2022 Program
Special Features
Faya Dayi
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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118
 mins
Faya Dayi is a spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf that Sufi Muslims chewed for religious meditations – and Ethiopia’s most lucrative cash crop today.
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Broken Mirrors
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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118
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Broken Mirrors uses the choreographic piece "TELLES QUELLES / TELS QUELS" to express the point of view of today's Moroccan youth to the world.
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Snow and the Bear
Drama
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Short
Feature
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93
 mins
A young nurse begins a new assignment at a wintry, remote village when a man goes missing.
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The Stranger
Drama
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Short
Feature
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112
 mins
In the occupied Golan Heights, a desperate unlicensed doctor subverts his village's expectations when he accidentally encounters a wounded soldier from the war in Syria.
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Flee
Animation
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Short
Feature
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90
 mins
Flee tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband.
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Montréal Girls
Drama
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Short
Feature
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94
 mins
Ramy, a young Middle Eastern student who is off to Montréal to study medicine. There he meets his wild cousin Tamer who introduces him to the city's vibrant underground subcultures and thrilling nightlife.
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Foragers
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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65
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Foragers moves between documentary and action to depict the dramas between the Israeli Nature Protection Authority and Palestinian foragers.
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You Resemble Me
Drama
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Short
Feature
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90
 mins
Two sisters are abruptly separated, the eldest, Hasna, struggles to find her identity and place in the world.
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Shorts
From the
Collective Care
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
By the Sea
Drama
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Short
Feature
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12
 mins
Struggling with both the occupation and the pandemic, a woman left alone with her son insists on having a semblance of normalcy by baking a cake to mark a special occasion.
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Collective Care
Shorts Bundle
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A'lam
Drama
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Short
Feature
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25
 mins
Nassim visits his best friend May, before she moves to the United States. They spend their last night together in Jerusalem. The events of the night bring to surface the complexity of their friendship.
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From the
Generations
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Visions of Basra
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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5
 mins
And exploration of my mother’s fragmented memories of her homeland through her photographs, colours and words.
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From the
Futurisms
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
The Pyramid
Animation
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Short
Feature
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7
 mins
An ancient Egyptian tried to build an upside-down pyramid.
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From the
Futurisms
Shorts Bundle
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Osha
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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15
 mins
A mother (Aysha) and daughter (Osha) travel through the desert hunting with falcons, the traditional Emirati method that has been passed down through the generations.
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Generations
Shorts Bundle
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Mummy Blue
Drama
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Short
Feature
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11
 mins
Dina is caged in a claustrophobic London flat, torn between caring for her reeling mother, and escaping to a better life. Incapable of choosing, Dina loses sight of what’s real and what’s fantasy.
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From the
Geographies
Shorts Bundle
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When Beirut Was Beirut
Animation
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Short
Feature
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12
 mins
If these buildings could talk, what would they say? In this animated documentary, three of Beirut’s monumental buildings come to life and share their stories of Beirut’s unsettling history.
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From the
Futurisms
Shorts Bundle
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Warsha
Drama
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Short
Feature
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16
 mins
A Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut volunteers to cover a shift on one of the most dangerous cranes, where he is able to find his freedom.
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From the
Geographies
Shorts Bundle
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Voices and Locks
Drama
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Short
Feature
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20
 mins
Will childhood memories be able to solve the property conflict problem of two childhood friends who have been apart for forty years?
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From the
Systems of Power
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Three Songs Without Z
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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35
 mins
A suite of songs about a Syrian sculptor who carves stone, takes up arms, dances in the ruins of Homs, confesses on camera, and seeks official status.
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From the
Geographies
Shorts Bundle
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Three Meters and a Few Centimeters
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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18
 mins
In an Iranian city, Coronavirus has caused many deaths. According to the obligations of the religion, someone must wash the virus-infected dead bodies by hand.
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From the
Generations
Shorts Bundle
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There Are Lights
Drama
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Short
Feature
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13
 mins
An Egyptian teenager in Whitby is fascinated with the story of Dracula as an escape from her overbearing father. On Halloween night, the two finally have to confront their differences.
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From the
Generations
Shorts Bundle
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The Window
Drama
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Short
Feature
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16
 mins
A year after Beirut’s port explosion, Basma and Mariam reunite in their old bedroom. Surrounded by a view of the port’s remains, the two women attempt to resolve their shared trauma and broken relationship.
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Futurisms
Shorts Bundle
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The Sky Oscillates Between Eternity and Its Immediate Consequences
Animation
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Short
Feature
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18
 mins
Two protagonists narrate how the control, isolation, and exploitation of time including environmental life cycles, seasons, and organisms’ lifetimes form the blueprint to achieve sustainable closed worlds.
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From the
Geographies
Shorts Bundle
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The Land
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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27
 mins
'The Land' documents the uprising of the people of Bisri and activists from all of Lebanon against the construction of the dangerous dam leading up to the Bisri Valley's liberation.
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From the
Generations
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
The Foreign Land
Drama
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Short
Feature
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19
 mins
Farida is back in her father’s native Algeria for the first me since she was a child. She discovers her grandmother’s house in the middle of the countryside. When the night comes, her sleep is disturbed by an intruder.
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From the
Systems of Power
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Terra dei padri
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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11
 mins
This Libyan poet Fadil Hasin Ash-Shalmani, deported to Favignana Island between 1913 and 1920, gave us a rare testimony of an often forgotten historical fact described by his verses.
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From the
Collective Care
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Tala'Vision
Drama
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Short
Feature
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27
 mins
Trapped in a war ridden reality, with the hope of one day playing in the neighborhood’s football field, 8 year old Tala finds solace and freedom in a forbidden television.
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From the
Constellations
Shorts Bundle
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Split Ends
Drama
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Short
Feature
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14
 mins
A bald girl and a long-haired boy try to solve their Hijab problems with the Tehran Morality Police.
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From the
Systems of Power
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Road to EI Kef
Drama
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Short
Feature
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30
 mins
With his mother and brother gone, a vulnerable teenager living in northern Tunisia charts a path that threatens to tear apart what remains of his family.
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From the
Systems of Power
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Return
Drama
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Short
Feature
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17
 mins
Husam is on a 24 hour leave from the front to visit his family. A lump sits in his throat, while he is having breakfast with his mother: He wants to tell her how he really feels, that he is afraid of death.
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From the
Generations
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Red Fire
Animation
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Short
Feature
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11
 mins
In such an era that Darkness has shadowed the world, a flock of Red birds are looking for the "Red Fire" that according to an old myth is supposed to be the end of Darkness. But where is such fire?
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Collective Care
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Nour Shams
Drama
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Short
Feature
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26
 mins
When Shams’ only son enters a hip-hop competition, her vision of their future is turned upside down.
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From the
Constellations
Shorts Bundle
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My Father's Name
Drama
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Short
Feature
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12
 mins
A young man struggles to navigate the troubled relationship with his estranged father, and his father's other family.
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From the
Geographies
Shorts Bundle
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La Piscine
Experimental
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Short
Feature
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6
 mins
An afternoon of play under the sun in the greatest pool of all, the Mediterranean.
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From the
Futurisms
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Khtobtogone
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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16
 mins
Khtobtogone depicts the emotional roller-coasters of politics infused in Zine’s daily life, as a young French working-class man from the Maghrebi diaspora.
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It Gets Darker
Horror
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Short
Feature
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23
 mins
After feeling like a stranger in his own country, Firas, a nine-year-old Jordanian-Lebanese boy, goes to extreme lengths to finally fit in.
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From the
Generations
Shorts Bundle
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Ibn El Ballad
Comedy
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Short
Feature
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12
 mins
After feeling like a stranger in his own country, Firas, a nine-year-old Jordanian-Lebanese boy, goes to extreme lengths to finally fit in.
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Futurisms
Shorts Bundle
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I Am Not Racist, I Have a Black Friend
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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13
 mins
Young people of colour who grew up in predominantly white social circles reveal what it is like to embody the mythical figure of the «black friend».
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From the
Geographies
Shorts Bundle
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Gladiolus
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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5
 mins
An ode to a flower that once enjoyed prominence in Iranian culture, Gladiolus tells the story of its ubiquitous role in life’s important ceremonies and how it became a victim of its own popularity.
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From the
Generations
Shorts Bundle
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Echolocation
Experimental
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Short
Feature
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9
 mins
Oscillating between recorded voice messages and stacked photographs, Echolocation is a layered experiment exploring existence in the aftermath of change.
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From the
Geographies
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
Dog
Drama
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Short
Feature
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8
 mins
A mullah takes a trip in the desert and is faced with a dog which he considers unclean.
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From the
Geographies
Shorts Bundle
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Dead as a Dodo
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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5
 mins
Dead As A Dodo lays bare the settler colonial mythology at the heart of the popular narrative of the Dodo’s extinction.
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Futurisms
Shorts Bundle
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Cracked
Drama
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Short
Feature
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5
 mins
A little girl lives in a village with her mother where water sources are dwindling by the day. Drought effects her imagination, even her doodles and drawings.
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Futurisms
Shorts Bundle
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Childfree
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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35
 mins
This documentary represents the concern of Sara and those who have the same opinion about having children in this era of Iran.
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From the
Generations
Shorts Bundle
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Birds Fly Home
Drama
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Short
Feature
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16
 mins
When a young Arab-American woman returns to the United States after a year of attending college in Amman, Jordan, her American mother is shocked to learn that she has converted to Islam.
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From the
Generations
Shorts Bundle
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Beyond Exile
Drama
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Short
Feature
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25
 mins
The Israeli invasion on Gaza in May 2021 has left Nadine, a Palestinian graduate based in Ireland, feeling distressed after losing all means of communication with her family back home.
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From the
Generations
Shorts Bundle
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And I Was Left Behind
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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7
 mins
When I was a child, my grandmother would tell me stories of longing and loss of relatives during desert travels and sea voyages. Now I am an adult her words finally make sense to me.
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From the
Systems of Power
Shorts Bundle
Special Feature
A Winner
Drama
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Short
Feature
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20
 mins
Maryam is on the verge of a divorce when she realizes she's pregnant and cannot go through with it until the baby is born.
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From the
Collective Care
Shorts Bundle
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Tender Threads
Drama
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Short
Feature
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25
 mins
The routine of daily life between Radia and her mother generates an awful discomfort and becomes a major obstacle to Radia's emotional future and her relationship with her mother.
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From the
Constellations
Shorts Bundle
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Decades: Chaos Theory
Documentary
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Short
Feature
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6
 mins
In this poetic documentary, we meet characters in the pursuit of meaning, smoothly dissolving between different phases in life—a constructed tapestries of human behaviour in the depth of crisis.
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