Omar is accustomed to slipping past surveillance as he crosses the separation wall to visit his secret love, Nadia. However, life in occupied Palestine knows neither a simple love nor a clear war. On the other side of the wall, the sensitive young baker Omar transforms into a freedom fighter, facing painful choices about his life and masculinity. When Omar is captured following a deadly act of resistance, he enters a cat-and-mouse game with the military police. Doubt and betrayal threaten the long-standing trust among childhood friends accomplices Amjad and Nadia, as well as Nadia’s militant brother Tarek. Omar's emotions begin to fracture rapidly, much like the Palestinian landscape.

After its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section, Omar has also garnered a nomination for Best International Feature Film at the 86th Academy Awards, along with numerous other accolades.