Tawfeek Barhom

In Palestinian's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, talented teenage singer Mohammed Assaf travels from the Gaza Strip to Egypt to audition for the television show "Arab Idol." Even as the siege around Gaza intensifies, the prison around them ever more forbidding, Mohammed knows he has the rare gift to make people smile and forget their troubles.

When the Grand Imam at a prestigious Cairo university suddenly dies, a student finds himself a pawn in a ruthless battle between religion and state.

Hamid, a Syrian literature professor in Strasbourg, secretly belongs to a refugee network tracking down former regime enforcers. When he recognises the man he believes tortured him, his life tilts into obsession. Communicating through a video game, his group closes in, but doubt gnaws at every step.

In this horror prequel, a woman uncovers a terrifying conspiracy surrounding the birth of evil.