MENA 2020
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

2020 Films
In The Middle
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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14
 mins
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Until the last drop
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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20
 mins
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Tayybeh
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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9
 mins
A group of seven female Syrian refugees build new lives in Vancouver through their love of Syrian cuisine.
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Slaughter
Drama
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Short
Feature
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13
 mins
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London Arabia
Drama
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Short
Feature
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20
 mins
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The Land I'm Drowning In
Drama
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Short
Feature
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18
 mins
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Voice of Silence
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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60
 mins
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Poplife
Drama
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Short
Feature
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17
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Clench My Fists
Experimental
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Short
Feature
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6
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Barzakh
Experimental
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Short
Feature
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13
 mins
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Elephantbird
Drama
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Short
Feature
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15
 mins
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Toward You
Drama
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Short
Feature
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14
 mins
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Amphitheater
Experimental
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Short
Feature
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16
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Tetlalli: the place of stones
Experimental
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Short
Feature
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6
 mins
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A Few Flower Branches
Comedy
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Short
Feature
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29
 mins
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âbi
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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4
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Athaar
Experimental
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Short
Feature
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5
 mins
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Time to Rebuild AKA Wanabni
Experimental
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Short
Feature
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15
 mins
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paper GOD
Drama
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Short
Feature
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10
 mins
Hope and fantasy enfold this tale of childhood and becoming.
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My Dream Goes All the Way to Iran
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Short
Feature
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33
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Arab Blues
Drama
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Short
Feature
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5
 mins
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1982
Drama
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Short
Feature
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100
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Holy Land
Drama
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Short
Feature
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12
 mins
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Shorts
From the
Phoenix Rising
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Origami
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Experimental
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Short
Feature
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5
 mins
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From the
Memory Ignited
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Irani Bag
Experimental
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Short
Feature
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8
 mins
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From the
Engulfed
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Farewell at Silver Hill
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
Experimental
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Short
Feature
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3
 mins
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From the
Memory Ignited
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Don't Get Too Comfortable
Experimental
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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
Experimental
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Short
Feature
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5
 mins
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From the
Engulfed
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Déraciné
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
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
Experimental
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Short
Feature
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5
 mins
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From the
Memory Ignited
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Bibi Amir
Experimental
 | 
Short
Feature
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13
 mins
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From the
Engulfed
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Baba
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
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
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
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
Drama
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Short
Feature
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21
 mins
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