2025 MENA Film Festival

Aspirations Bundle

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7 films in package
Ayam Zaman - The Old Days
A coming of age film about the challenges of true friendship.
Jamila
While reluctantly preparing at a beauty salon for a wedding, a Palestinian American teenager clashes with her family members, challenging her assumptions about culture and femininity.
Nalashi
Witness a mother and her daughter engaging in their Saturday afternoon ritual of drinking hashar qahwa.
Practical Portals
Practical Portals is an experimental, moving-image series documenting a journey of embodied healing.
Sea Salt
On this hot summer day, 17-year-old Nayla is faced with the same dilemma every Lebanese youngster is faced: to leave or to stay
Fatmé
In Lebanon, 11-year-old Syrian Fatmé navigates the complexities of identity and strength, determined to prove that she can be both a girl and a warrior.
A Swing in Atayfiyah/تتبغدد عليه
An observational documentary of Iraq shot on super 8 paired with Baba's interview of what home is to him.
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A Swing in Atayfiyah' dwells in the memory of homes and friendships left behind in Iraq, the irrecoverable sense of belonging, and the dissonance of diaspora. Atayfiyah, Baghdad, a place of peace and heartbreak.

  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    3.4 minutes
  • Language
    Arabic
  • Country
    UK, Iraq
  • Director
    Bediah
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