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Jason, a Canadian Palestinian, returns to Palestine after years away to surprise his sister, bringing an unconventional gift — a goat, a traditional offering for his newborn nephew. As he embarks on his journey to reach her, he rediscovers the true meaning of Palestinian identity.
A Palestinian school teacher struggles to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one of his students and the chance of a new romantic relationship with a British volunteer worker.
In the vast expanse of the desert, a determined young geologist finds herself stranded. She is the lone survivor of a group of geologists on a survey mission who drowned due to sudden rain caused by climate change. Faced with the harsh reality of her circumstances, she sets forth on a profound and introspective odyssey, A mysterious traveller with a turbulent past joins her and presents a series of puzzling challenges to inspire and motivate her. Through their shared journey, she grapples with conflicting emotions, oscillating between the unwavering hope of survival and an inner resistance to the inescapable forces of fate.
Mustafa and his wife Salwa come from two Palestinian villages that are only 200 meters apart, but separated by the wall. Their unusual living situation is starting to affect their otherwise happy marriage, but the couple does what they can to make it work. Every night, Mustafa flashes a light from his balcony to wish his children on the other side a goodnight, and they signal him back. One day Mustafa gets a call that every parent dreads: his son has been in an accident. He rushes to the checkpoint where he must agonisingly wait in line only to find out there is a problem with his fingerprints and is denied entry. Desperate, Mustafa resorts to hiring a smuggler to bring him across. His once 200-meter journey becomes a 200-kilometer odyssey joined by other travellers determined to cross.
Boomah is notorious and knife-savvy female gang member who becomes embroiled in a power struggle between street thugs and religious extremists while battling the traumas of her harrowing orphaned past.
