The 2013 Toronto International Film Festival writes: "Omar is a meditation on trust, friendship and loyalty. Ever since the concrete Separation Wall divided their West Bank town, childhood friends Omar, Amjad and Tarek must surreptitiously climb over the wall — risking their lives — just to hang out. Omar has an additional motive for dodging the punishing watch of the Israeli military and their bullets: He is in love with Nadia, Tarek's sister. He is saving his humble earnings as a baker until he is able to ask for her hand in marriage. When Rami, an Israeli military intelligence officer investigating the killing of an officer posted at a checkpoint, becomes aware of Omar's love for Nadia (a secret kept from her brother), he draws Omar into the hell of conflicted loyalties."