In order to overcome their delicate realities, Hasna, Muna, Nayla, Layal and Rim will have to navigate both private spaces and public places. But can they dare to dream of more fulfilling days ahead?

Programme

Moon
dir. Zineb Wakrim, Short Documentary, Morocco 2023, 13 min.
Hasna and Samad, both 14 years old. Art and painting help them to resist and catch the light in the middle of the darkness.
 
Muna
dir. Warda Mohamed, Short fiction, UK 2023, 19 min.
A British-Somali teen navigates a confusing mourning period for a family member she never met.

Sea Salt
dir. Leila Basma, Short Fiction, Czech Republic, Lebanon, Qatar 2023, 19 min.
On this hot summer day, 17-year-old Nayla is faced with the same dilemma every Lebanese youngster is faced with today – to leave or to stay. ​Two men in her life have set ideas about it, but both might wake up to a surprise.
 
Nobody Wants the Night
dir. Remi Itani, Short Fiction, Lebanon, Germany 2023, 16 min.
In present day Beirut, pregnant Layal, accompanied by her best friend, drives through the night to a clandestine abortion clinic.
 
The Voice of Others
dir. Fatima Kaci, Short Fiction, France 2023,  30min
Rim is a Tunisian interpreter working in France on asylum procedures. Every day, she translates the stories of exiled men and women, whose voices raise questions about her own history.