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Opening with the harrowing 2000 press footage of Palestinian boy Mohamad al-Durra’s death in his father’s arms, Eliane Raheb’s film becomes both witness and participant. Her camera travels through Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt, tracing the lives of countless “young Mohamads” - children forced to grow up too soon in a world shaped by the intifada. As the journey unfolds, the filmmaker’s quest becomes deeply personal, prompting her to reflect on her place within the Arab world and to question her relationship with Palestine.

Trouble arises in a northern Moroccan village when an illiterate soccer coach mistakenly purchases jerseys with the slogan "Jerusalem, capital of Israel."

In 1956, a young boy named Feris Abou Shaaya teased his crush, Abir, while she was hanging clothes in nature, using a little girl to steal her cloth. Little did he know that their time together would be tragically cut short when she was killed in an earthquake. It's my grandfather, he vividly recalls his last moment of youth with my grandmother through his poignant poetry.

An animated film tells the story of Omar, a child of Palestinian origin who was born and raised in the United States and holds American citizenship. His father sends him to Jerusalem, the city his family migrated from after the Deir Yassin massacre. Omar expects this trip to be enjoyable, as he looks forward to visiting his relatives, including his cousin Amjad, and spending time exploring ancient landmarks. However, upon arriving in Jerusalem, he finds a completely different reality. (Source ok-toons.com)

An intimate and moving short documentary where a young Franco-Lebanese director has a heartfelt exchange with her mother, Kawssar, as they spend time together in her late grandmother's house. In a space now filled with nostalgia and emptiness, Kawssar recounts how Lebanon's civil war drove her into exile and how she had to cope with the loss of family members, all the while poring over her mother's diaries. A transgenerational story, Mon Raison d'Être explores grief, loneliness and motherhood, lifting the veil on things left unsaid. A delicate journey of a filmmaker and her mother, struggling within their own relationship and ultimately trying to heal together.

Installation video "No Politics At the Dining Table" emerges as a visual response to a literary text and a question posed by Palestinian writer Mourid Barghouti. Through a semiotic, phenomenological lens the work explores the dining table as a symbolic site of power, control, and negotiation- acting as a microcosm of family dynamic and a metaphor for global power structures.

A diary documenting the life of a Syrian family in times when the revolution shifts into a civil war, and the dramatic circumstances they face when the oldest son is called to join the state army.

Five different people experience life-changing moments that shift their lives over different routes. They live in a state of permanent waiting - for dreams and a sense of purpose. Some of them wait out of hope and optimism, while others wait out of despair.

Maher, seven years old, walks around the neighbourhood and watches other children playing with their sheep. He is the only child not to have one and his friend laughs at him… He takes refuge in his mother's arms and she is also frustrated in the face of her neighbours and complains to her husband. But how can you find a sheep when you don't have enough money ?

Saad is in kindergarten, a sweet and innocent child. When Dania joins his class, he falls in love at first sight, discovering feelings he didn’t know it was possible to have. Love turns Saad’s little life upside down. He can't concentrate, eat, or do any of his regular day-to-day activities. He tries to understand why this is happening, asking his father about what these feelings mean, but the response doesn’t answer any of his questions. Finally, he decides to give his beloved his most prized possession: his chewing gum. Is this what love is all about?

A Hasan Marih movie - A disobedient son

During the quarantine period at the beginning of the pandemic, "Yasser" deals with his anxiety and questions by reconsidering his surroundings

On a journey to explore the complex connection between memories and the present, Salem revisits his mother’s legacy through a cactus plant.