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"I spoke privately with my grandmother about my father. My grandfather prohibited us to speak about him at home. It was as if he no longer existed... One day I travelled to Armenia for a forum. I met someone who grew up in an Iraqi refugee camp. I asked them about my father. One of them replied excitedly, 'I know him. He is my father.' This film is the story of a woman looking for a father, whom she never met. On her journey from Istanbul to Maxmur, she wonders about the kind of man her father was, what his past was, and if he loved her. This adventure forces her to confront her closest relatives.

Malena fights to reconnect with her children and finish her house, while seeking IVF to have a baby with her new partner. Can she unite her family under one roof?

A True-Life journey set on the back-drop of NASCAR, introducing a legend NASCAR fans never got to meet.

A film director confides in his interlocutor. He talks about the working process, about creative blocks, about artistic crises and expressive forces. At some point, the idea takes hold that this conversation could be turned into a film. And this is the very film we're watching the two of them in.

In 2011, the multiple Grammy award winning producer Quincy Jones and a UAE national social entrepreneur Badr Jafar, coproduced Bokra, the first Arabic charity single featuring 24 of the regions top artists. All of the proceeds raised by Bokra were donated to local and international charity programs and institutions. A remarkable behind the scenes story that shows how it was done and how thousands of children benefited from the proceeds. The film has been shot over 5 countries where audiences get see and meet some of the children the song helped.

A heartfelt documentary series that captures the transformative odyssey of Chinese peasants, whose relentless perseverance and tenacity uplift them from enduring poverty to a destiny of prosperity and fulfillment.