2025 MENA Film Festival

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6 films in package
Demarcations; you have black eyes (cheshmeh siya dari)
Drawing from a song by Afghan singer Ahmad Zahir, "you have black eyes" is a stream-of-consciousness montage depicting collective bodies in a constant state of disruption, movement, processing, and grieving. It celebrates the body as a historical, domestic site of resistance through dance and movement including found footage of ants carrying flowers, rubab player Ustad Beltoon interrupted, and Hazara throat singing across an imaginary landscape.
Three Tales of Halaqat
In 2021 and 2022, the Goethe Institut and Bozar invited musicians, directors and performers from the Arab world and its diaspora to Brussels as part of their ‘Halaqat’ program. Sophie Soukias captured their coming in three short films of unfettered imagination, constantly pushing the boundaries of reality.
In Cycle
This short documentary is the story of four creative Iranian female artists who have been creating art works from recycled materials. This documentary has been compiled according to the current conditions of Iran in a difficult situation. This narrative is completed with a layer of the delicate speech to reflect the point of view of its filmmaker. A layer that manifest the self-recovery and trying to rebuild a better life.
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Bellydance Vogue
Hadi’s birthday landed on the 3rd of April, 2020, during lockdown, and for the first time he celebrated it all by himself.
In the whiteness
in the whiteness is a poetic exploration of identity through the eyes of a Harari woman, displaced via war, now living in Canada. She uses poetry and movement as a meditative method of reconnecting with her roots and in doing so, establishes a magical bond with her ancestors.
Les chenilles
Asma and Sarah, two women originally from the Levant, find themselves working in the same restaurant in the city of Lyon in France.
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Hadi’s birthday landed on the 3rd of April, 2020, during lockdown, and for the first time he celebrated it all by himself.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    5 minutes
  • Language
    Arabic
  • Country
    France, Spain, Lebanon
  • Awards
    Girona en Moviment 2023Girona Spain July 14, 2023 "Best documentary" Award On Art - Dance&Music 2022Warsaw Poland September 26, 2022 Winner "Best Short Independent" TANZAHOi International Dance Film Festival 2022Hamburg Germany September 9, 2022 « Claussen-Simon-Stiftung Feature » Award Brussels Independent Film Festival 2022Brussels Belgium "Best Music Video" Award CUERPO MEDIADO - Festival de Videodanza 2021Online Argentina November 22, 2021 "Best Realidad Mediada: Documentary Videodance" Award Toronto Arthouse Film Festival 2021Toronto Canada October 19, 2021 "Best Experimental" Award Wicked Queer 2021Boston United States April 9, 2021 "Best in Show" Award Leeds International Film Festival 2021Leeds United Kingdom November 3, 2021 "Honorable Mention" Award New Jersey Independent Film Festival 2021New Jersey United States May 21, 2021 "Best Music Video" Award Super 9 Mobile Film Fest 2021Porto Portugal April 15, 2021 "Honorable mention" Award Austin Arthouse Film Festival 2021Online December 26, 2021 « Best Edit », « Best Style » & « Best Social Commentary » Nominations MENA Film Festival 2024Vancouver Canada January 24, 2024 Boreal Screendance Festival 2023Akureyri Iceland November 10, 2023 FeX - Festival eXperimental de Cinema 2023Alcântara Brazil October 13, 2023 Cinema Queer 2023Stockholm Sweden October 2, 2023 (In) visible structure (s) 2023Berlin Germany September 16, 2023 The place 2023Online United Kingdom September 16, 2023 Movi|mentale Festival 2023Napoli Italy September 15, 2023 The Atlanta Black Pride LGBTQ International Film Festival 2023Atlanta United States September 1, 2023 Queer & Pride : Kriterion x Canvas 2023Amsterdam Netherlands August 1, 2023 Queer Mvmnt Fest 2023San Diego United States June 15, 2023 Queer City Cinema 2023Zagreb, Ljubkjana, Sarajevo, Belgrade, Dubrovnik April 28, 2023 Toronto Queer Film Festival 2023Toronto Canada March 30, 2023 The International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) 2023Montreal Canada March 14, 2023 FASHIONCLASH 2022Maastricht Netherlands November 11, 2022 Chéries-Chéris 2022Paris France November 20, 2022 Choreoscope 2022Barcelona Spain October 20, 2022 BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival 2022Bilbao Spain October 14, 2022 Arab World Institute - Habibi, les révolutions de l'amour / La nuit blancheParis France October 1, 2022 Queer City Cinema 2022Regina Canada September 15, 2022 Mill of Performing Arts 2022Larisssa Greece September 15, 2022 Love & Hope International Film Festival 2022Barcelona Spain September 6, 2022 Taiwan International Queer Film Festival 2022Kaohsiung Taiwan August 26, 2022 Cinedans FEST 2022Amsterdam Netherlands June 22, 2022 FIRE!! Barcelona international LGBTI Film Festival 2022Barcelona Spain June 9, 2022 Doc.Sydney Documentary Film Festival 2022Sydney Australia May 2, 2022 V&A Museum - Friday Late : Freedom of MovementLondon United Kingdom April 29, 2022 Queer City Cinema 2022Glasgow, Halwick, Galway, Dublin, & London United Kingdom April 26, 2022 Doc.London Documentary Film Festival 2022London United Kingdom March 26, 2022 Vinilonga Short Film Festival 2022Beunos Aires Argentina March 1, 2022 InShadow – Lisbon Screendance Festival 2021Lisbon Portugal December 15, 2021 Super Shorts Film Festival London 2021London United Kingdom December 9, 2021 Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest 2021London United Kingdom November 9, 2021 180´Berlin Filmfest 2021Berlin Germany November 1, 2021 International Queer and Migrant Film Festival 2021Amsterdam Netherlands October 28, 2021 Canadian International Fashion Film Festival 2021Toronto Canada October 25, 2021 Soura Film Festival 2021Berlin Germany October 21, 2021 COVIDaVINCI 2021Online October 10, 2021 Flip the Script Fest 2021Online October 1, 2021 Thessaloniki International G.L.A.D. Film Festival 2021Thessaloniki Greece October 1, 2021 Luststreifen Film Festival 2021Basel Switzerland September 30, 2021 Twin Cities Arab Film Festival 2021Minneapolis United States September 29, 2021 London International Screen Dance Festival 2021London United Kingdom September 23, 2021 Kansas City Underground Film Festival 2021Kansas United States September 16, 2021 Bogotá Experimental Film Festival / CineAutopsia 2021Bogotà Colombia August 1, 2021 Image+Nation 2021Montreal Canada July 15, 2021 Boston Short Film Festival 2021Boston United States July 12, 2021 CINEMQ 2021Shanghai China July 8, 2021 Cinema Al Fouad - Aflamuna 2021Beirut Lebanon June 28, 2021 Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival 2021Hong Kong Hong Kong June 21, 2021 Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival 2021Toronto Canada May 27, 2021 Ghent Viewpoint Documentary Film Festival 2021Ghent Belgium May 19, 2021 Kalakari Film Festival 2021Dewas India May 15, 2021 Beirut Love Film Festival 2021Beirut Lebanon April 22, 2021 Moinho Cine Fest 2021Porto Portugal April 1, 2021 Opine Dance Film Festival 2021Philadelphia United States March 25, 2021 Screen.Dance 2021Aberdeen United Kingdom March 11, 2021 Flikkers Queer Film Festival 2021Birmingham United Kingdom February 26, 2021 Tag! Queer Shorts Festival 2021Portland United States January 18, 2021 DANCE@30FPS 2021Columbus United States February 10, 2021 Muestra Movimiento Audiovisual 2021Guadalajara Mexico January 24, 2021 Knowbox Dance Film Festival 2020Cholula Mexico December 1, 2020 Flatpack Festival 2020Birmingham United Kingdom November 18, 2020 FilmFest by Rogue Dancer 2020Raleigh United States November 14, 2020 Short To The Point 2020Bucharest Romania November 7, 2020 Golden Bridge Istanbul Short Film Festival 2020Istanbul Turkey October 23, 2020 International Meeting on Video-dance and Video-performance 2020Valencia Spain October 10, 2020 Danzattack Festival de Danza y CineDanza 2020Tenerife Spain October 2, 2020 Experimental, Dance & Music Film Festival 2020Los Angeles United States October 5, 2020 Fashion Film Festival Amsterdam 2020Amsterdam Netherlands September 30, 2020 Mexico City Videodance Festival 2020Mexico Mexico September 10, 2020 Pool Festival 2020Berlin Germany September 9, 2020 Strangelove Time-based Media Festival 2020Folkestone United Kingdom July 30, 2020 Online Isolation Short Videos Festival 2020Moscow Russian Federation July 11, 2020 A Shaded View On Fashion Film Festival - Lockdown EditionOnline France May 23, 2020
  • Director
    Hadi Moussally
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