No Pride in Genocide (Shorts)

A Tangled Web Drowning in Honey
A sensual, experimental journey into the depths of the human psyche that invites the audience inside the mind to ponder how we love and unloved ourselves.

directed & written: Tara Hakim, Hannah Hull, cast: Tara, Nour Hakim, music: Nada El Omari, cinematography: Tara Hakim, production: Canada 2023, running time: 10 minutes, category: documentary, Polish subtitles

Marco
Omar has been living in London for a decade now, leading a calm, lonely life, far away from his family. One night, he invites Marco home, a young man who moonlights as a sex worker. With every minute of their encounter, stories come to light that neither one of them would have anticipated.

directed & written: Saleem Haddad, cast: Zed Josef, Marwan Kaabour, Amal Haddad, cinematography: Deepa Keshvala, production: United Kingdom 2019, running time: 22 minutes, category: feature film, English/Polish subtitles

Homecoming Queenz
At an airport in Israel, the border between security control and performance dangerously starts blurring. Two artists try to go through the checkpoint wearing what itself becomes an act of queer resistance.

directed: Elias Wakeem, cast: Elias Wakeem, Oz Marinov, cinematography: Elias Wakeem, Oz Marinov, production: Occupied Palestinian Territory 2019, running time: 11 minutes, category: documentary, English/Polish subtitles

Sultana’s reign
A portrait of a mature Palestinian drag queen in New York. It’s a story about art, identity and the courage to be oneself. In an honest conversation, Sultana shares her story, recalling the challenges of performing in conservative societies and her love of the glamour of classic Arab cinema.

directed: Hadi Moussally, cast: Sultana of New York, Ridikkuluz, music: Louise From Scratch, cinematography: Olivier Pagny, production: France 2023, running time: 10 minutes, category: documentary, English/Polish subtitles

I Never Promised You A Jasmine Garden
Tara, a queer Palestinian in her twenties, suppresses an emotional storm during a phone call – on the other end is Sarab, her best friend and her greatest unspoken love. With every word, the tension mounts, and the silence speaks the loudest.

directed: Teyama Alkamli, cast: Tara Hakim, Sandy El-Bitar, Hsain Al-Shihabi, cinematography: Thomas Szacka-Marier, production: Canada 2024, running time: 20 minutes, category: documentary, English/Polish subtitles

Vibrations from Gaza
A moving portrayal of the lives of deaf children in the occupied Gaza Strip, shown through their own experiences of a world filled with drones, bombardments and trembling ground. In a subtle yet powerful way, the film shows how the children recognize violence through vibrations in the air and the earth, raising questions about the sources of their hearing loss. It is a reflection on war, the ody and survival in a reality of permanent threat.

directed & written: Rehab Nazzal, cast: Amani Iz Eldin, Musa and Mustafa Samour, Isra’a Abu Asr, Muhanad and Alma Abu Alata, Alma Almadhoun, cinematography: Rehab Nazzal, Mohammed Abu Elkas, Mohammed Nateel, Nawras Sameer and Gaza Capital Studios, production: Canada, Occupied Palestinian Territory 2024, running time: 16 minutes, category: documentary, English/Polish subtitles

Antenne
In a world where everything is just a spectacle of violence, sometimes the only survival strategy seems to be disconnecting. This hypnotic audiovisual manifesto, featuring the legend of Palestinian hip-hop Tamer Nafar, transforms escaping from reality into a queer act of resistance.

directed: Bashar Murad, cast: Bashar Murad, Tamer Nafar, music: Bashar Murad, Tamer Nafar, cinematography: Ashraf Dowani, production: Occupied Palestinian Territory 2021, running time: 4 minutes, category: music video, English/Polish subtitles

Palcorecore
A hypnotic collage of dance, archival materials and internet videos intertwines the past with the present, creating an intense portrait of Palestinian everyday life. In a rhythm of images of rebellion, joy and resistance, the film portrays a young generation that, with remarkable strength and energy, affirms life despite the reality of occupation.

directed & written: Dana Dawud, music: Zein Majali, production: Occupied Palestinian Territory 2026, running time: 6 minutes, category: documentary, English/Polish subtitles

Coyotes
A Palestinian surgeon drives home after an exhausting night shift, but little does she know that a solitary commute through a desolate West Bank road will change her life forever.

directed & written: Said Zagha, cast: Maria Zreik, Ali Suliman, Yumna Marwan, Eslam Al-Awadi, Jamal Meri, music: Amin Goudarzi, cinematography: Simone D’Arcangelo, production: France, Jordan, Palestine, State of, United Kingdom 2025, running time: 21 minutes, category: feature film, English/Polish subtitles

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