Aida Kaadan
Aida Kaadan (b. 1994) is a Palestinian filmmaker and writer based in Haifa. She studied Film Studies and Directing at the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television at Tel Aviv
University. Her debut short film Strawberry (2017) marked the beginning of a practice rooted in intimate storytelling. Her second short, Another Day Shall Come, expands this approach through a collective, voice-driven form. The project was showcased at Sheffield DocMarket, TIFF, IDFA developed through Aflam Residency, and received an award from FIDAcademy with La CinéFabrique in Lyon. Alongside her filmmaking practice, Kaadan is developing projects including a TV mini-series developed through the Doha Film Institute Series Lab (2024), and running a film club called 7th Art Club.
Another Day Shall Come
Directed by: Aida Kaadan
Produced by: Aida Kaadan
Country of Production: Palestine
Logline:
A portrait of suffocating Palestinians living in 48’ borders during Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. The film weaves together anonymous voice recordings, with present footage of historical Palestine, encapsulating 76 years of identity deprivation and alienation.
Synopsis:
As the genocide in Gaza unfolds, nearly two million Palestinians holding Israeli citizenship and living in historical Palestine find themselves confined within an intensifying imposed silence.
Since October 2023, words have grown dangerous, gestures increasingly restrained, and even the act of speaking carries serious political consequences. Within this suffocating reality, Aida, a Palestinian filmmaker, chooses to resist silence by listening. Through an open call, she reached out to Palestinians across the 1948 borders, inviting them to share their feeling, through anonymous voice messages. These recordings tell the story of 76 years of suffocation, highlighting what it feels like to mourn quietly and to live a life of alienation and fear. While hearing these voices, we follow the camera, wandering through streets, landscapes, and ordinary spaces heavy with violence and erasure - telling the little known reality of Palestinians living within Israeli society, on the verge of disappearance.
Looking for: Sales and distribution for my newest short film + co-production opportunities for my upcoming film
Waseem Khair
Waseem Khair is a Palestinian director, actor, and producer, and the CEO and founder of Nahwand Film (2015). He began his career in theatre in 2005, earning national and international recognition for his acting and directing. Transitioning to film, Khair directed and produced works including Throe (2015), 120 Km (2021) and Gaza Bride 17 (2025), while gaining experience as a location manager, assistant director, line producer, and production manager. His versatile skills have allowed him to contribute to films such as All That’s Left of You (2025) and Palestine 36 (2025), as well as television series and programs. Khair’s work reflects his passion for storytelling and the performing arts.
Nahwand Film is a dynamic production company founded in 2015, dedicated to creating impactful cinematic works with a strong artistic and social vision. The company focuses on independent, auteur-driven films and collaborates with visionary directors to develop and produce stories that resonate with both local and international audiences.
Committed to authenticity and creative excellence, Nahwand Film supports projects from early development through to distribution, with the aim of amplifying distinctive voices within the film industry.
Currently, Nahwand Film has three feature projects in development and one short film in pre-production.
Minus 40
Directed by: Waseem Khair
Produced by: Nahwand Film
Country of Production: Palestine
Looking for: Co-producers, Investors, Financing, Distribution
Logline:
The life of a taxi driver from Jerusalem takes an abrupt turn when his world is overturned by a tragic accident involving his wife. Determined to confront the brutality of fate and the solitude it brings, he embarks on a journey to create an alternative realm.
Synopsis:
Minus 40 is a psychological drama that explores loss and denial, reflecting the impact of grief under intense social and political pressure in Jerusalem.
Kamel, a taxi driver from Jerusalem in his fifties, loses his wife in a tragic car accident at an Israeli military checkpoint, which becomes a major security case. The Israeli authorities retain her body, preventing him from burying her and turning her loss into something abstract, as if her death has not yet become real. Deprived of farewell, Kamel retreats into denial, constructing an illusory world where she is still alive.
Within this imagined reality, Mariam returns to him, and Kamel lives as if nothing has changed, convincing himself he can protect his family and keep her by his side.
At the same time, his son Salim is accused of involvement in the security incident linked to his mother’s death and becomes wanted by the police. Salim’s ongoing escape places Kamel in a double conflict between his inner collapse and his urgent need to protect his son. He becomes a fragile shield, holding his family together while breaking apart inside.
As pressure intensifies, from police pursuit, work, and the threat of losing his home, Kamel’s constructed world begins to collapse, and Mariam suddenly disappears from it. Driven by panic, he searches for her, but gradually becomes aware of the reality he has been avoiding.
After losing everything, including his job and his home, and failing to protect his son, Kamel is finally forced to confront the truth, that his wife died eleven months earlier, while her body remains withheld by the authorities.
Dima Abu Ghoush
Dima Abu Ghoush is an award-winning Palestinian filmmaker. Dima made several documentaries that were shown on Arab and European TV channels and international film festivals. She holds an MA in Film & TV Production from the University of Bristol, and has been working in this field since 2004. Her latest film, EMWAS, won several prizes in festivals around the world.
