Nature Lovers

It is impossible to talk about love and the MENA/SWANA region without referencing our relationship to the land. These films are love letters to the landscapes affected by western intervention, focusing on the communities that inhabit them. This program is for cinematography enthusiasts and our team describes this bundle as meditative and beautiful.

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Beneath Which Rivers Flow

Ali Yahya

Iraq

2025

Drama

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Language:

no language

In the marshlands of southern Iraq, Ibrahim faces an environmental collapse that endangers his way of life and his only companion, a buffalo.

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Perishable Idol

Majid Al-Remaihi

France

Kuwait

Qatar

2024

Documentary

mins

Language:

Arabic

As the blue sky meets the surrounding seas, the native-turned-archeologist Hassan Al-Failakawy returns to his abandoned island of Failaka, off the coast of Kuwait, after decades of displacement.

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The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing

Theo Panagopoulos

United Kingdom

2024

Documentary

mins

Language:

Arabic, English

A Palestinian filmmaker reimagines a Scottish archive of Palestinian flowers.

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This Dissonance

Christophe Katrib

Lebanon

United States

2024

Experimental

mins

Language:

Arabic

American landscapes roll ominously while Palestinian and Lebanese voices permeate with poetry, hope, and pain.

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Who Loves The Sun

Arshia Shakiba

Canada

Syria

2024

Documentary

mins

Language:

Arabic

In war-torn northern Syria, Who Loves the Sun delves into the world of makeshift oil refineries and the stark realities of life within this post-apocalyptic landscape.