United Arab Emirates Movies

After 15 years of averting the source of her anxiety, Mariam at last walks the journey of voicing her avoided emotions regarding her non Emirati...

Bani Abidi emphatically presents scenes from the daily lives of the Hazara community in Quetta, Pakistan, alongside narratives of persecution and...

In what could be considered a follow up to Al Qasimi’s 2020 work Mother of Fire, she once again invokes the figure of the jinn (spirits in...

This short documentary follows a mother (Aysha) and daughter (Osha) as they travel through the desert hunting with falcons, the traditional Emirati...

After returning to a desert road tied to his past, Ryan is forced to confront the memories of a relationship that slowly fell apart. As moments from...

A film crew crashes in the Namibian desert and soon finds themselves being hunted by both a pack of hyena and a ruthless team of hi-tech poachers.

ode to the director and to the untold times where she wanted to live and be immersed in the beauteous plots of her favorite books and films. Filled...

Line of The Sun explores the sensory and cultural legacy of snaa, bringing together moments of girlhood, communal inheritance, and tradition, where...

Four Astronauts from the UAE go into an exploration mission on a new planet, when they start to face mysterious events.

Short animated documentary by Rola Shamas.

A meditation on water, "Terrain Ahead" is a hybrid analog-digital experimental documentary exploring the trajectory of human impact on coastlines in...

This haunting and beautifully formed documentary is a meditation on the life of Egyptian screen legend Soad Hosni, who starred in eighty-two feature...

Through silence and imagery, Nizhal (The Shadow) explores how the echoes of the past linger in the present - A visual story where emotions speak...

Commissioned by The Sharjah Art Foundation

Killian is a successful self-made millionaire who has everything he wants but is emotionally detached from the world around him. Following a tragic...

Sharjah airport in the 1930's showing the airport, town, Emirate and Imperial Airways staff. An early British documentary produced by many pioneers...

A man spends his life determinedly indifferent to the easily solvable problems of others.

Blending staged scenes and home footage, Sari Sari reimagines a family’s life inside and around the sari-sari store, where children’s...

Told from the perspective of Anthony—an easy-going teenager who effortlessly falls for everyone he meets—this dramatic romantic tale...