The Arab Series
A special selection of shorts from the Arab countries.
Often with no budget and few resources, the short Arab cinema is still capable to tell poignant, gripping, or though-provoking stories which unfortunatelly have little exposure in the media and festival circuits. The Arab Series is a Good Short Film’s special feature showcasing a selection of works from the Arab countries, curated by our passionate editor Alessandro Zoppo.
The Arab Series #1: Noor
For the celebration of the upcoming Ramadan, Fingo has one wish: to decorate with colored lights the building he lives in.
10 – 15 | 2012 | Drama | Egypt | Live-Action | Religion
Ramadan is coming and 13 year-old Fingo has one wish — he wants to hang lights on his apartment building for the celebration of the ritual. There’s nothing in front of his block, all the others have another building in front of them. Neighborhood of Amireya, Cairo, where there’s more invested than just decoration. But…
The Arab Series #2: The Curse
Fatine has ventured far from the village to meet her older lover. When she is caught by a group of children, all she wants to do is go home.
15 – 20 | 2012 | Drama | Live-Action | Morocco | Teenager
> Click on the image to watch the film Fatine is a young Moroccan girl, she’s all pride and willpower. The sun beats down in the desert: she has ventured far from the village to meet her lover, a man old enough to be her dad. He promises Europe, a family, a home, an ordinary…
The Arab Series #3: War On Famous Canvas
Syrian war scenes swarm the famous paintings of Leonardo Da Vinci, Salvador Dalí, Pieter Brueghel and Paul Gauguin
2014 | Animation | Drama | Syria | War
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and the missiles in the sky over the border town of Yabroud, in the Qalamoun mountains, on May 17, 2013. Salvador Dalí’s The Persistence of Memory and the bombing in Daraa, where over 200,000 people were killed since 2011 according to the Observatory for Human Rights (at least 16 people,…
The Arab Series #4: The Wind
The Teir el Akhdar collective tells us Syria and the war through loss, displacement, and forced migration.
0 – 5 | 2015 | Drama | Stop Motion | Syria | War
The Wind is the stop-motion animated short directed by Teir el Akhdar collective, comprised of Lina Ghaibeh, May Ghaibeh, Sawsan Nourallah, and Ibrahim Ramadan. With no budget and very little equipment, but with a strong will to tell the world what is really going through Syria, the four (three of them are currently living in Lebanon –…