Walking Distance
One night Flouadi’s dreams are so intense he wakes up with no head, only to be replaced by a camera.
Shorts
The Butcher
Mimoun, an obstinate middle-aged Arab man, runs a once-profitable Halal butchery in an impoverished suburb of Paris.
Without Words
In a small fishing village in northern Morocco, a woman offers the best present she can to a black African man that saved her husband from sinking one day.
Ecce Hommos
Full of enthusiasm and hope, a young Lebanese filmmaker, script in hand, knocks on the door of an international producer to pitch his film project.
Mohammad
A personal documentary into the life of a young boy who lives through the physical movement of Parkour.
Lesh Sabreen?
Two young lovers’ dreams for the future are thwarted in a socially conservative and Israeli-controlled community.
Arabian Nights Animation Collection
A world-first screening of contemporary Arab animated shorts to delight your senses and defy the Arab stories you know and the way you’re used to seeing them.
Home made Arab films, lost, but waiting to be found
Capturing tales of migration, adventure, pain and promise. A 10-minute segment of fascinating archival home movies will be screened with live oud performed by acclaimed local musician Mohamed Youssef
