Jordan, 1967. Thousands of refugees pour across the border from Palestine. Having been separated from his father, Tarek, 11, and his mother, Ghaydaa, are placed in “temporary” camps. Finding difficulty adjusting to life in the camps and longing to be reunited with his father, Tarek seeks a way out.

Calling the shots on the first feature ever directed by a Palestinian woman, Annemarie Jacir is nothing short of a pioneer in Arab cinema. This sophomore feature was Palestine’s official entry for the 2012 Oscars®: a delicate coming-of-age drama, and an insightful study of absence, exile, and war.