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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Runtime: 
105
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Within The Sun
Sepideh Jamshidi Nejad
Iran
2025
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28
mins
Language: 
Farsi
In the blistering heat of a remote salt mine, six elderly women work seasonally, their hands weathered by years of labor and their resolve unshaken.
Who Loves The Sun
Arshia Shakiba
Canada
2024
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20
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.
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
Theo Panagopoulos
United Kingdom
2024
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17
mins
Language: 
Arabic, English
A Palestinian filmmaker reimagines a Scottish archive of Palestinian flowers.
This Dissonance
Christophe Katrib
Lebanon
United States
2024
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6
mins
Language: 
Arabic
of a homeland lost forever — and four women’s resistance to that loss.
Perishable Idol
Majid Al-Remaihi
France
Kuwait
Qatar
2024
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18
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.
Beneath Which Rivers Flow
Ali Yahya
Iraq
2025
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16
mins
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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