Synopsis
الهدية
On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?
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The 2019–2021 Other Asia Window
The Present holds position #22 of 74 Other Asia films in the 2019–2021 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
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The 2020s Other Asia Landscape
2020 was the decade’s peak output year for Other Asia — 28 titles released, including The Present. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (79 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 27 other Other Asia films in 2020.
The 477th Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Audience Engagement
33 audience reviews — more than 79% of Other Asia films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 67th percentile among Other Asia films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Present, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- palestinian-israeli conflict · 5
- fridge · 1
- present · 1
- palestinian · 1
- palestine · 10
- border · 6
- family · 74
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #158 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (71st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Drama productions specifically: #119 of 356 (top 33%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Palestinian Territory, Qatar, United Kingdom |
| Original Language | Arabic |
| Spoken Languages | Arabic, English |
| Production Companies | Philistine Films, Native Liberty Productions, DFI |
| Runtime | 24m |
| Release Date | February 2, 2020 |
| IMDb | tt11474480 |
| Official Site | www.thepresentfilm.com |