A City Without Love
2024 | 8mins | Egypt | ArabicHanan is a middle-class girl who lives in a city where showing any signs of love has become something hated […]
A Wedding Day
2023 | 23mins | France | FrenchThe peaceful summer of Jamel, a womaniser, changes dramaticaly as he finds out his ex is getting married.
Apoléon
2024 | 14mins | Egypt | FrenchAt the musée de l’Armée in Paris, there is a wing dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte’s campaign in Egypt. In this […]
Are you a rabbit?
2024 | 9mins | Egypt | ArabicA tense clash between a government school accountant and an art teacher erupts when he is abruptly expelled from his […]
Arzé
2024 | 93mins | Lebanon | ArabicTo find her stolen scooter, Arze drags her rebellious son on an adventurous journey across Beirut, navigating the city’s web […]
Aïcha
2025 | 123mins | France, Italy, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia | ArabicAya, thirty-year-old Tunisian, lives in Tozeur, a city in southern Tunisia, at the gates of the desert. Between social diktats, […]
Back to Alexandria
2024 | 95mins | Egypt, France, Switzerland | Arabic, FrenchAfter more than 20 years, Sue returns from Switzerland to her home country Egypt because her mother Fairouz is in […]
Baq’a The Open Valley
2024 | 13mins | Canada | Arabic, EnglishWhile struggling to understand his place as a second generation Jordanian – born Palestinian, Abood’s uncle returns from Canada with […]
Barzakh
2024 | 84mins | Tunisia | ArabicUnaware of the evil lurking around her, Farah makes the trip to the family farm to visit her uncle Rachid […]
Blood Ties
2024 | 18mins | France | FrenchA brother and a sister unable to confess a secret. A mother who blames them for their ingratitude and absence. […]
Bougainvillaea
2024 | 17mins | Egypt, Sudan | ArabicAmidst Sudan’s popular revolution in December 2018, a group of six women found themselves ensnared within the confines of oppression. […]
Catsaros
2025 | 22mins | Egypt | ArabicMofeed, a lonely young man, haunted by a sense of displacement in the modern world, discovers a mysterious connection to […]
Cinema Al-Amal
2024 | 11mins | Palestine | ArabicA nostalgic journey of reflection and rediscovery, where Mufeed revisits the abandoned cinema that was once full of life when […]
Co-Existence, My Ass
2025 | 95mins | France, United States | Arabic, English, HebrewComedian Noam Shuster Eliassi’s one-woman show tackles the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the struggle for equality, challenging audiences with uncomfortable truths […]
Dawn Every Day
2024 | 19mins | Egypt | ArabicSet in 1956, 8 year old Nabil navigates through new social norms he cannot fathom that impact his next door […]
Double Trouble
2025 | 6mins | Egypt | ArabicIn a bustling neighborhood, various residents go about their lives: young children play soccer, elderly men gather at the local […]
Ebb & Flow
2024 | 18mins | Lebanon | ArabicDetermined to have her first kiss, Loulwa defies her tumultuous world in search of normalcy. As she braves the streets […]
Eid
2024 | 12mins | Canada, Palestine | ArabicEid explores the impact of borders and restrictive laws on fundamental human rights, focusing on the right to grieve. The […]
Elefsina Notre Amour
2023 | 9mins | GreeceDeserted landscapes, ancient ruins and abandoned shipwrecks at sea. Elefsina’s archeological sites don’t come close to being as hauntingly beautiful […]
Fariha
2024 | 28mins | Yemen | ArabicFariha – a 70-year-old woman from Yemen – stepped out of the limelight of a burgeoning singing career in the […]
I Lay for You to Sleep
2024 | 14mins | Qatar | ArabicSurrounded by grief-stricken women who wash him with care, Ali’s soul drifts through glimpses of loved ones, spurring revelations that […]
I Love You More
2024 | 17mins | Netherlands | ArabicNour’s journey to recognition of her longing for her father and Syria, where she confronts loss and the emotional impact […]
I’ll Get Back To You
2024 | 8mins | Palestine | ArabicFor the first time in decades, an exile arrives in Palestine and enters his family home. His mission is to […]
If the sun drowned into an ocean of clouds
2023 | 20mins | France | ArabicBeirut, Lebanon. On the waterfront’s construction site, security agent Raed must prevent passing-by walkers from accessing the seaside. Yet as […]
Ihala
2024 | 15mins | Bahrain | ArabicTying memories and spiritual stories, the film envisions the Ihala as a mystic, spirit possessed object haunting the very space […]
Malika
2024 | 14mins | Saudi Arabia | ArabicSalma, a rebellious 8-year-old is sent to her room until dinnertime for cutting her bangs behind her mother’s back. Instead, […]
Mango
2024 | 22mins | Egypt | Arabic, EnglishDuring a hot August in Cairo, Nadia struggles to mourn her estranged father and his mango tree.
Mawtini (My Homeland)
2023 | 18mins | Canada | Arabic, EnglishTogether Nawal, a young Palestinian woman, and Tanya, an older Indigenous woman, start a guerrilla garden on the lawn of […]
Monumenting
2024 | 52mins | France | Arabic, English, FrenchAs monuments continue to be toppled, relocated and reassessed all over the world, this documentary takes us to Dubai, Kuwait […]
My Reason for Being
2023 | 17mins | Germany | Arabic, FrenchIn this intimate and emotional short documentary, a young French-Lebanese filmmaker has a heart-to-heart with her mother, Kawssar, as they […]
Möbius Loop
2024 | 19mins | United States | EnglishIn a race against time, a scientist seeks to perfect a mind-jumping time-travel program. Upon finding a VHS tape that […]
Nine Twelve
2025 | 28mins | EnglishThe days, months, and years after 9/11 followed by the consequences on the diaspora of Arabs through film and media.
On the edge of life, I saw a film
2023 | 22mins | Netherlands | Arabic, DutchThis poetic film takes us on an emotional journey of a girl contemplating death. Her jump from the edge allows […]
Perfumed with Mint
2024 | 113mins | Egypt, France, Qatar, Tunisia | ArabicAlaa is a 30-year-old doctor. In his clinic one day, he is visited by Mahdy, an old friend who needs […]
Retro
2024 | 16mins | Tunisia | ArabicAfter a retired teacher experiences a peculiar encounter, his life takes an unexpected turn when he starts to walk only […]
Sharshura
2025 | 38mins | Saudi Arabia | Arabic, EnglishDestiny leads Musa to explore his unusual ability to communicate with the world from everyone; therefore, he faces a personal […]
Sister Mother Lover Child
2023 | 18mins | Canada, United States | EnglishA sense of loss fills the house as several women busy themselves clearing the garden, preparing a meal, soothing a […]
Stitches
2024 | 12mins | Canada | EnglishA joyful dressmaker and his feisty niece defy a wedding dress ban by smuggling them as shisha (hookah) packing paper, […]
The Night of Abed
2024 | 13mins | Algeria | ArabicFrom a remote village in deep Algeria, a couple awaits the birth at high risk of their first child, Only […]
The Resilience of the Poppy
2024 | 40mins | Lebanon | ArabicThe Resilience of the Poppy dives into Lebanon’s stand-up comedy scene, where laughter is a survival mechanism, despite a backdrop […]
The Tree of Hell
2024 | 20mins | Lebanon | ArabicRaed discovers by chance that the beautiful tree growing in front of his house is one of the invasive trees […]
This Jungo Life
2024 | 77mins | Morocco | Arabic, English“THIS JUNGO LIFE” takes us deep inside the lives of young refugees and asylum seekers from Sudan and South Sudan, […]
Umm Salama The Matchmaker
2024 | 10mins | United Arab Emirates | ArabicAs Umm Salama finally persuades her stubborn daughter Salama to consider marriage, she embarks on a journey to find the […]
Wardah
2023 | 13mins | Jordan | ArabicA short documentary that sheds the light on the harsh conditions of domestic workers in Jordan through the story of […]
Who Loves the Sun
2024 | 19mins | Canada | ArabicIn war-torn northern Syria, Who Loves the Sun delves into the world of makeshift oil refineries and the stark realities […]
Ya Hanouni
2024 | 3mins | France | ArabicWhile the Mom and the Dad try to put their baby to sleep, a competition arises between them: who will […]