2025 FESTIVAL

FILM GUIDE

A City Without Love

A City Without Love

2024 | 8mins | Egypt | Arabic
Hanan is a middle-class girl who lives in a city where showing any signs of love has become something hated […]

Apoléon

Apoléon

2024 | 14mins | Egypt | French
At the musée de l’Armée in Paris, there is a wing dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte’s campaign in Egypt. In this […]

Aïcha

Aïcha

2025 | 123mins | France, Italy, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia | Arabic
Aya, thirty-year-old Tunisian, lives in Tozeur, a city in southern Tunisia, at the gates of the desert. Between social diktats, […]

Barzakh

Barzakh

2024 | 84mins | Tunisia | Arabic
Unaware of the evil lurking around her, Farah makes the trip to the family farm to visit her uncle Rachid […]

Catsaros

Catsaros

2025 | 22mins | Egypt | Arabic
Mofeed, a lonely young man, haunted by a sense of displacement in the modern world, discovers a mysterious connection to […]

Dawn Every Day

Dawn Every Day

2024 | 19mins | Egypt | Arabic
Set in 1956, 8 year old Nabil navigates through new social norms he cannot fathom that impact his next door […]

Eid

Eid

2024 | 12mins | Canada, Palestine | Arabic
Eid explores the impact of borders and restrictive laws on fundamental human rights, focusing on the right to grieve. The […]

I Lay for You to Sleep

I Lay for You to Sleep

2024 | 14mins | Qatar | Arabic
Surrounded by grief-stricken women who wash him with care, Ali’s soul drifts through glimpses of loved ones, spurring revelations that […]

If the sun drowned into an ocean of clouds

If the sun drowned into an ocean of clouds

2023 | 20mins | France | Arabic
Beirut, Lebanon. On the waterfront’s construction site, security agent Raed must prevent passing-by walkers from accessing the seaside. Yet as […]

Mango

Mango

2024 | 22mins | Egypt | Arabic, English
During a hot August in Cairo, Nadia struggles to mourn her estranged father and his mango tree.

Monumenting

Monumenting

2024 | 52mins | France | Arabic, English, French
As monuments continue to be toppled, relocated and reassessed all over the world, this documentary takes us to Dubai, Kuwait […]

Möbius Loop

Möbius Loop

2024 | 19mins | United States | English
In a race against time, a scientist seeks to perfect a mind-jumping time-travel program. Upon finding a VHS tape that […]

Perfumed with Mint

Perfumed with Mint

2024 | 113mins | Egypt, France, Qatar, Tunisia | Arabic
Alaa is a 30-year-old doctor. In his clinic one day, he is visited by Mahdy, an old friend who needs […]

Sharshura

Sharshura

2025 | 38mins | Saudi Arabia | Arabic, English
Destiny leads Musa to explore his unusual ability to communicate with the world from everyone; therefore, he faces a personal […]

Stitches

Stitches

2024 | 12mins | Canada | English
A joyful dressmaker and his feisty niece defy a wedding dress ban by smuggling them as shisha (hookah) packing paper, […]

The Night of Abed

The Night of Abed

2024 | 13mins | Algeria | Arabic
From a remote village in deep Algeria, a couple awaits the birth at high risk of their first child, Only […]

This Jungo Life

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, […]

Who Loves the Sun

Who Loves the Sun

2024 | 19mins | Canada | Arabic
In war-torn northern Syria, Who Loves the Sun delves into the world of makeshift oil refineries and the stark realities […]

A Wedding Day

A Wedding Day

2023 | 23mins | France | French
The peaceful summer of Jamel, a womaniser, changes dramaticaly as he finds out his ex is getting married.

Are you a rabbit?

Are you a rabbit?

2024 | 9mins | Egypt | Arabic
A tense clash between a government school accountant and an art teacher erupts when he is abruptly expelled from his […]

Back to Alexandria

Back to Alexandria

2024 | 95mins | Egypt, France, Switzerland | Arabic, French
After more than 20 years, Sue returns from Switzerland to her home country Egypt because her mother Fairouz is in […]

Blood Ties

Blood Ties

2024 | 18mins | France | French
A brother and a sister unable to confess a secret. A mother who blames them for their ingratitude and absence. […]

Cinema Al-Amal

Cinema Al-Amal

2024 | 11mins | Palestine | Arabic
A nostalgic journey of reflection and rediscovery, where Mufeed revisits the abandoned cinema that was once full of life when […]

Double Trouble

Double Trouble

2025 | 6mins | Egypt | Arabic
In a bustling neighborhood, various residents go about their lives: young children play soccer, elderly men gather at the local […]

Elefsina Notre Amour

Elefsina Notre Amour

2023 | 9mins | Greece
Deserted landscapes, ancient ruins and abandoned shipwrecks at sea. Elefsina’s archeological sites don’t come close to being as hauntingly beautiful […]

I Love You More

I Love You More

2024 | 17mins | Netherlands | Arabic
Nour’s journey to recognition of her longing for her father and Syria, where she confronts loss and the emotional impact […]

Ihala

Ihala

2024 | 15mins | Bahrain | Arabic
Tying memories and spiritual stories, the film envisions the Ihala as a mystic, spirit possessed object haunting the very space […]

Mawtini (My Homeland)

Mawtini (My Homeland)

2023 | 18mins | Canada | Arabic, English
Together Nawal, a young Palestinian woman, and Tanya, an older Indigenous woman, start a guerrilla garden on the lawn of […]

My Reason for Being

My Reason for Being

2023 | 17mins | Germany | Arabic, French
In this intimate and emotional short documentary, a young French-Lebanese filmmaker has a heart-to-heart with her mother, Kawssar, as they […]

Nine Twelve

Nine Twelve

2025 | 28mins | English
The days, months, and years after 9/11 followed by the consequences on the diaspora of Arabs through film and media.

Retro

Retro

2024 | 16mins | Tunisia | Arabic
After a retired teacher experiences a peculiar encounter, his life takes an unexpected turn when he starts to walk only […]

Sister Mother Lover Child

Sister Mother Lover Child

2023 | 18mins | Canada, United States | English
A sense of loss fills the house as several women busy themselves clearing the garden, preparing a meal, soothing a […]

Talisman

Talisman

2024 | 6mins | Iraq | Arabic
In a village in central Iraq, Sabreen, (20y.o), lives a life full of psychological and social pressures due to her […]

The Resilience of the Poppy

The Resilience of the Poppy

2024 | 40mins | Lebanon | Arabic
The Resilience of the Poppy dives into Lebanon’s stand-up comedy scene, where laughter is a survival mechanism, despite a backdrop […]

Umm Salama The Matchmaker

Umm Salama The Matchmaker

2024 | 10mins | United Arab Emirates | Arabic
As Umm Salama finally persuades her stubborn daughter Salama to consider marriage, she embarks on a journey to find the […]

Ya Hanouni

Ya Hanouni

2024 | 3mins | France | Arabic
While the Mom and the Dad try to put their baby to sleep, a competition arises between them: who will […]

Abgad Hawaz

Abgad Hawaz

2024 | 1mins | Canada | Arabic
Learn how to pronounce the Arabic Alphabet in 28 easy steps! Direct animation, laser-printing, and synthetic/animated sound.

Arzé

Arzé

2024 | 93mins | Lebanon | Arabic
To find her stolen scooter, Arze drags her rebellious son on an adventurous journey across Beirut, navigating the city’s web […]

Baq’a The Open Valley

Baq’a The Open Valley

2024 | 13mins | Canada | Arabic, English
While struggling to understand his place as a second generation Jordanian – born Palestinian, Abood’s uncle returns from Canada with […]

Bougainvillaea

Bougainvillaea

2024 | 17mins | Egypt, Sudan | Arabic
Amidst Sudan’s popular revolution in December 2018, a group of six women found themselves ensnared within the confines of oppression. […]

Co-Existence, My Ass

Co-Existence, My Ass

2025 | 95mins | France, United States | Arabic, English, Hebrew
Comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi’s one-woman show tackles the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the struggle for equality, challenging audiences with uncomfortable truths […]

Ebb & Flow

Ebb & Flow

2024 | 18mins | Lebanon | Arabic
Determined to have her first kiss, Loulwa defies her tumultuous world in search of normalcy. As she braves the streets […]

Fariha

Fariha

2024 | 28mins | Yemen | Arabic
Fariha – a 70-year-old woman from Yemen – stepped out of the limelight of a burgeoning singing career in the […]

I’ll Get Back To You

I’ll Get Back To You

2024 | 8mins | Palestine | Arabic
For the first time in decades, an exile arrives in Palestine and enters his family home. His mission is to […]

Malika

Malika

2024 | 14mins | Saudi Arabia | Arabic
Salma, a rebellious 8-year-old is sent to her room until dinnertime for cutting her bangs behind her mother’s back. Instead, […]

Milk Brothers

Milk Brothers

2024 | 19mins | Morocco | Arabic
A young single mother sees the boundaries blurring between breastfeeding and maternal instinct under the eyes of Ghali, her son, […]

My memory is full of ghosts

My memory is full of ghosts

2024 | 74mins | Syria | Arabic
A visual elegy depicting life amidst the destruction and disfigurement that befell the city of Homs during the Syrian war. […]

On the edge of life, I saw a film

On the edge of life, I saw a film

2023 | 22mins | Netherlands | Arabic, Dutch
This poetic film takes us on an emotional journey of a girl contemplating death. Her jump from the edge allows […]

Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo

Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo

2025 | 105mins | Egypt | Arabic
The story follows Hassan and his dog, Rambo, as they embark on a quest to save Rambo from Hassan’s vengeful […]

Soft Coos of Forgotten Neighbors

Soft Coos of Forgotten Neighbors

2024 | 10mins | Egypt | Arabic
In the suburbs of Cairo, Ahmed, a former groundskeeper, hides in the second-floor pigeon loft of his unaware employer. As […]

The Chant

The Chant

2024 | 20mins | Jordan | Arabic
The chant is a jordanian short film, it follows three neighbors from different age groups that interconnect with each other […]

The Tree of Hell

The Tree of Hell

2024 | 20mins | Lebanon | Arabic
Raed discovers by chance that the beautiful tree growing in front of his house is one of the invasive trees […]

Wardah

Wardah

2023 | 13mins | Jordan | Arabic
A short documentary that sheds the light on the harsh conditions of domestic workers in Jordan through the story of […]