For 11-year-old Vrej, life in his homeland Artsakh is like a paradise, but when war starts again, can he carry a nation’s hopes on his young shoulders?
The Poem We Sang
Annie Sakkab
Experimental
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Short
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21
mins
The Poem We Sang is a deeply personal and fiercely nostalgic journey that delves into love, longing, the trauma of forced migration, and the loss of a family home in Palestine.
Ibn El Ballad
Tony El Ghazal
Comedy
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Short
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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.
Tala'Vision
Murad Abu Eisheh
Drama
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Short
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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.
Birds Fly Home
Mithra B. Alavi
Drama
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Short
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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.