Whether as broad farce or documentary reportage, Iranian-born German director Ali Samadi Ahadi's films bridge cultural gaps. His versatile work ranges from the Austrian-German action spoof DIE MAMBA and the culture clash comedy “Salami Aleikum” to the animated documentary “The Green Wave” about protests after the 2009 Iranian elections and LOST CHILDREN (co-directed with Oliver Stoltz), a moving portrait of Ugandan child soldiers and other underage victims of the civil war between the Ugandan government forces and the Lord's Resistance Army.

Starring Julie Engelbrecht as Olga, Lara Sawalha as Alia, Karim Saleh as Rafik, Eyas Younis as Ariel Feldman, and Navid Navid as Jamal.