry. In fact, there is very little film industry at... more>