XXI edition
2025
candidate
films
Click on the film title to read the synopsis and the filmmaker’s bio
Section: Documentary – Long Feature Films
A State of Passion
Carol Mansour & Muna Khalidi | Lebanon | 2024
Dancing Palestine
Lamees Almakkawy | United Kingdom/Palestine | 2024
Sh’hili
by Habib Ayeb | Tunisia| 2024
The Devil’s Drivers
Mohammed Abugeth & Daniel Carsenty | Germany/Palestine/Qatar/Lebanon | 2021
Section: Documentary – Short Films
A Dream of Reunion in Wartime
Hamza Amjed Essa Afana | Palestine | 2024
Ayyoub
Ajwad Jaradat | Palestine | 2024
Before Night Falls
Delerci Daniela, DCollective | Egypt | 2024
Deferred Reclaim
Abdallah Motan | Palestine | 2024
Ras El’bar
Jawan Aklouk & Gabriele Savino | Jordan | 2024
Reporting Under Genocide: Six Months in Gaza
Shrouq H. Al-Aila | Palestine | 2024
Shattered Memory
Hayat Laban | Palestine | 2023
Vibrations From Gaza
Rehab Nazzal | Palestine/Canada | 2023
Section: Non-Doc Films
A Lullaby Unlike Any Other
Amani Jaafer | Tunisia | 2024
A Short Film About Kids
Ibrahim Handal | Palestine | 2023
As We Cross to the Other Side of the Garden
Ameen Abo Kaseem | Syria/Lebanon | 2023
Blood Like Water
Dima Hamdan | Palestine | 2023
Awa
rds
Best Long Feature Documentary
TBD
Best Short Documentary
TBD
Best Non-Doc Film
TBD
Audience Award
TBD
collateral
events
Sa Terra: Showcase of Sardinian Films
Frarìa
by Alberto Diana
Terra a Perdere
by Chiara Pracchi, Fabio Palli & Simona Tarzia
More Events:
Live Concert: Migrantes
by Mauro Sigura & Andrea Manzoni
ju
ry
Alberto Diana
Filmmaker
Lina Bokhary
Head of the Cinema Department at the Palestinian Ministry of Culture
Linda Paganelli
Artist, anthropologist, and film director
Nur Masalha
Writer, historian, and academic
Salim Abu Jabal
Film critic and filmmaker
Pro
gramme
All the events will take place at Teatro Massimo, Cagliari (all events are free entry – no tickets required!)
Pict
ures
Loca
tion
Teatro Massimo
Via De Magistris – CAGLIARI
Partner
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