2021 Festival — MENA Film Festival

MENA 2021

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

Special Features

Roads of Ithriyah

Drama

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Short

Feature

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75

mins

The Lost Pen

Drama

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Short

Feature

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14

mins

Jasmin Road

Narrative

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Short

Feature

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132

mins

Harem

Documentary

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Short

Feature

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19

mins

African Violet

Drama

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Short

Feature

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93

mins

Shorts

Special Feature

Origami

Drama

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Short

Feature

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14

mins

Special Feature

The School Bell

Animation

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Short

Feature

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4

mins

The First Spark

Special Feature

Tamouzi

Narrative

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Short

Feature

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13

mins

Special Feature

Tallahassee

Drama

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Short

Feature

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22

mins

The First Spark

Special Feature

So What If the Goats Die

Sci-fi

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Short

Feature

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23

mins

Special Feature

Revolutionary Baby

Drama

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Short

Feature

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11

mins

The First Spark

Special Feature

Refuge

Sci-fi

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Short

Feature

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4

mins

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.

Special Feature

No Words

Experimental

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Short

Feature

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6

mins

Special Feature

Nicki

Drama

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Short

Feature

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19

mins

Special Feature

Musing in the Desert

Experimental

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Short

Feature

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8

mins

The First Spark

Special Feature

Mariam

Animation

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Short

Feature

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5

mins

Special Feature

Jardins Paradise

Experimental

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Short

Feature

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5

mins

Special Feature

Irani Bag

Experimental

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Short

Feature

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8

mins

Special Feature

Farewell at Silver Hill

Documentary

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Short

Feature

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20

mins

Special Feature

Due to

Experimental

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Short

Feature

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3

mins

Special Feature

Don't Get Too Comfortable

Experimental

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Short

Feature

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9

mins

Special Feature

Don’t Forget the Water

Experimental

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Short

Feature

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5

mins

Special Feature

Déraciné

Drama

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Short

Feature

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11

mins

Special Feature

Composing Freedom

Documentary

|

Short

Feature

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32

mins

Special Feature

Blue Veil

Experimental

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Short

Feature

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5

mins

Special Feature

Bibi Amir

Experimental

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Short

Feature

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13

mins

Special Feature

Baba

Drama

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Short

Feature

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15

mins

Special Feature

Ava

Drama

|

Short

Feature

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26

mins

Special Feature

Asal

Documentary

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Short

Feature

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12

mins

Special Feature

Al-Sit

Drama

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Short

Feature

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20

mins

Special Feature

Aicha

Drama

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Short

Feature

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21

mins

Ameer Fakher Eldin

Othmane Saadouni

Wisam Al Jafari

Jonas Poher Rasmussen

Mohamed Ghazala

Daniela Stephan

Andros Zins-Browne

Karthik Pandian

Murad Abu Eisheh

Firas Abou Fakher

ALESSANDRA EL CHANTI

Mostafa Salehi Nezhad

Nael Zaiti Ruelle

Francesco Di Gioia

Alireza Kazemipour

Ghiath Al Mhitawi

Margaux Fitoussi

Mohammad Hassan Yassaee

Leena Habiballa

Sara Bahramjahan

Mithra B. Alavi

Ouijdane Khallid

Delaram Majdzadeh

Ahmed Tarek Ragheb

Lily Ekimian Ragheb

Sheherezade Amy El Moumni Berdai

Saman Haghighivand

Warren Sulatycky

Maryam Tafakory

Daniel D Negatu

Shaima Al-Tamimi

Christina Hajjar

Sina Moazzenizadeh

Shireen Alihaji

Sepideh Yadegar

Suzannah Mirghani

Mona Zandi Haghighi

Mariam Al-Dhubhani

Saman Hosseinpuor

Panahbarkhoda Rezaee