Shorts Film Collection
* Available Globally *
Starts: May 27
Time: 6pm Eastern Time
A still from Pacific |
Pacific
Country: Belgium, Lebanon Director: Angie Obeid Length: 23 mins Synopsis: Whenever I walk through the dark reddish hallways to reach my apartment, whenever I would look out of my windows and dive into that expended view of the city of Brussels, unusual feelings would emerge. Until the day I read an article about my building PACIFIC, entitled "the suicide tower”. |
A still from Foam (Ecume)
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Foam (Ecume)
Countries: Canada Director: Omar Elhamy Length: 28 mins Synopsis: The car repair shop is their second home and their colleagues are like family. Everyone has their quirks and is accepted for the way they are. But then comes the bad news: they are soon to be squeezed out by a more lucrative new building project. How should they respond? How can they support each other? A buddy film about life’s little and larger transformations, about social class and solidarity, captured in sensitively telling images. |
A still from The Girls Who Burned the Night
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The Girls Who Burnt The Night
Countries: Saudi Arabia Director: Sara Mesfer Length: 24 mins Synopsis: In an engagement night, a denied request pushes two sisters to their edge. Salsabel, a 13 years old Saudi girl who fights to go to the grocery shop in a city where it’s socially unacceptable experiences hardship in her relationship with her older sister Wasan who the fear of the night’s darkness and refuses to go. Later that day, the two sisters find a way to their desires by burning the night. |
A still from Clench Your Fists
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Clench Your Fists
Countries: United States Director: Sarah Trad Length: 6 mins Synopsis: A found-footage collage video that explores the process of growing up in an Arab family deeply affected by death and grief. “Clench My Fists” is part of a series of work focusing on not only decolonizing Imperialist Western understandings of the Middle East but to also show the beauty of the artist’s heritage, outside the context of her family. |
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And The Night Will Carry Us
Countries: Tunisia Director: Koudhai Amine Length: 11 mins Synopsis: A dog walks at night. |
A still from And The Night Will Carry Us
