Short Film Competition

2023-06-10T18:30:00Z

Cinéma Le Méliès, 12 Place Jean Jaurès, 93100 Montreuil, France

This year's competition includes narrative and documentary works by established and student filmmakers. Many talents have applied again this year. Five films have been selected. They will compete for a Jury Prize and an Audience Prize, on June 10, at Cinéma Le Méliès in Montreuil. The juries and the directors will be present BETHLEHEM 2001 by Ibrahim Handal Fiction I Palestine I 2020 I 15 min While reflecting on the present, a young Palestinian recalls childhood memories of the military invasion and siege of Bethlehem. By trying to understand how his parents led him though those difficult times. SEARCH by Alaa Al Dayeh Documentary | Palestine | 2022 | 16 min Search: a short documentary film of 16 minutes that presents the searching phase that the director of the film went through after her interrogation and arrest by the Israeli occupation forces in Jerusalem, that phase led her into seeing everything differently, her connection with her home and the streets changed, she felt like everything around her is pushing her to leave her own city Jerusalem, but after she left the city there was something that still drags her to it, this contradictory relationship with the place made always searching, she made this film as a mean for her search in her surrounding. PALESTINE 87 by Bilal AlKhatib Fiction | Palestine | 2022 | 14 minutes During the First Intifada, Atef is chased by the Israeli army, finds him self trapped in an alleyway. An old lady hides him in the bath, he surprised that there is another person inside, who helps him not to be arrested. HAMZA by Ward Kayyal Fiction I Palestine I 2022 I 18 min After recovering from an illness, middle-aged Hamza resumes a practice he began when he was released from an Israeli prison 20 years ago. Every day, he goes into the woods to hunt the lion that the locals don’t believe exists. LOVESICK IN THE WEST BANK by Said Zagha Fiction | Palestine | 2021 | 15 min A Palestinian family hosts a young American tourist after a simple misunderstanding. But as chaos unfolds in their village, it doesn't take too long for them to become part of the absurd mayhem that immediately ensues.