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Short Films


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Drawing the War

Animation about daily life during Lebanon’s many wars.

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I Desperately Need You

A portrait of Beirut. The city with no electricity.

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I Had a Dream Mom

One day, one night, rather, I had a dream; I recount it to my mother; she understands.

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Knowledge Does Not Precede Effort

A pleasant young woman going quietly mad one nightless Baltic summer at an old seaside cottage in a forest. She tells of the difficulty she's having in maintaining boundaries between her interior life and objective reality.

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Late

Dina is young and single. And pregnant. At the gynaecologist, she faces her worst fears.

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Lili

Abdel'al's new position as the Imam of a neighbourhood full of drug-takers is going to be a challenge, but so is the temptation of Lili. A film from the acclaimed director of The Yacoubian Building.

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On a Monday

An ordinary couple... A different day... A story about finding love... again. A married couple rediscover one another on a Monday.

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Shadi in the Beautiful Well

Shadi is an autistic boy living in the heart of a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. Shadi's neighbour taunts him with the theft of his pet dove. How will he get it back?

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The Deceased

Members of the family gather to mourn the death of a loved one.

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Two Hearts

A love song written after the events in the Middle East in 2006.