Self Care

This one’s for the baddies, pioneers and survivors, who understand that self care is not just a consumer act, but sometimes a dedicated practice of overcoming. Subjects of each film address challenges to their wellbeing or dreams head-on, even as they face transphobia, sexism, chronic health disabilities, trauma and violence. These films explore what it means to truly be comfortable with oneself as we face adversity from outside and within. MENA staff describe this bundle as powerful.

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Runtime: 
94
 mins
I Told You So
Malak AlSayyad
Egypt
United States
2024
26
mins
Language: 
Arabic, English
An intimate exploration of navigating life and love with chronic pain, while battling dismissive doctors, a skeptical mother, and that relentless inner voice telling you that it's all in your head.
Fariha
Badr Yousef
Qatar
Yemen
2024
27
mins
Language: 
Arabic
When Fariha, a 70-year-old singer from Yemen, meets young filmmaker Badr, the two embark on a journey to relaunch Fariha's long-lost singing career.
Ezda
Halime Akturk
Canada
2024
13
mins
Language: 
English, Kurdish
A Yazidi survivor of ISIS’s genocide recounts her three-year captivity, and attempts to come to terms with her trauma while forging a new path for herself and her children in Canada.
Ever Since, I Have Been Flying
Aylin Gökmen
Switzerland
2023
18
mins
Language: 
Kurdish, Turkish
A poetic immersion into a man’s memory, where realities are merging.
Aleya
Omar Abogabal
Egypt
Germany
2024
10
mins
Language: 
Arabic
After her transition, a trans woman from Cairo rebuilds her life in Berlin while navigating family rejection, profound loss, and the psychological turbulence of becoming herself.
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