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Teresa

2010

Equatorial GuineaSpanish

1994: The Bloody Miracle · 2014

South Africa

The Seven Daughters · 1961

Egypt

The Beast · 1954

EgyptArabic

Banat Al-Lail · 1955

EgyptArabic

Abu Zeid el Hilali · 1947

Back Streets · 1974

The Man Who Sold the World · 2010

MoroccoArabic

Chivalrous Boys · 2010

EgyptArabic

Lawahez · 1957

EgyptArabic

The Parching Winds of Somalia

1984

SomaliaEnglish

A Place for Myself · 2017

RwandaKinyarwanda

Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen · 1983

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I'll Never Cry · 1957

EgyptArabic

The Cursed House · 1987

Egypt

The Price of Freedom · 1978

CameroonFrench

Aisha Can't Fly Away · 2025

EgyptArabic

God's Dream · 2025

MaliBambara

Miss Hanafi · 1954

EgyptArabic

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