Still from From Where to Where by Nada Omari
Emerging Filmmakers مخرجين صاعدين
short films collection | total Running time: 98m | Book ticketsA collection of our favourite submissions by emerging Levantine filmmakers from Turtle Island (Canada) to Palestine, passing through Scotland, these films carry the longing, weight and power of diasporic experiences.
From Where to Where من وين لوين
In the pieces I store and carry along my many different roads, my dialects may be signs of bruises but reclaimed they form the skin and voice I live in. Experiences of the where, from where, to where; a narrative amongst others. And as the words finally trickle through the needles, fingers seeping with tints trace the outline of whirling fields where I hang a jasmine branch on suspended necks and in the in-betweens, language soothes, swans mend, and the daily brings calm. We are the comfort of our multiples.
director: Nada El-Omari
Genre: Short, Experimental
Year of Release: 2021
Original Language: Arabic, English, French (English subtitles)Where The Olives Are قصصنا والزيتون
Four young Arab women, living in Portugal, spend a day in their friends’ land to help during the olive season. A getaway from their everyday lives which is rich in memories and stories from their lands back home.
director: Kay Ayash
Genre: Short, Documentary
Year of Release: 2025
Original Language: Arabic, English (English subtitles)
Contnet notes: Mentions of displacement, the Nakba, genocide, settler attacks and detainment.Best Regards مع أطيب التمنيات
A modest neighbourhood in Lebanon’s Beddawi refugee camp serves as a metaphor for a large portion of the Palestinian reality. Omar finds himself in a hazy future where two uncertain options are thrust upon him by the unpredictable circumstances in Lebanon and the seclusion of this location where the horizon narrows. Either stay and wait, or make your way out in quest of a fresh start… and between them, stands a long journey.
director: Reem Al Mohtar
Genre: Short, Fiction
Year of Release: 2024
Original Language: Arabic (English subtitles)
content notes: Mentions of displacement, murder, aerial bombardment and deaths at sea. Ya Maha يا مها
Saleh lives in one of the Palestinian camps in southern Lebanon. In 2021, as Lebanon experiences an unparalleled economic crisis, residents are subjected to fuel days, priority is allocated according to profession: doctors, nurses, delivery men and taxi drivers. With only 3 hours a day of government-provided electricity, Saleh is in desperate need of fuel. He comically persists to ensure his home’s generator can be supplied.
director: Ahmad Alkhalil
Genre: Short, Fiction
Year of Release: 2023
Original Language: Arabic (English subtitles)
content notes: Depiction of illness.Unleash الغضب الساطع
Three Palestinian and Lebanese women living in the diaspora come together to share their profound sense of rage, when faced with the apathy of Western societies toward the colonial violence inflicted upon their homelands. Through personal stories, they confront the emotional toll of a world that remains unmoved by their suffering.
director: Joude Bazzoun
Genre: Short, Documentary
Year of Release: 2025
Original Language: English
content notes: Mentions of misogyny, Zionist occupation and colonialism, trauma and PTSD, genocide, grief, loss. Themes of racism, islamophobia, Zionism. Descriptions of a racist attack and hate crime.AGE RATING: 12Events are ticketed but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please reach out.