Explore life from the perspective of young people faced with worlds and futures in constant flux. How do you respond to expanding horizons, shifting emotions, and the realities of the adult world around you?
This luminous and stirring collection of short films traces the delicate contours of youth on the cusp of change.
From the quiet ache of first love in Beirut’s restless streets in Ebb & Flow, to the sun-drenched memories of girlhood, sibling rivalry and migration in After the Sun, these films hold space for moments when growing up bends, pauses, or slips sideways. In A Short Film About Kids, a group of Palestinian children embark on a gentle, determined journey to see the sea, a simple everyday dream that becomes quietly radical.
Nefta Football Club walks the fine line between play and peril, as two Tunisian boys stumble into a surreal adult world by way of a smuggler’s donkey. And in Amplified, Hind, a deaf karate athlete, must piece herself back together after a moment of violence threatens to unmoor her. Together, these stories sketch the flickers of becoming; the liminal, tender, and sometimes fierce edges where innocence fades, and something new begins to take hold.
These reflective, striking, and effervescent films take us across the Arab world, from the Tunisian borderlands, to the Palestinian sea, and artfully present the courage needed to bridge the shifting tides of childhood.
Amplified (Jordan, 2024)
Location: Jordan, Egypt, Palestine
Language: Arabic
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 19 minutes
Ebb & Flow (Lebanon, 2024)
Location: Lebanon, Qatar, United States
Language: Arabic
Genre: Narrative Short
Runtime: 19 minutes
After The Sun (France, 2024)
Location: France
Language: French
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 9 minutes
A Short Film About Kids (Palestine, 2023)
Location: Palestine
Language: Arabic
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 10 minutes
Nefta Football Club (Tunisia, 2018)
Location: France, Tunisia, Algeria
Language: Arabic
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 17 minutes