Shorts Programmes

Oscars Shorts

A handful of home-grown official submissions to the Oscars from across the Arab world.
Exceptional Arab films involving untapped themes.
The programme features films helmed by prominent film directors.
A 81-minute programme of compiled Academy-Awards submissions.
Featuring award-winning Arab filmmakers and burgeoning acting talent that were submitted to the Oscars.
Be the first to watch the finest of the Arab world's Oscar submissions.
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Ave Maria
Director: Basil Khalil
Ave Maria
Director: Basil Khalil
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The film tells the story of an order of Palestinian nuns living in the middle of the West Bank wilderness. Their daily routine of silence and prayer ......
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Ayny
Director: Ahmad Saleh
Ayny
Director: Ahmad Saleh
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Two young boys run away from their mother’s protection and slack line on the danger of war to play music with the instrument they always dreamt to ......
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Bahiya & Mahmoud
Director: Zaid Abu Hamdan
Bahiya & Mahmoud
Director: Zaid Abu Hamdan
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The film tells the story of an aging married couple who have fallen into a reliable routine of bickering and making one another miserable until the ......
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Nocturne in Black
Director: Jimmy Keyrouz
Nocturne in Black
Director: Jimmy Keyrouz
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In a war-ravaged Middle Eastern neighborhood, a musician struggles to rebuild his piano after it is destroyed by ......
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The Rifle, the Jackal, the Wolf and the Boy
Director: Oualid Mouaness
The Rifle, the Jackal, the Wolf and the Boy
Director: Oualid Mouaness
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The Rifle, The Jackal, The Wolf And The Boy is a parable that considers the ethics of seemingly innocuous violence in a warning against the perils of ......

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