FROM GROUND ZERO
FROM GROUND ZERO Palestine I 2024 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 2 Part 113 min From Ground Zero The untold stories from Gaza From Ground Zero" is a compelling project that brings together 22 short films created by talented filmmakers from Gaza. Launched...
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ANTIDOTE
ANTIDOTE Saudi Arabia I 2023 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 21 minSYNOPSIS The young boy Ali seeks the folk singer to record him with his father’s tape recorder. When the singer loses his voice after laryngeal surgery. Ali meets the singer with the...
GOODBYE JULIA
GOODBYE JULIA Sudan, Sweden, Germany, Saudi Arabia, France, Egypt I 2023 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 120 minSYNOPSISWracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage tries to make amends by...
I COME FROM THE SEA
I COME FROM THE SEA Lebanon I 2023 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 22 minSYNOPSIS Samar, Jude and Imad are 11-year-old school friends. Imad is shy and constantly anxious to fail, Jude is smart and spends his time playing. And Samar is a strong girl...
IT’S A SMALL WORLD
IT'S A SMALL WORLD Tunisia I 2023 I Arabic and French dialogue with English subtitles l 21 minSYNOPSIS They say that money can't buy happiness, but it can help. Wise or confused, our characters pursue money for various reason and using different methods. One...
INSHALLAH A BOY
INSHALLAH A BOY Jordan, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar | 2023 | Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 113 minSYNOPSIS After the sudden death of her husband, Nawal is struggling to cope with the upheaval in her life.However, her pain is soon compounded by the...
NIGHT COURIER
NIGHT COURIER Saudi Arabia | 2023 | Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 111 minSYNOPSIS In the heart of Riyadh, where desperation and opportunity collide, MANDOOB brings forth the gripping tale of Fahad Algadaani, a mentally fragile man racing against time...
HWJN
HWJN Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates | 2023 | Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 126 minSYNOPSIS Based on the best-selling Saudi fantasy novel by Ibraheem Abbas, Hwjn is set in a world where djinn have crossed a traditional barrier and are living...
THE BATTLE
THE BATTLE UAE I 2023 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 6 minSYNOPSIS A young boy utilises his computer gameplay to navigate the complex relationship between his parents - a mission with personal reasons and effects.International premiere Screening:...
I PROMISE YOU PARADISE
I PROMISE YOU PARADISE Egypt, France, Qatar I 2023 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 25 minSYNOPSIS Following a violent incident; Eissa a 17 years old African migrant in Egypt is in a quest against time to save his loved ones whatever it takes.Swedish...
FAREWELL
FAREWELL Syria I 2023 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 24 minSYNOPSIS Salma has vowed to take her dead brother's body back to their family home in another country, a perilous journey that requires several illegal border crossings and the dubious help...
THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES
THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt | 2023 | Arabic dialogue with Swedish subtitles l 97 minSYNOPSIS Young Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir wants to know why she only has one photograph from her childhood, and why the girl in the picture...
LADIES COFFEE
LADIES COFFEE UK I 2023 I Kurdish dialogue with Arabic and English subtitles l 10 minSYNOPSIS In typical Arab fashion and on the prowl for lady suitors, Roula invites Zeina and her daughter Reem over for an Arabic coffee matinee. When young Reem is encouraged to...
THE TEACHER
THE TEACHER United Kingdom, Palestine, Qatar | 2023 | Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 115 minSYNOPSIS A Palestinian school teacher (Saleh Bakri) struggles to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political resistance with his emotional support...
THE RED SEA MAKES ME …
THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY Germany, Jordan I 2023 I English, German and Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 21 minSYNOPSIS A haunted Ida travels to the liminal site of her partner’s disappearance in an attempt to feel his presence one last time and to...
LET US PLAY YESTERDAY
LET US PLAY YESTERDAY Egypt I 2023 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 19 minSYNOPSIS Sarah, a 14 years old girl, asks her strict nun of her missionary school to help her tightening her dress. The nun invites Sarah to her dormitory room, a place where no...
BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS
BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS Tunisia, Belgium, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Qatar | 2023 | Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 98 minSYNOPSIS After spending four years in jail, Rafeek takes his only son behind the mountains to show him an incredible find. ...
SALEEG
SALEEG Saudi Arabia, Sweden I 2023 I Arabic, Urdu, Tigrinya dialogue with English subtitles l 10 minSYNOPSIS A lonely grandmother living in a neighborhood full of strangers must confront her stubbornly independent nature when she accidentally causes a pot of...
SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN
SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN France, Egypt, Lebanon I 2023 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 15 minSYNOPSIS After sixty years of marriage, Elias and Christiane live together without actually living with each other. Elias’s disease has forced him into a solitary...
NIGHT COURIER
NIGHT COURIER Saudi Arabia | 2023 | Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 111 minSYNOPSIS In the heart of Riyadh, where desperation and opportunity collide, MANDOOB brings forth the gripping tale of Fahad Algadaani, a mentally fragile man racing against time...
YESTERDAY AFTER TOMORROW
YESTERDAY AFTER TOMORROW Saudi Arabia | 2023 | Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 120 minSYNOPSIS Two brothers who live with their widowed mother, find an old door that opens a portal to the past, to a time when their father was alive, The longer they stay...
The Guest Aleppo..
The Guest Aleppo Istanbul Jordan, Turkey I 2017 I Arabic dialogue with Swedish subtitles l 88 minThe film follows the journey of Lena and Meryem during their escape from the war in Syria. Ten-year-old girl Lena who has lost her family members in a war wends her...
TRANSIT
TRANSIT Iraq I 2023 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 16 minSYNOPSIS Yacoub works in the statistics department in a hospital. He answers the calls of the victim families who are asking about missing persons during the war. Occasionally, he gets...
FOUR DAUGHTERS
FOUR DAUGHTERS France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia | 2023 | Arabic dialogue with Swedish subtitles l 110 minSYNOPSIS The life of Olfa, a Tunisian woman and mother of 4 daughters, oscillates between light and shadow. One day, her two eldest daughters...
FIREWORKS
FIREWORKS Egypt | 2023 | Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 110 minSYNOPSIS Raouf, the illegitimate son of ruthless Egyptian arms dealer Salim Ahel, works in the shadows doing his father’s dirty work and hoping one day to be recognised as family....
UNDER THE SKY OF …
UNDER THE SKY OF DAMASCUS United States, Denmark, Germany, Syria | 2023 | Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 88 minSYNOPSIS Everyday life in Syria is not only marked by years of war but also by internalised misogyny and violence against women both within...
HAJJAN
HAJJAN Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan | 2023 | Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 117 minSYNOPSIS Hajjan is both an adventure story and a moving account of the deep bond that can develop between human and animal. Matar is the youngest child in a Saudi family...
BAGHDAD MESSI
BAGHDAD MESSI Belgium | 2023 | Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 88 minSYNOPSIS Iraq. Hamoudi (11) lives for football and his dream of being as outstanding as his hero Lionel Messi. One day, when he is unintentionally involved in an attack, he wakes up in...
SHORT FILM PACKAGE 1
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HWJN
HWJN Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates | 2023 | Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 126 minSYNOPSIS Based on the best-selling Saudi fantasy novel by Ibraheem Abbas, Hwjn is set in a world where djinn have crossed a traditional barrier and are living invisibly...
SHORT FILM PACKAGE 2
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YESTERDAY AFTER TOMORROW
YESTERDAY AFTER TOMORROW Saudi Arabia | 2023 | Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 120 minSYNOPSIS Two brothers who live with their widowed mother, find an old door that opens a portal to the past, to a time when their father was alive, The longer they stay...
THE BURDENED
THE BURDENED Yemen, Sudan, Saudi Arabia | 2023 | Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 91 minSYNOPSIS Aden, Southern Yemen. Isra’a and Ahmed put all their efforts into offering a normal life andeducation to their three young children. When they find out that...
SHORT FILM PACKAGE 3
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A NOSE AND THREE EYES
A NOSE AND THREE EYES Egypt, UAE | 2023 | Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 105 minSYNOPSIS An adaptation of the late Egyptian literary colossus Ihssan Abdoulkoudos’s novel of the same name, this charming film examines the life of a man torn between three...
THE POST READER
THE POST READER Iraq I 2023 I Kurdish dialogue with Arabic and English subtitles l 19 minSYNOPSIS In the heart of a remote village of Speyaw, located in the Ranya district of Sulaymaniyah province, unfolds a story that touches the souls of its simple...
WISHES FOR MY HEART
WISHES FOR MY HEART Egypt I 2023 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 20 minSYNOPSIS A Delivery boy’s life goes out of control suddenly while he is doing his routine work.World premiere Screening: April 25, 21:00 Panora 2 Buy your ticket here >>...
BYE BYE TIBERIAS
BYE BYE TIBERIAS France, Belgium, Palestine, Qatar | 2023 | French, Palestinian Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 82 minSYNOPSIS In her early twenties, Hiam Abbass left her native Palestinian village to follow her dream of becoming an actress in Europe,...
THE LAST POSTMEN
THE LAST POSTMEN Iraq | 2022 | Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 88 minSYNOPSIS The film's story is inspired by the story of French postman Joseph Ferdinand Cheval, who spent 33 years building his house and turning it into an architectural masterpiece in...
SALEEG
SALEEG Saudi Arabia, Sweden I 2023 I Arabic, Urdu, Tigrinya dialogue with English subtitles l 10 minSYNOPSIS A lonely grandmother living in a neighborhood full of strangers must confront her stubbornly independent nature when she accidentally causes a pot of...
HAJJAN
HAJJAN Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan | 2023 | Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 117 minSYNOPSIS Hajjan is both an adventure story and a moving account of the deep bond that can develop between human and animal. Matar is the youngest child in a Saudi family...
THE MENACE ….
THE MENACE FROM ABOVE Saudi Arabia I 2023 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 6 minIn the shallow waters of the Red Sea, a happy-go-lucky fish is forced to set out on a journey to save the sea creatures from the soulless monster before it kills all life...
THE BLUE CAFTAN
THE BLUE CAFTAN Morocco, France, Belgium, Denmark I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with Swedish subtitles l 118 minSynopsis Sensual and sensationally beautiful Cannes-awarded story about true craftsmanship, suppressed desire – and grand unconditional love in Moroccan medina....
FARHA
FARHA Jordan, Sweden, Saudi Arabia I 2021 I Arabic dialogue with Swedish subtitles l 92 minSynopsis Farha (14 years old) lives in a village in Palestine 1948. Girls her age are traditionally married, yet she dreams of continuing her education in the city with her best...
NEZOUH
NEZOUH UK, Syria, France I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 104 minSynopsis The film takes place during the Syrian conflict, when a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of -14year-old Zeina. As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the...
NEZOUH
NEZOUH UK, Syria, France I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 104 minSynopsis The film takes place during the Syrian conflict, when a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of -14year-old Zeina. As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the...
HANGING GARDENS
HANGING GARDENS Iraq, Palestine, Egypt, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 107 minSynopsis When a young Iraqi rubbish picker rescues an American sex doll from the Baghdad dumps, he crosses into a perilous red zone, where...
A SWING
A SWING Saudi Arabia I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 14 minSynopsis After the death of her father during his duty as a soldier in the southern border of Saudi Arabia , the quirky 10 year old Leen sets out to discover the secret behind the mystical...
ALMAZ
ALMAZ Sudan I 2022 I Tigrinya, Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 30 minSynopsis Annually millions of people leave their homes searching for a new life – 24-year old Eritrean Almaz is one of them. Eyes are set on the West she must first get smuggled out of...
LES CHENILLES
LES CHENILLES France I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 30 minSynopsis Asma and Sarah, two women originally from the Levant, find themselves working in the same restaurant in the city of Lyon in France. Both bear the weight of a home they were forced to...
NEZOUH
NEZOUH UK, Syria, France I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 104 minSynopsis The film takes place during the Syrian conflict, when a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of -14year-old Zeina. As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the...
FILM WITH KIDS WORKSHOP
FILM WITH KIDS WORKSHOP Before the film you and your kids will enjoy workshop with wafaa suleiman Wafaa Ahmed Suleiman, a former professor at the Faculty of Education, Damascus University, an educational researcher and trainer in the field of early childhood,...
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HEROIC BODIES
HEROIC BODIES Sudan I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 95 minSynopsis Sudanese women were robbed of the rights to their own bodies throughout the modern ages enduring brutal and unfathomable forms of oppression. “Heroic Bodies” explore the various forms...
200 METERS
200 METERS Palestine, Jordan, Qatar, Italy, Sweden I 2020 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 96 minSynopses Mustafa and his wife Salwa live 200 meters apart in villages separated by the wall. One day Mustafa receives the call every parent dreads: his son has...
ART EXHIBITION
ART EXHIBITION BY HUDA AL-KAZWINE During this year's edition of Arab Women Film Days, a visual artist Huda Al-Kazwine will present an art exhibition, she will present artworks that in various ways relate to the Arab woman and the society that surrounds her....
FILM WITH KIDS WORKSHOP
FILM WITH KIDS WORKSHOPBefore the film you and your kids will enjoy workshop with wafaa suleiman Wafaa Ahmed Suleiman, a former professor at the Faculty of Education, Damascus University, an educational researcher and trainer in the field of early childhood,...
A SWING
A SWING Saudi Arabia I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 14 minSynopsis After the death of her father during his duty as a soldier in the southern border of Saudi Arabia , the quirky 10 year old Leen sets out to discover the secret behind the mystical...
ALMAZ
ALMAZ Sudan I 2022 I Tigrinya, Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 30 minSynopsis Annually millions of people leave their homes searching for a new life – 24-year old Eritrean Almaz is one of them. Eyes are set on the West she must first get smuggled out of...
LES CHENILLES
LES CHENILLES France I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 30 minSynopsis Asma and Sarah, two women originally from the Levant, find themselves working in the same restaurant in the city of Lyon in France. Both bear the weight of a home they were forced to...
SHORT FILM PACKAGE
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MEDITERRANEAN FEVER
MEDITERRANEAN FEVER Palestine, Germany, France, Cyprus and Qatar I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with Swedish subtitles l 108 minSynopsis Waleed (40) lives in Haifa with his wife and children and dreams of a writing career while suffering from chronic depression. He develops...
NEZOUH
NEZOUH UK, Syria, France I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 104 minSynopsis The film takes place during the Syrian conflict, when a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of -14year-old Zeina. As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the...
HEROIC BODIES
HEROIC BODIES Sudan I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 95 minSynopsis Sudanese women were robbed of the rights to their own bodies throughout the modern ages enduring brutal and unfathomable forms of oppression. “Heroic Bodies” explore the various forms...
ALL ROADS LEAD..
ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME Lebanon I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 88 minSynopsis Hadi is a famous Lebanese actor in his thirties. He is experimenting an existential crisis. His problems are related to the mediocrity in filmmaking, to the...
MEDITERRANEAN FEVER
MEDITERRANEAN FEVER Palestine, Germany, France, Cyprus and Qatar I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with Swedish subtitles l 108 minSynopsis Waleed (40) lives in Haifa with his wife and children and dreams of a writing career while suffering from chronic depression. He...
FIRAS FITS IN
FIRAS FITS IN Qatar, Jordan, Lebanon, Canada I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 12 minSynopsis Firas, a Jordanian-Lebanese nine-year-old visits Jordan for the first time in nine years to renew his passport. After constantly feeling like a stranger...
RIVERBED
RIVERBED Lebanon I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 80 minSynopsis Riverbed tells the story of Salma and her returning daughter Thuraya, andtheir attempt to preserve, maintain and reconstruct their lives with and against each other. Salma...
HEROIC BODIES
HEROIC BODIES Sudan I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 95 minSynopsis Sudanese women were robbed of the rights to their own bodies throughout the modern ages enduring brutal and unfathomable forms of oppression. “Heroic Bodies” explore the various...
QUEENS
QUEENS France, Belgium, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 85 minSynopsis Casablanca, Morocco. A trio of women with the police on their tail embarks on a long escape that takes them across the rugged red terrain and...
A SUMMER IN BOUJAD
A SUMMER IN BOUJAD Morocco, France, Belgium I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 80 minSynopsis Seven years after the death of his mother, Karim, thirteen years old, has left Paris to go back to Morocco with his father Messaoud, who has remarried....
VALLEY ROAD
VALLEY ROAD Saudi Arabia I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 110 minSynopsis In the late ’90s, in the mountains of Saudi Arabia, in Alwadi village, A disabled kid (Ali) goes on a road trip into the valley with his father (Nassir), who thinks that...
SEARCHING FOR..
SEARCHING FOR THREE THOUSAND EGYPTIAN POUND Egypt I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 20 minSynopsis After finding out that his favorite artist is having a concert in his hometown Cairo, A young boy is hellbent on attending but he can’t afford to...
THE LAST QUEEN
THE LAST QUEEN Algeria, France, Taiwan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 113 minSynopsis Algeria, 1516. The pirate Aruj Barbarossa frees Algiers from the tyranny of the Spanish and seizes power over the kingdom. Rumor has it...
HYPHEN
HYPHEN Lebanon I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 95 minSynopsis When Nicole reveals to her childhood friend and cousin, Reine, that she’s been addicted to heroin since she was 13, they decide to document Nicole’s rehab journey. Hyphen follows the...
NEZOUH
NEZOUH UK, Syria, France I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 104 minSynopsis The film takes place during the Syrian conflict, when a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of -14year-old Zeina. As a result, she sleeps for the first time under...
APY BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH
APY BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH Sweden I 2022 I Swedish dialogue with English subtitles l 63 minSynopsis This is a testimony that describes how during 19 days of respiratory care, documentary filmmaker Mehdi Saleki fought for his life against the coronavirus. From...
ALHAMOUR H.A
ALHAMOUR H.A Saudi Arabia I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 120 minSynopsis HAMOUR H.A is a true rag-to-riches story inspired by true events. Set in the early 2000s, the film follows Hamed, a security guard looking for a way to make a living in a...
THREE PROMISES
THREE PROMISES Palestine, USA I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 60 minSynopsis Through the director’s mother’s lens we explore the dual stories of a mother navigating the impossible choice of whether to take her family away from home amidst...
ALL ROADS LEAD..
ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME Lebanon I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 88 minSynopsis Hadi is a famous Lebanese actor in his thirties. He is experimenting an existential crisis. His problems are related to the mediocrity in filmmaking, to the...
RAVEN SONG
RAVEN SONG Saudi Arabia I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 109 minSynopsis Nasser, an unexceptional washout, is diagnosed with a brain tumor when he meets an enigmatic and peculiar young woman. Infatuated by her and sick of being a failure, he...
HANGING GARDENS
HANGING GARDENS Iraq, Palestine, Egypt, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 107 minSynopsis When a young Iraqi rubbish picker rescues an American sex doll from the Baghdad dumps, he crosses into a perilous red zone,...
THE OLD SCHOOL
THE OLD SCHOOL Saudi Arabia I 2023 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 14 minSynopsis After being away from a currency headquarters for months, Battal begins his work, only to find himself in conflict with a modern work environment and a condition that...
THE GRAND SECRET ..
THE GRAND SECRET OF BARSEEM Saudi Arabia I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 8 minSynopsis Barseem tries to get a job. During the interview, his grand secret hinders him. Nordic premiere Screening: May 1, 20:00 Panora 2 Buy your ticket here...
KOORA
KOORA Saudi Arabia I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 15 minSynopsis In one of Riyadh’s rural neighborhoods, two kids sneak in one of the neighbors’ houses; Abo Naif, while he was out to try and get their ball back, as one of the kids get in the...
SHORTS FROM SAUDI
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MOEZ THE END..
MOEZ THE END OF THE TUNNEL Tunisia I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 85 minSynopsis Moez, a young man like there can be many. He is 25 years old, he lives with his mother and his little sister in a disreputable district of Tunis. Moez...
ABED
ABED Jordan I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 10 minSynopsis The story of the child "Abed" who works with his father in a restaurant, the father treats him cruelly and forces him to go at midnight to buy him a pack of cigarettes, Abed must face...
BYSTANDER
BYSTANDER Lebanon,Qatar I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 13 minSynopsis When Saddam Hussein is captured, Malik's family decides to move back to Iraq from Sweden. Upon arriving Malik starts experiencing the same feeling of foreignness as he did...
MY GIRL FRIEND
MY GIRL FRIEND Egypt I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 17 minSynopsis Desperate for intimacy, Ali follows his girlfriend's suggestion that puts their relationship to the test. The plan unfolds unexpectedly when gender roles become blurred...
MY MOTHER’S HAND
MY MOTHER’S HAND Iraq I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 13 minSynopsis Ahmad is a 12 year old boy from Mosul,Ahmad and his father live in a partially demolished house, Ahmad works with a group of his peer to support himself and his father by...
PALESTINE 87
PALESTINE 87 Palestine I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 14 minSynopsis During the First Intifada, Atef is chased by the Israeli army and finds himself trapped in an entrance of a house. The owner, an old lady, hides him in her bath. Atef is...
TORN
TORN Denmark, Sweden, Jordan I 2022 I Swedish, Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 28 minSynopsis When Saddam Hussein is captured, Malik's family decides to move back to Iraq from Sweden. Upon arriving Malik starts experiencing the same feeling of...
SHORT FILM PACKAGE 1
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UNDER THE FIG TREES
UNDER THE FIG TREES Tunisia, France, Switzerland, Germany, Qatar I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 92 minSynopsis Taking place over the course of a day, UNDER THE FIG TREES presents an intergenerational dialogue between a group of teens and older...
ALMAZ
ALMAZ Sudan I 2022 I Tigrinya, Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 30 minSynopsis Annually millions of people leave their homes searching for a new life – 24-year old Eritrean Almaz is one of them. Eyes are set on the West she must first get smuggled out of...
A PROPOSAL
A PROPOSAL Qatar I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 12 minSynopsis Nasser, a young Qatari man, dreams of marrying his American fiancé. However, marriages between Qataris and non-Qataris must first be reviewed by a special department before...
FLESH AND BLOOD
FLESH AND BLOOD Tunisia, Lebanon I 2023 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 19 minSynopsis Victim of a rape by her young neighbor, the life of Donia, 19 years old, changes the day when she realizes that she is pregnant. She has only one goal, to abort...
LES CHENILLES
LES CHENILLES France I 2022 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 30 minSynopsis Asma and Sarah, two women originally from the Levant, find themselves working in the same restaurant in the city of Lyon in France. Both bear the weight of a home they were...