Hasan Hadi delivers a remarkable neorealist fable about childhood, obedience, and survival under dictatorship.
6 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Alex Demyanenko
Kamal Aljafari's new-old film historicizes Gaza in its demise.
30 JANUARY 2026 • By Jim Quilty
Alex Demyanenko argues there is a better film trying to break free — the urgency is real, even...
12 DECEMBER 2025 • By Alex Demyanenko
Jafar Panahi’s film reminds us that vengeance doesn’t stop at borders.
5 DECEMBER 2025 • By Alex Demyanenko
In this prize-winning documentary from Iran, resistance is not a single victory, but a long and grueling journey.
28 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Alex Demyanenko
Annemarie Jacir’s new film is big-tent entertainment, accented by a critical history of Anglo-Zionist collusion between the wars.
31 OCTOBER 2025 • By Jim Quilty
Tamara Stepanyan’s latest documentary, My Armenian Phantoms, interweaves film history with an intimate coming-of-age story.
17 OCTOBER 2025 • By Jim Quilty
A re-released poetry collection and forgotten film underscore Palestinian resistance. What do they teach us about unity and...
3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Katie Logan
New SWANA films respond to genocide and starvation while urging viewers to act beyond passive consumption of the...
12 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Yassin El-Moudden
The new feature from the Nasser brothers takes place in the context of Gaza's siege, but well before...
29 AUGUST 2025 • By Karim Goury
Exiled Palestinian Mahdi Fleifel’s fiction debut "To a Land Unknown" provides a masterful bookend to his documentary on...
13 JUNE 2025 • By Jim Quilty
Filmmaker Ghassan Salhab presents an immersive study of Lebanese youth, the silent isolation of mortality, and resistance.
16 MAY 2025 • By Jim Quilty
