This documentary shorts program focuses on the work of women directors and the stories of women throughout the Arab World. From a look at the tragedy of the 2020 Beirut Explosion, to a heartfelt letter to one woman's grandfather and her heritage, to a powerful mother and daughter falconeering duo breaking stereotypes in the desert, these films showcase the incredible talent and tenacity of women on both sides of the camera.
This program includes the following films:
Struck (Lebanon) dir. Sarah Kaskas
Ain't No Time For Women (Canada, Tunisia) dir. Sarra El Abed
An Evening with Laila (Kuwait) dir. Haya Alghanim
Don't Get Too Comfortable (Yemen) dir. Shaima Al Tamimi
I Bit My Tongue (Algeria) dir. Nina Khada
Osha (United Arab Emirates) dir. Rasha Amer
Co-presented by International Documentary Association (IDA)
‘Don’t Get Too Comfortable’ is a heartfelt introspective letter to my deceased grandfather. The letter questions the continuous pattern of movement amongst Yemenis in diaspora. The film fuses archival photographs, sourced footage, parallax animation, abstract videos to create an audio visual body of work that calls attention to the collective feeling of statelessness and sense of being felt by Yemeni (or non-Yemeni) migrants.
About the filmmaker:
Shaima Al-Tamimi is a Yemeni-East African visual storyteller based in the GCC . Her work explores themes such as migration, identity, and culinary culture through introspection and a deeply-rooted documentary approach. Using photography, film, audio and writing as mediums, she merges historical and family archives with present-day portraits and visuals to create vivid narratives. Challenging mainstream and linear notions of identity, her work offers unique perspectives into the lives of her subjects and calls for a more nuanced understanding of native experiences.
- Year2021
- Runtime9 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Swahili, Arabic
- CountryYemen, Kenya, United States, Qatar, United Arab Emirates
- DirectorShaima Al-Tamimi
- ProducerMayar Hamdan
- CinematographerShaima Al-Tamimi
- EditorMayar Hamdan
- AnimatorMayar Hamdan
- Sound DesignNadim Maalouf
This documentary shorts program focuses on the work of women directors and the stories of women throughout the Arab World. From a look at the tragedy of the 2020 Beirut Explosion, to a heartfelt letter to one woman's grandfather and her heritage, to a powerful mother and daughter falconeering duo breaking stereotypes in the desert, these films showcase the incredible talent and tenacity of women on both sides of the camera.
This program includes the following films:
Struck (Lebanon) dir. Sarah Kaskas
Ain't No Time For Women (Canada, Tunisia) dir. Sarra El Abed
An Evening with Laila (Kuwait) dir. Haya Alghanim
Don't Get Too Comfortable (Yemen) dir. Shaima Al Tamimi
I Bit My Tongue (Algeria) dir. Nina Khada
Osha (United Arab Emirates) dir. Rasha Amer
Co-presented by International Documentary Association (IDA)
‘Don’t Get Too Comfortable’ is a heartfelt introspective letter to my deceased grandfather. The letter questions the continuous pattern of movement amongst Yemenis in diaspora. The film fuses archival photographs, sourced footage, parallax animation, abstract videos to create an audio visual body of work that calls attention to the collective feeling of statelessness and sense of being felt by Yemeni (or non-Yemeni) migrants.
About the filmmaker:
Shaima Al-Tamimi is a Yemeni-East African visual storyteller based in the GCC . Her work explores themes such as migration, identity, and culinary culture through introspection and a deeply-rooted documentary approach. Using photography, film, audio and writing as mediums, she merges historical and family archives with present-day portraits and visuals to create vivid narratives. Challenging mainstream and linear notions of identity, her work offers unique perspectives into the lives of her subjects and calls for a more nuanced understanding of native experiences.
- Year2021
- Runtime9 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Swahili, Arabic
- CountryYemen, Kenya, United States, Qatar, United Arab Emirates
- DirectorShaima Al-Tamimi
- ProducerMayar Hamdan
- CinematographerShaima Al-Tamimi
- EditorMayar Hamdan
- AnimatorMayar Hamdan
- Sound DesignNadim Maalouf