Going to the movies is now even more fun
With the films we support, you get even more than a beautiful story from another culture.
Ask your arthouse cinema about it.
CINEMA PLUS
Visit another culture at your local cinema.
Ask your arthouse cinema for a Culture Wrap event.
CULTURE & CONNECT
Meet filmmakers, but also make a new friend from another culture.
Make your own community even more diverse.
contribute
Have you ever come out of a movie wildly enthusiastic and wanted to do something for the people who just inspired you?
We give you that chance.
All films suggested by us share four elements:
Cinema
Here you will find everything about the film and the filmmakers.
And you will find where you can see the film.
And where screenings with additional elements take place.
Met Q&A's, Culture Wrap connect events, etc.
Culture
Here you will find everything about the culture in which the film's story takes place.
And links to more info.
Connect
Here you can find more about the communities and people you saw in the film and ways to connect with them.
Contribute
Here you will find links to projects in the cultures portrayed in the film, and you can contribute to them personally or financially.
You can also support the filmmakers with their next film.
Films previously supported by us
Chapter Aziz 2005
The story of the blind dervish Bab'Aziz and his lively granddaughter Ishtar. Together they wander through the desert, in search of a great gathering of dervishes that takes place only once every thirty years.
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The Band's Visit 2007
The eight Egyptian musicians of a police orchestra accidentally end up in a small village in the Negev Desert in Israel. Their performance was scheduled in another city, and without transport or a hotel, the band gets stranded at Dina's restaurant, who offers them lodging. Despite ethnic differences, the Egyptians find distraction and connection with the Israelis, driven by a shared melancholy.
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Bridge over the Wadi 2006
A group of Jewish and Arab parents establishes the first binational, bilingual school in an Arab village in Israel; the school's first year, a complex and fragile attempt at coexistence, is chronicled.
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More movies to follow
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