MENA 2019
A very successful year for MENA Film Festival and the first year MENA partners with VIFF. 2021 was a hybrid festival that saw some 978 audience viewers join us in-theatre and online.

2021 Festival in Numbers

7 Days • 35 Short Films • 5 Feature Films • 662 Attendees • 263 Online Attendees • 12 Partners • 17 Countries • 3 In-Person Events • 8 Online Q&As • 1 Art Exhibit

2019 Films
Yara
Drama
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Short
Feature
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101
 mins
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Window Horses
Animation
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Short
Feature
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89
 mins
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Second Home
Animation
 | 
Short
Feature
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6
 mins
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Gaza
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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94
 mins
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Wajd: Songs of Separation
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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87
 mins
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Sadika's Garden
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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28
 mins
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Shorts
From the
Phoenix Rising
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Origami
Iran
Drama
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Short
Feature
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14
 mins
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From the
Phoenix Rising
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
The School Bell
Iran
Animation
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Short
Feature
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4
 mins
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From the
The First Spark
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Tamouzi
Lebanon
Narrative
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Short
Feature
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13
 mins
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From the
Simmer
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Tallahassee
United States
Drama
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Short
Feature
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22
 mins
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From the
The First Spark
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
So What If the Goats Die
Morocco
France
Sci-fi
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Short
Feature
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23
 mins
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From the
Simmer
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Revolutionary Baby
United Kingdom
Morocco
Drama
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Short
Feature
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11
 mins
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From the
The First Spark
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Refuge
Canada
Sci-fi
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Short
Feature
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4
 mins
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From the
Simmer
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Persian Blue
Canada
Iran
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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12
 mins
Weaving memories of the past through the ancient craft of Persian textiles.
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From the
Memory Ignited
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
No Words
Yemen
Experimental
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Short
Feature
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6
 mins
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From the
Phoenix Rising
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Nicki
Iran
Drama
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Short
Feature
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19
 mins
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From the
Memory Ignited
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Musing in the Desert
Kuwait
Experimental
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Short
Feature
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8
 mins
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From the
The First Spark
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Mariam
Netherlands
Palestine
Animation
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Short
Feature
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5
 mins
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From the
Memory Ignited
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Jardins Paradise
Canada
Experimental
 | 
Short
Feature
 | 
5
 mins
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From the
Memory Ignited
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Irani Bag
Singapore
United Kingdom
Iran
Experimental
 | 
Short
Feature
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8
 mins
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From the
Engulfed
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Farewell at Silver Hill
Iran
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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20
 mins
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From the
Simmer
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Due to
Canada
Experimental
 | 
Short
Feature
 | 
3
 mins
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From the
Memory Ignited
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Don't Get Too Comfortable
Yemen
Experimental
 | 
Short
Feature
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9
 mins
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From the
Memory Ignited
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Don’t Forget the Water
Canada
Experimental
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Short
Feature
 | 
5
 mins
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From the
Engulfed
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Déraciné
Canada
Drama
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Short
Feature
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11
 mins
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From the
Engulfed
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Composing Freedom
Palestine
Netherlands
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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32
 mins
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From the
Memory Ignited
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Blue Veil
United States
Experimental
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Short
Feature
 | 
5
 mins
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From the
Memory Ignited
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Bibi Amir
United States
Experimental
 | 
Short
Feature
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13
 mins
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From the
Engulfed
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Baba
Canada
Drama
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Short
Feature
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15
 mins
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From the
Engulfed
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Ava
Iran
Germany
Drama
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Short
Feature
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26
 mins
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From the
Phoenix Rising
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Asal
Canada
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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12
 mins
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From the
Engulfed
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Al-Sit
Sudan
Qatar
Drama
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Short
Feature
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20
 mins
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From the
Phoenix Rising
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Aicha
Morocco
Drama
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Short
Feature
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21
 mins
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Ameer Fakher Eldin
Selcen Ergun
Othmane Saadouni
Jessica Beshir
Wisam Al Jafari
Saleh Saadi
Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Patricia Chica
Noor Gatih
Mohamed Ghazala
Rasha Amer
Jumana Manna
Daniela Stephan
Dina Amer
Andros Zins-Browne
Karthik Pandian
Sara Kaskas
Mohamad Sabbah
Murad Abu Eisheh
Farhiya Ahmed
Firas Abou Fakher
Daniel Habib
Tony El Ghazal
Sara Ben-Saud
ALESSANDRA EL CHANTI
Dania Bdeir
İlham Bakir
Mostafa Salehi Nezhad
Nadia Emam
Nadim Choufi
Nael Zaiti Ruelle
Francesco Di Gioia
Alireza Kazemipour
Ihsen Kammoun
Ghiath Al Mhitawi
Mona A.Shahi
Faiza Ambah
Myriam Amri
Margaux Fitoussi
Myriam Amri
Sara Sadik
Azadeh Navai
Nadia Shihab
Mohammad Hassan Yassaee
Leena Habiballa
MAHMUT TAŞ
Sara Bahramjahan
Mithra B. Alavi
Juman Tamimi
Marjan Hashemi
Ouijdane Khallid
Sofia Alaoui
Zakaria Nouri
Simone Bitton
Nisan Dağ
Niya Abdullahi
Delaram Majdzadeh
Ahmed Tarek Ragheb
Lily Ekimian Ragheb
Hasan Noori
Mehdi Mahaei
Rami Alzayer
Ali Dekmak
​​Darine Hotait
Javier Badillo
Sheherezade Amy El Moumni Berdai
Sina Sultani
Saman Haghighivand
Maysaa Almumin
Dana Durr
Beraat GOKKUS
Warren Sulatycky
Yza Nouiga
Maryam Tafakory
Daniel D Negatu
Yashar Kamizi
Mehdi Sahebdel
Shaima Al-Tamimi
Christina Hajjar
Sina Moazzenizadeh
Rolla Tahir
Sarah Vasen
Shireen Alihaji
Zelikha Shoja
Jay Kamal
Sasan Karimi
Sepideh Yadegar
Suzannah Mirghani
Mona Zandi Haghighi
Mariam Al-Dhubhani
Tim Webster
Eva Brownstein
Ako Zandkarimi
Saman Hosseinpuor
Daniel Jewel
Léa Carbogno
Negin Khazaee
Panahbarkhoda Rezaee
Sam Mohseni
Sarah Trad
Ethiopia
Serbia
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
United Arab Emirates
Algeria
Libya
Italy
Germany
Singapore
Morocco
Mexico
Switzerland
Yemen
United States
United Kingdom
Turkey
Tunisia
Syria
Sudan
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
Netherlands
Kuwait
Jordan
Israel
Iraq
Iran
France
Egypt
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