Shorts
Monday 2nd December, 2024, at 19:45 to 21:25
The Cube, BS2 8JD
£10 / £8.50 / £5
Get TicketsOur shorts evening features six short films exploring different aspects of Palestinian life, culture and resistance. Featuring An Orange from Jaffa, Voice Notes from Palestine, Mar Mama, Dear Child II, No Words and The Deer’s Tooth.
No Words
Amid city-wide protests in London, Palestinian artist & activist Malak Mattar embarks on her most audacious artistic endeavour. Recalling her experiences growing up in occupied Gaza, she paints a colossal document of mourning and resistance. No Words (dir. Hunter Logan, 2024) documents and participates in the global call for a ceasefire to the Israel-Hamas war. This screening is the World premier.
No Words
Hunter Logan
Documentary Short
2024
English
8 mins
ArabicMar Mama
With her mother’s death and recurring attacks by Israeli forces on her city, a young girl becomes obsessed with death. Her father makes a film to distract her but he fails and the girl finds nothing but imagination to escape from reality.
Mar Mama
Majdi El-Omari
Drama Short
2023
Palestinian / Canada
15 mins
ArabicThe Deer’s Tooth
A young man from a refugee camp embarks on a perilous journey in order to fulfil his little brother’s wish: to throw his milk tooth into the sea.
The Deer’s Tooth
Saif Hammash
Drama Short
2023
Palestinian
16 mins
ArabicDear Child
Written as a letter to a child in Gaza by Pulitzer prize winning author Chris Hedges, the film takes the audience on a haunting & realistic journey through Gaza today from a child’s perspective imbued with guilt of a foreign journalist that transcends the screen.
Dear Child II
Devin Peters
Animated Short
2024
UK
10 mins
EnglishVoice Notes from Palestine
The students featured in Voice Notes from Palestine participated in a 2023 online course led by Dr. Iain Overton, Executive Director of AOAV, designed to teach them social media storytelling techniques. These students, all living with disabilities, shared their personal experiences of conflict.
Voice Notes from Palestine
Amal Al-Agroobi
Documentary Short
2024
Palestinian
10 mins
Arabic