Blank

Saif Yehia, five minutes, Drama, Arabic with English subtitles, 2024, Egypt.  
Malek, a struggling painter, lose his Passion due to societal pressures. Reconnecting with his inner child, he rediscovers his love for art.    

Hide and Seek

Rami Abbas, seven minutes, Drama/Animation, no dialogue, 2024, Palestine.  
The film narrates the story of a child and his fish on their journey into the unknown, following the raid on the child's town during the ongoing war ravaging his country. The short film captures the steps of this journey and its transformations, concluding as the child reaches one of the coasts.   

Ghosts of Humanity

Sergios DeLaurentis, four minutes, Sci-Fi/Animation, English with Arabic subtitles, 2024, Latvia.      
40 light years from Earth a historic mission takes place as humans set foot on the surface of the Earth-like exoplanet Trappist-1e.

The Wish of The Old Horse

Sadegh Ghasemi, eight minutes, Drama/Animation, no dialogue, 2023, Iran.
The old horse makes a strange decision to save herself from the butcher.

Taif (Spectre)

Maytham Hashem, six minutes, Drama/Animation, no dialogue, 2024, Iraq.  
The film is about children with autism and the pressures they face, such as fear, bullying, negative feelings, and imagination. Portraying the child's unique world with a spotlight, symbolizing hope. 

Cannot Sleep

Yingjie Zhou, three minutes, Animation, no dialogue, 2024, Japan.
Sleep is a strange experiment, and lack of sleep is an even stranger experiment, it’s like bowling, or falling into space, but it’s a fun visual ride.

Echoes of The Soul

Mourad Hamla, six minutes, Animation, no dialogue, 2024, Algeria.  
Into the unexplored depths of the human soul, diving even deeper into the mysteries of our existence. The soul becomes the common thread, weaving a subtle web that connects each element of our life to the beats of our heart.

Venomous

Gholam Mola Ahmadi, 13 minutes, Drama, Persian with English and Arabic subtitles, 2023, Iran.
A nomadic father and son disagree about the toxicity of a thorny flower which according to the father would kill the sheep. 

Running with Turtles

Bilal Khreis, 10 minutes, Drama, no dialogue, 2024, Lebanon.  
A young boy loses his ability to walk after stepping on a landmine. However, and as he watches a turtle struggle and not give up keeping moving, he learns to let the past be the past and continue his life, in hope of a better future.