A lifeguard&nbsp;in his late 60s from the Palestinian National Rescue Team-North District who seems to be highly dedicated to his&nbsp;job watches over the beaches of the sea, until we realise he is simply sitting on a rooftop overlooking the apartheid wall.

Another Sea Behind Another Wall

Looking for friendship in a new country, Nader (Anas Hasan), a Palestinian international student, moves in with two chauvinistic bros who exploit him for rent money and social currency during a wave of pro-Palestinian campus protests. Hoping to fit in, Nader invents a girlfriend named "Cynthia" (Megan Tracz), who gradually becomes a warped projection of Nader’s insecurities as a foreigner. As fantasy and reality blur, he must decide whether to end the illusion or keep clinging to the only 'person' who values him. Based on a short story by Saeed Teebi from his acclaimed book "Her First Palestinian," NADER’S GIRL is a darkly funny and sometimes disturbing exploration of masculinity, assimilation and performative allyship.

Nader's Girl

A lonely international student creates an imaginary girlfriend to impress his roommates – then struggles to let her go.

A trans, Chilean-Palestinian refugee embarks on a journey towards finding safety and belonging, while reconnecting with the roots of their intergenerational displacement.

Transerrante

Yaqoub Al-Natsheh (Abu Waheed) has worked with glass since he was a child; his family’s glassmaking history can be traced back to the 13th century. Each family in the trade used to have its own traditional recipe, but since Israel carved up the West Bank with its illegal apartheid wall, traditional recipes were replaced by melting down recycled glass into raw material. Abu Waheed’s studio is located 50 feet from the Ibrahimi Mosque, where in 1994 a Jewish American settler massacred 29 Palestinian men during morning prayer. Since then 900 illegal Jewish settlers have moved into the heart of Hebron, protected by a thousand occupation soldiers and their checkpoints, where Palestinians experience daily violence and intimidation as they try to live their lives in their own city. I filmed Abu Waheed with my friend Fadi in May 2022 and as we parted ways Fadi told me “I think things are going to be OK." The next morning, his journalist cousin Shireen Abu Akleh was deliberately targeted and killed by an occupation sniper, despite wearing her high-visibility press uniform. The title You May Laugh at Me a Little refers to an expression Abu Waheed used as he described his work process: Now the designs,you may laugh at me a little...The shape comes to my mindmostly when I'm back home,and I’m about to fall asleep.I have a cup of coffee and a cigarette,and think about what I shall make the following day. The next day at the furnace,I begin to shape what I imagined.

You May Laugh at Me a Little

You May Laugh at Me a Little is a film about a glassblower in Hebron—a place historically known for glass and ceramics production, which shaped the city’s economy for centuries. In 2022 I filmed the last glassblower in Hebron’s Old City during a typical work day in his studio.

Homegrown Shorts: Another Sea Behind Another Wall, Nader's Girl, Transerrante, You May Laugh at Me a Little

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