Host a Film Screening from a Dar al-Kalima University Student
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![Film poster for 'Ambience' by Wisam Aljafari showing a cityscape at the bottom and two people on opposite sides of the top, with a large boom microphone suspended between them. The title and credits are in the center.]()
AMBIENCE
Two young Palestinians try to record a demo for a music competition inside a noisy, crowded refugee camp. While failing to record because of the chaos of their surroundings, they discover a creative way to allow them to meet the deadline.
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![A promotional poster for the film "By the Sea," depicting a man and woman facing each other closely in a dark, gritty setting, with a lit candle and a pie held between them, and a woman looking down from a window in the background.]()
BY THE SEA
Nahid wants to celebrate her husband’s birthday while he is on the run from Israeli soldiers, however, due to the COVID-19 lockdown, it is really difficult for Nahid to get all the ingredients needed to bake the birthday cake. Will Nahid be able to celebrate her husband’s birthday with him in their secret hideout?
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![Poster for a short film titled "In The Waiting Room" by Moatasem Taha featuring Jalal Masarwe and Marlene Bajali. The poster shows a bearded man in a yellow shirt and a woman in a hijab sitting together, with film production credits at the bottom.]()
IN THE WAITING ROOM
Hussien — a 30-year-old Palestinian Arab with Israeli citizenship after being evacuated in 1948 — escorts his freshly bereaved 70-year-old mother Rashida to her medical appointment in an Israeli hospital waiting area. While Hussien works on an assignment on his laptop, Rashida — who hasn’t left her house in three months — tries to socialize with others in her limited Hebrew.
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![A movie poster for 'Mar Mama' with a small animated girl riding a horse and holding a spear, on a dusty door with a barred window in the background.]()
MAR MAMA
Haunted by her mother’s death and recurring attacks by Israeli forces on her city, a young girl becomes obsessed with death. To distract her, her father makes a stop-motion film. However, his attempts fail and the girl finds nothing other than imagination to escape from reality.
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![Movie poster for 'The Deer’s Tooth' featuring a man on a dark street at night, with film festival laurels at the top and the title in both Arabic and English.]()
THE DEER'S TOOTH
The film centers around a young man from a refugee camp who embarks on a perilous journey in order to fulfill his little brother’s wish: To throw his milk tooth into the sea.
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![A promotional poster for a short film titled 'The First Dinner' showing a young woman and an older man sitting at a dining table, sharing a meal. The poster includes text in both Arabic and English, with credits at the bottom.]()
THE FIRST DINNER
Siwar and her father are sat on the dinner table face to face. An encounter after 15 years of absence. Could what once was, still be? A somehow non existent relationship between a father and his little girl is redefined at the dinner table.
