Shorts 6

The Seven Villages (2020)

Dir. Farah Abou Kharroub / 2020 / Documentary / 17 mins

Young filmmaker’s Farah Abou Kharroub’s insight into a dramatic family history which is not entirely over. Over the course of one video call, family members share their experiences as Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Their statements are accompanied by dynamic animation.

The Cup Reader (2013)

Dir. Suha Araj / 2013 / Drama / 12 mins

Warde, shamed as a young girl yet renowned in Palestine for her mystical seeing and matchmaking lives with her sister Jaleleh and reads the fortunes of her clients. Each woman has made or will make a choice between love and marriage, not having had the luxury of both.

Your Father Was Born 100 Years Old, and So Was the Nakba (2017)

Dir. Razan AlSalah / 2017 / Experimental / 7 mins

Oum Ameen, a Palestinian grandmother, returns to her hometown Haifa through Google Maps Streetview, today, the only way she can see Palestine.

Falafala (2019)

Dir. Mohammed Almughanni / 2019 / Documentary / 30 mins

In 1972, Abdul Alnajjar is flown in secret to Denmark to be the first child to receive a heart valve operation. But when the only link between Abdul and his family in Jordan is severed, his life takes a different direction.

The Bomb (2018)

Dir. Dima Hamdan / 2018 / Drama / 21 mins

Wasim and his mother haven't been getting along for a while. When the police ask them to evacuate their home in Berlin for one night to excavate a World War II bomb that's been discovered in the area, more feelings of anger and hurt come to the surface.

Strange Cities are Familiar (2019)

Dir. Saeed Taji Farouky / 2019 / Drama / 21 mins

Ashraf has been a political refugee in London for some 30 years, content with spending his days in his study or at his local social club. One day he receives a phone call from his friend in Palestine, telling him that his son Moataz has been fatally wounded in a protest. His friend pleads with Ashraf to return home.

Shorts 4

Ismail (2013)

Dir. Nora al-Sharif // 2013 // Drama // 28 Mins

Inspired by a day in the life of the famous and prolific Palestinian painter Ismail Shammout (1930-2006), Ismail depicts the evocative story of a young Palestinian artist struggling to survive and support his parents and young brother after their expulsion to a refugee camp in 1948 by the Israeli forces.

Area C (2018)

Dir. Salah Abu Nimah // 2018 // Drama // 10 mins

In the nearly two-thirds of the West Bank classified as ‘Area C’ under the Oslo Accords, which contains many of the Israeli settlements, Israel exclusively administers the area and severely limits Palestinian development. By contrast, Jewish settlements are allowed to flourish unchecked, and settlers run rampant over their Palestinian neighbors. Young Hussain tries to defend his house so he can stay there with his parents.

A Sketch of Manners (2013)

Dir. Jumana Manna // 2013 // Experimental // 12 mins

Alfred Roch, member of the Palestinian National League, is a politician with a bohemian panache. In 1942, at the height of WWII, he throws what will turn out to be the last masquerade in Palestine.

The Bomb (2018)

Dir. Dima Hamdan // 2018 // Drama // 21 mins

Wasim and his mother haven't been getting along for a while. When the police ask them to evacuate their home in Berlin for one night to excavate a World War II bomb that's been discovered in the area, more feelings of anger and hurt come to the surface.

Maradonna’s Legs (2019)

Firas Khoury // 2019 // Drama // 23 mins

During the 1990 World Cup, two young Palestinian boys are looking for “Maradona’s legs”; the last missing sticker that they need in order to complete their world cup album and win a free Atari.