Short Films

Powerful films for when time is short but truth matters.

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  • Maradona's Legs

    During the 1990 World Cup, two young Palestinian boys embark on a quest to find the last missing sticker needed to complete their album and win an Atari.

  • Exception

    When a leaked video of his lecture goes viral, a Palestinian professor faces a difficult choice.

  • The Present

    A father and his daughter set out to buy his wife a gift on their wedding anniversary, but are soon confronted by a military checkpoint.

  • Ya Hanouni

    While trying to put their baby to sleep, two parents engage in a playful competition to get their baby to say their first word.

  • Like Twenty Impossibles

    When a Palestinian film crew on their way to Jerusalem gets stopped at a checkpoint, they leave their cameras rolling to capture what happens next.

  • Bonboné

    With her husband detained in a high-security Israeli prison, a Palestinian woman crafts a daring plan to turn their no-contact visit into a chance for conception.

  • The Key

    Based on a short story of the same name, this thriller follows an Israeli settler family whose equilibrium crumbles as a mysterious sound haunts their nights.

  • My Gaza Online

    Over five years in Norway, a Palestinian filmmaker finds the internet is his sole means to connect with loved ones in Gaza, capturing their struggles from afar.

  • Haneen

    An elderly woman stuck in the past meets a mischevious neighborhood boy.

  • Henet Ward

    A Sudanese henna artist based in Egypt travels to Giza with her daughter to prepare a bride for her wedding when tensions suddenly escalate between the women.

  • Maqluba

    As Jamal prepares for his wedding, hallucinations of his late father keep finding their way into his consciousness.

  • I Am Palestine

    An evocative video collage of the Palestinian experience from director Suha Araj.

  • Pioneer High

    When a girl from Palestine moves to a Michigan high school in 1969, she disobeys the rules and unwittingly sparks a rebellion.

  • Trumpets in the Sky

    A young Syrian girl displaced in Lebanon returns from a day of potato-picking to find that her childhood has come to an end in this tale of war and sacrifice.

  • Kano 4

    A Syrian student injured by a missile fights to attend her graduation in this animated short.

  • Condom Lead

    A husband and wife yearn for intimacy but get constantly interrupted by the conditions around them in besieged Gaza.