Film Programme 2022

The theme of the 1st Short Films programme is related to paternal figures, and familial drama, be it stories of love, unity or revenge.

The theme of the 2nd Short Films programme is related to their protagonists and the difficulties of the challenges they face, the circumstances and the unforeseeable situations by trying to fit in.

The theme of the 3rd Short Films programme explores places and themes; ones that evolved, ones that no longer exist and others that are engraved in its inhabitant’s hearts. The 3rd programme reflects stories told by the walls, the doors, and the streets that belong to those cities.

The relationship of two teenage sisters in one of Egypt's Nile Delta cities, one of them holds a secret life in the virtual world.

Soula, a young single mother, is rejected by her family. She finds herself caught up in a spiral of violence. Along the roads and through unfortunate encounters in a stunning journey, she heads towards her inevitable destiny.

Arnaud is my little brother. One day I realised that he had grown up. He was born where people have no choices and he is trying to be what he should have been... Free.

Amel is released from prison after an adulterous affair. In the violent streets of Tunis, she seeks her missing son Moumen, a young football player destroyed by the scandal.

Suspended wives, are women left behind by their husbands, they are not married neither divorced.

Once an Iraqi soldier, Nassif Falak found his safe haven in a cinema during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s. Impacted by a particular film, Falak develops the dream of becoming an actor.