Mahmoud Shalaby

In WWII France, an Algerian back marketeer risks his life when he joins the Paris Mosque in a clandestine mission to help Jews escape the Nazis.

In director Maysaloun Hamoud's remarkable feature debut, three Palestinian women sharing an apartment in the vibrant heart of Tel Aviv find themselves doing the same balancing act between tradition and modernity, citizenship and culture, fealty and freedom.