 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Balsan akazozivikanwawo semutsigiri wemuArabic cinema. Akagadzira Elia Suleimans Divine Intervention 2003, iyo muna 2002 yakava firimu rekutanga rePalestine kutamba paCannes Film Festival. Yakasarudzwa nokuda kwePalme dOr uye pakupedzisira yakakunda Grand Jury Prize. Mugadziri akadzokera kuCannes muna 2004 naYussef Chahines Alexandria... New York 2004, firimu rake repfumbamwe nemutungamiriri weEgypt kubvira 1985s Adieu, Bonaparte. Balsan akapawo Gate of Sun 2004, firimu rake rechipiri naYousry Nasrallah, uyo akagadzirisa bhuku raElias Khoury. Nhetembo yacho yemaawa mana yakaratidzwa muOfficial Selection uye yakaratidza nhoroondo yePalestine kubva muna 1943 kusvika nhasi. Gare gare gore iroro, kugadzirwa kwaBalsan Le Grand Voyage 2004 kwakahwina mutungamiriri wayo, Moroccan émigré Ismaël Ferroukhi, mubairo wakanakisa wekutanga mutambo pa2004 Venice Film Festival. 