Fadma: Even Ants Have Wings

An idealistic and passionate literature teacher in a suburban Brussels school becomes the target of intense hostility from students and colleagues tied to Islamic extremism when she chooses to help a teenage Muslim girl accused of homosexuality.

Writer, director, and journalist Jawad Rhalib presents a timely exploration of Muslim identity in relation to artistic expression and harmful stereotypes, through archival footage, interviews, and evocative performances.

Comedy about a muslim and how is (expected) to behave.

For Zahira, school offers a real chance to realize her dreams and to build a better life than her parents have had. Zahira dreams of becoming a teacher. But is dreaming enough to succeed?

Both the eco system and the local fisherman of Morocco are being suppressed by the big trawlers from foreign countries that rule the fishing business.

Hocine was born a boy and raised in a conservative family in Algeria. Today her name is Yasmine. Adil and Albéric were born in countries where homosexuality is punishable by prison, lynching, persecution, and death… They fled to Belgium and France seeking asylum. Thomas’ Spanish father dreamt of seeing his son married in a church. Ariane, a young feminist queer, refuses to submit to men’s diktats. They all share the same ambition: to no longer be invisible. Together, they try to overcome their fear and conquer places where they’ve never felt welcome before.