My Favourite Short Films

A man travels back to Paris while navigating his past experiences and weird glimpses of the present in an effort to reconnect with his estranged father. He is forced to face his fears and guilt while also reclaiming his lost Arab identity.

Away from everyone's eyes, a Beirut crane operator is able to live out his secret passion and find freedom.

A Palestinian couple resorts to an unusual way to conceive as the husband is detained in an Israeli jail where visits are restricted.

On the beach of Mohammedia, a small coastal town in Morocco, Khaled sells horseback rides to passers-by. One day, Khaled has an encounter and finds himself caught between the reality of his world and a burning desire he can't control.

On the eve of the Festival of the Sacrifice, Kamal is kicked out of his uncle's place, where he used to live, in Marrakech's suburb. He seeks refuge at his father's, an old misfit..

An experienced Somali policewoman once again accompanies a young inmate through the procedures of the Somali justice system.

Morocco, 2004. That summer, 11-year-old Adil spends his days playing with his gang of friends and waiting for the last Olympic Games of his idol, the runner Hicham El Guerrouj. The arrival of his father and his big brother, who came from France for a few days, will mark him forever.

Beirut, 1985. Chadi, a short 13 year old, is top student of his class, and realizes he can make money from his talent by assisting classmates with their homework. But money isn't his goal, he would rather attract interest from pretty Raya, who is also getting attention from taller boys.

Four young men from the Paris suburbs talk about their masculinity. Their interior monologues, however, reveal other desires.

It's summer, south of France. Every day, Sarah, sixteen years old, sells donuts with her father on the beach. One night she meets Baptist...

Between classes, two groups of French teenagers talk about the movie they watched on television last night: Brokeback Mountain.

Armed(Equipped) with an amateur movie camera, Amine, a young fellow from Oran, films the tracks of its journey towards Europe. With Malik, Lotfi, Mohammed and Khalil, they embark on a boat of fortune to cross the Mediterranean Sea.

Miriam, with her two children, escapes her husband, whom she fears.

Set in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer.

While driving along a road in the Tunisian desert in an old battered van on their way to market to sell their sheep, an old man and his grand-son are stopped by two policemen. In order to be allowed to leave, they have to accept a strange and unusual deal.

Youri is 20 years old and he has always lived with his mother in a social housing district near Paris. But his building is going to be demolished because of an urban renovation project. Youri doesn't accept the idea of leaving his home : that's his spaceship.

Abdellah, a young shepherd living in the mountains, is forced to brave the snow blocking him in order to get food and save his cattle. Once he gets to the village, he faces a supernatural phenomenon.

Alone and far from home, The Kid makes his way through a strange city looking for the means to get through his day. Surrounded by predators, he is forced to make compromises merely to survive; his life of exile grows one day longer.