'In Exile' Shorts Package

​Reel Palestine Film Festival 2022 presented stories on the experience of displacement and the re-identification with one’s origin through difficult and enduring moments.

Mariam

Directed by Reem Jubran
2021 | PG13 | Short Feature | 13’
Arabic and English with Subtitles 

Zaid, a young Arab American amateur drag queen, has to confront his conservative father and Alzheimer's grandfather about his identity on an average night gone terribly wrong.

Son of the Streets

Directed by Mohammed Almughanni
2020 | PG | Documentary Short | 34’
Arabic with English Subtitles

Khodor (13) a child whose family tries to issue him an ID document that proves his existence and gives him the right to education, healthcare and movement outside of the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila in Beirut, Lebanon. Throughout the process, many of the family’s old secrets get revealed.

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Stones In Hand

Directed by Mo’min Swaitat
2020 | PG | Short Experimental | 6’
Arabic with English subtitles 

Stones In Hand is a short experimental docu-fiction piece, drawn on the experiences of the Palestinian diaspora - of celebration, intifada, music and memory. Each piece of major dialogue of the film is a personal story from the members of the cast, exploring their memories of the home they have left. 

Baladna

Directed by Aya Hamdan
2021 | PG | Short Documentary |  9’
Arabic and English with subtitles 

Lockdown, social distancing, strictly controlled neighborhoods, behind the scenes of this epidemic, a plan conceived long ago is being put in practice.

Barzakh

Directed by Karina Dandashi
2020 | PG13 | Short Feature | 10’
Arabic and English with subtitles

Living in a dystopian future where the U.S. government is sending refugees and undocumented immigrants to a newly colonized Mars, a Syrian refugee misses her deportation launch and makes a musical connection with a local DJ.

Omar 

Directed by: Luca Taiuti & Marco Mario De Notaris
2019 | PG13 | Short Documentary | 21'
Italian with English subtitles

Omar Suleiman lived in Italy for over 40 years. He was born in Palestine, a land he has never forgotten. He left to Italy for opportunity but remained involved in political activity by dedicating his work and his time to writings, initiatives of all kinds including Arabic courses, cineforum, book presentations, and staging theatrical performances, stories that always start from its roots. Starting from one of these shows, the documentary tells the story of the protagonist’s life, from childhood memories to today.
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