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THE SEVEN VILLAGES
THE SEVEN VILLAGES Czech Republic, Lebanon I 2020 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 17 minWorld premiere A conversation over video call between Farah, who recently moved to Prague, and her grandmother, living in Lebanon; they talk about their fate as...
VOID CHRONICLE
VOID CHRONICLE Lebanon I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 23 minNordic premiere An 18-year-old guy is preparing to commit suicide. On the night of his suicide, the powerful bond that he shares with his sick aunt comes to an end. CAST &...
SHORTS PACKAGE 2
SHORT FILMS PACKAGE 2 Screening: October 10th21:00 Panora 2
THE UNKNOWN SAINT
THE UNKNOWN SAINT Morocco, France, Qatar I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 100 minSwedish premiere Amine steals a big bag of money and escapes into the hills with the police hot on his trail. Before he is arrested, he digs a grave to bury the...
YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY
YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY Sudan, France, Egypt, Germany, Norway, Qatar I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 105 minSwedish premiere Sudan. When Muzamil was born, a prophecy by the village holy man predicted that he would die at 20 years old. Muzamil’s...
LET’S TALK
LET'S TALK Egypt I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 95 minSwedish premiere A mother and her daughter explore together the trajectory of four generations of women from their family, an Egyptian family from the Levant where life and cinema have...
3 LOGICAL EXITS
3 LOGICAL EXITS Lebanon, Denmark, UK I 2020 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 14 minSwedish premiere A sociological meditation on the different “exits” that young Palestinians choose, in order to cope with life in the refugee camps. CAST &...
AS YOU CAN SEE
AS YOU CAN SEE Egypt I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 8 minSwedish premiere Can the lines in a hand hold stories? What memories do the grooves store? Ghada invites her mother to reflect on her life while taking us on a poetic exploration into...
BARAKAT
BARAKAT Lebanon I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 14 minSwedish premiere People hold the memory of their cities, and vice versa. After-war modern Beirut and its inhabitants have lost their mutual anchorage, leading to a relationship between the...
KOSMOS
KOSMOS Tunisia I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 20 minNordic premiere In a loud city full of movement and blinded by noise, an old cobbler witnesses the end of a civilization. CAST & CREDITSDirector: Zied Ben ChaabaneWriter: Zied Ben...
OME
OME Lebanon, Qatar I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 17 minSwedish premiere Nine-year-old Elias, an active churchgoer preparing for his first communion, tests his faith following the unexpected death of his mother. Naive and desperate to have her...
THE TRAP
THE TRAP Egypt, Germany I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 20 minNordic premiere In the peculiar set up of a deserted and run-down Egyptian seaside resort in wintertime, a young unmarried couple arrives to make love. The power dynamic between them...
THIS IS MY NIGHT
THIS IS MY NIGHT Egypt I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 17 minA poor lady decides to enjoy a day out with her son who has Down’s syndrome. She heads to upscale Cairo to enjoy some ice-cream but is instead faced by great adversity. Despite this, she...
WHEN WE’RE BORN
WHEN WE'RE BORN Egypt I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 110 min Nordic premiere Our life paths are influenced by the circumstances we are born into. This film presents the separate stories of three different characters who face personal...
SHORTS PACKAGE 3
SHORT FILMS PACKAGE 3 Screening: October 11th18:45 Panora 2
TO BAGHDAD
TO BAGHDAD Iraq I 2020 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 105 minInternational premiere As Muhannad’s father suffers a severe heart attack, Muhannad finds himself unable to help and provide a helping hand to his family. Muhannad falls into the net of a...
BEIRUT TERMINUS
BEIRUT TERMINUS Lebanon, UAE I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 94 minNordic premiere Traveling through the shattered railway across the abandoned train stations of Lebanon, “Beirut Terminus” conducts an investigation and analysis of a fragmented...
CYCLE OF APPLES
CYCLE OF APPLES Canada, Saudi Arabia I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 16 minSet on a Disney-esque island populated by obedient princesses, a fairy-tale gone wrong unfolds. Snow White forms a friendship with a talking ram, but fearing that death...
MISS
MISS Algeria I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 12 minA little girl and only child in a village wandering in the middle of the Sahara, inventing games in a dying oasis. Director: Amira Géhanne KhalfallahWriter: Amira Géhanne KhalfallahDOP: Eva...
MODERATELY SAT…
MODERATELY SATISFIED United Arab Emirates I 2018 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 13 minWhen visiting her terminally ill mother for the first time in months, an estranged daughter finds new answers about her relationship with the bitter mother, while...
PICK ME UP
PICK ME UP Lebanon I 2018 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 15 min Nordic premiere Sally, in her early twenties and part of the production team in a shoot, finally gets the chance to participate in a scriptwriting competition with a quickly approaching...
SHORTS PACKAGE 4
SHORT FILMS PACKAGE 4 Screening: October 12th14:30 Panora 1
PROCLAIMED MU…
PROCLAIMED MURDER Syria I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 15 min Nordic premiere Proclaimed Murder tackles the issue of domestic, social, media and political violence practiced against women since their childhood, through the nightmares of a...
WEDDING DRESS
WEDDING DRESS Egypt I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 7 minNordic premiere A young, unmarried woman in her early thirties works in a wedding dress atelier. While working on a wedding dress for a client, things take another turn and she suddenly...
YELLOW
YELLOW Egypt I 2020 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 14 minWorld premiere A woman goes to nurse her father who is sick with Alzheimer. Sadly he is not able to remember her, so she merely introduces herself as his new nurse. We get to see the daughter’s...
MATARES
MATARES Algeria I 2019 I Arabic and French dialogue with English subtitles l 90 minEight-year old Mona is in the Algerian coastal city of Tipasa where she sells floral wreaths to earn money to pay the human traffickers who will take her to Europe. Ten-year old...
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