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EITR عطر
Grinding away at the inherited family business, Mohamed works tirelessly making sales of knock-off perfume while living as a knock-off version of his true self. Grappling with the recent loss of his father, his mother's anxious attempts to get him married and the shadow of his hidden Queer identity, Mohamed finds solace and connection in a day spent with a beautiful stranger who lives in self-acceptance and sees Mohamed for who he truly is under the many layers of polo-sport-adjacent cologne.
Neo Nahda
Mona, a young woman in London, finds archived photographs of Arab women cross-dressing in the 1920s. Somewhere between her fantasies and reality, she starts a feverish journey of uncovering lost histories and her own identity.
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Cousins
Two cousins born in separate countries reunite in Brooklyn when a run-in with an ex makes the night even more chaotic.
When There Were Trees
When There Were Trees underlies the following themes: death, regrets and sexual identity in modern Iran. My film will seek an answer for what happen in a traditional and religious society that suppresses its individuals to conform with social norms and deny their own identity, someone falls in love with the same sex.
Sahbety / My Girl Friend
Desperate for intimacy, Ali follows his girlfriend’s suggestion that puts their relationship to the test. The plan unfolds unexpectedly when gender roles become blurred.
The Landmarks of Memory
A tattoo ritual and hookah session memorializes a pre-war flower shop in Beirut.
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Grinding away at the inherited family business, Mohamed works tirelessly making sales of knock-off perfume, while living as a knock-off version of his true self. His doting mother Marwa brings him lunch everyday and sets up chay dates with potential romantic interests (and their families) what seems like every night. Inside this monotony, Mohamed is lying to himself about his sexuality and leaning into the mask of masculinity in order to maintain the expectations of those around him. But in reality the biggest expectations of how he should be are set by himself. Then the monotony comes to a screeching halt, when an unexpected charming customer enters his shop. Mohamed shares a connection with this beautiful stranger who lives in self acceptance and who truly sees him underneath the many layers of cologne. In Eitr, Mohamed’s fear of his true desires will be tested as he is caught off guard by the power of being seen. But can this connection break him out of his performative shell, even for a lingering moment? Eitr explores queerness in the context of Arab culture and family structure, queerness in relationship to grief as well as what leads to the secret worlds that we build for ourselves and how we share them with others.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    15 minutes
  • Language
    Arabic, English
  • Country
    Canada
  • Awards
    Inside Out RE:Focus Fund
  • Director
    Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller