2025 MENA Film Festival

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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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Mona, a young woman in London, finds archived photographs of Arab women cross-dressing in the Middle East in the 1920s. Somewhere between her fantasies and reality, she starts a feverish journey of uncovering lost histories and her own identity.

Through a coming-of-age narrative, the film explores the euphoric relationship those who are marginalised create with images and symbols, and how archive images can be a portal for the world of inner projections, creating meaning and grounding one's identity.

  • Year
    2023
  • Runtime
    13 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    UK
  • Director
    May Ziadé
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