Sat May 30
4.30pm , 7.30pm
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With Hasan in Gaza
film
Seattle Arab Film Club: Still Dreaming (Shorts)
Wed May 06:
$15 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 NWFF Member
Annemarie Jacir, Michelle Keserwany and Noel Keserwany, Said Zagha, Aziz Zoromba, Maïssa Lihedheb, Dania Bdeir
Palestine, Lebanon, France, Jordan, UK, Canada, Germany, Tunisia, USA
2002-2025
1h 56m
About
Seattle Arab Film Club presents Still Dreaming: A collection of 6 short films by award-winning filmmakers from the Arab world and the diaspora, set in Lebanon, North America, Tunisia and Palestine. Moving between the real and the surreal, these stories explore themes of family, love, exile and resistance—imagining other ways of living and surviving.
FILMS IN THIS PROGRAM:
Like Twenty Impossibles by Annemarie Jacir (Palestine, 17’, 2002)
When a Palestinian film crew averts a closed checkpoint by taking a remote side road, the political landscape unravels, and the passengers are slowly taken apart by the mundane brutality of military occupation. Both a visual poem and a narrative, Like Twenty Impossibles, an early short by Annemarie Jacir—director of Palestine 36—wryly reflects on artistic responsibility and the politics of filmmaking, while quietly evoking the fragmentation of a people.
Les Chenilles by Michelle Keserwany and Noel Keserwany (Lebanon/ France, 29’, 2022)
Asma and Sarah, two women originally from the Levant, find themselves working in the same restaurant in the city of Lyon in France. Both bear the weight of a home they were forced to leave behind. Initially wary of each other, they gradually discover a common thread that binds them – one that dates back to when the Silk Road connected Lyon to their home countries.In the midst of forced migrations, can we move past our animosity to find solace in each other? Winner of the 2022 Golden Bear for Best Short Film at Berlin International Film Festival.
Coyotes by Said Zagha (France/ Palestine/ Jordan/ UK, 20’, 2025)
A Palestinian surgeon drives home after a long night shift, but little does she know that a commute through a desolate West Bank road will change her forever. Winner of the 2025 Best Short Award at BFI London Film Festival.
Simo by Aziz Zoromba (Canada, 23’, 2022)
The usual rivalries and jealousies that exist between the two teenage brothers Simo and Emad take a dangerous turn that may seriously impact the future of their family. Winner of the TIFF Best Canadian Short Film award.
Samra’s Dollhouse by Maïssa Lihedheb (Germany/Tunisia/United States, 12’, 2025)
Samra, a 33-year-old Tunisian woman reeling from abandonment, masterminds a surreal romance with a young actor, blurring the lines between reality and fiction as she grapples with loneliness and emotional turmoil.
Warsha by Dania Bdeir (France/Lebanon, 15′, 2022)
Mohammad is a crane operator working in Beirut. One morning he volunteers to take on one of the tallest and notoriously most dangerous cranes in Lebanon. Away from everyone’s eyes, he is able to live out his secret passion and find freedom. Winner of the 2022 Sundance Best Int’l Short Film Jury Award.
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