2024 Films Program

May 30 - June 02

LantarenVenster - Pathé Schouwburgplein
Rotterdam

The Teacher - Farah Nabulsi

The Teacher

Audience Award 
 Best Screenplay Award

Farah Nabulsi – Palestine & UK
2023 – 115 min
English & Arabic spoken with
English subtitles

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Backstage - Afef Ben Mahmoud, Khalil Benkirane

Backstage

Best Actress Award
Afef Ben Mahmoud – Morocco
Khalil Benkirane – 2023 – 102 min
Arabic spoken with English subtitles

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From Abdul to Leila - Leila Al Bayaty

From Abdul to Leila

Best Documentary Award
Leila Al Bayaty – Belgium, Germany, Saudi Arabia
2024 – 92 min – documentary
Arabic, French & English spoken with English subtitles

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Arab Shorts 2024

Best Short Film Award
Closure – Mooney Abu Samra – Jordan

Various short films from Egypt, Morocco, Syria, Jordan & Saudi Arabia
Arabic spoken with English subtitles

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Q - Jude Chehab - Lebanon

Q

Jude Chehab – Lebanon- 2023 – 93 min – documentary
Arabic & English spoken with English subtitles

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LYD - film by Rami Younis & Sarah Ema Friedland

LYD

Rami Younis, Sarah Ema Friedland – Palestine – 2023 – 78 min – documentary
Arabic spoken with English subtitles

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Arab Shorts

Saturday - 01 June

Studio De Bakkerij - Rotterdam

Closure (22 min) - Mooney Abu Samra - Jordan

Closure

Best Short Film Award
Closure – Mooney Abu Samra – Jordan
2023 – 23 min – Arabic spoken with English subtitles

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