The Journey

Sara (Zahraa Ghandour) has made the decision to weaponize her body in a suicide attack. But this becomes complicated after her intentions are discovered at the station by the fast-talking and flirtatious Salam (Ameer Ali Jabarah). Committed to going through with her plan, Sara takes Salam hostage, though the limits of her own agency soon come into question. Bound together in this state of fear and confusion, Sara and Salam are forced to examine their beliefs from radically opposite sides of politics and society. (Toronto International Film Festival)