Festival Feature:
Noura's Dream
Co-presented by: Breakthroughs Film Festival

A still from Noura's Dream
Screening Date: New dates TBD
Time: TBD
Country: Tunisia 
Director: Hinde Boujemaa
Length: 92 mins
Synopsis: In the Arab world, we sing about love. From Om Kalthoum to Berber songs, women and men sing of love: its griefs and jealousies, its joys and hopes and romance. But when it comes to the embodiment of this love, the enactment of desire, taboo raises its head and love becomes a sin. With her abusive husband in jail and a coveted divorce pending, hardworking Noura can almost grasp a happy, new life with lover Lassaad - but when the best-laid plans are upended, Noura must tap her unshakable will to fulfill her dream. 

Feature Short:
Left, Right
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A still from Left, Right
Screening Date: New dates TBD  
Time: TBD
Country: Tunisia 
Director: Hinde Boujemaa
Length: 22 mins
Synopsis: Seven year old Yassine, is left handed. Pressures from his father to use his right hand lead to drastic consequences. 
 


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