J for Jihad

United Kingdom | 2019 | 13 min | Fiction It's Christmas in London and 30 year old Middle Eastern immigrant, Jihad, must confront his mental illness to reclaim his life, his boyfriend and his job, before he is deported to his war stricken home. A film by Amer Jamhour Amer Jamhour is a director and motion graphics designer based in London. Besides filmmaking, he works as a script developer and collaborates with screenwriters from the Middle East. Amer has a PGD in Script Development from the National Film and Television School (NFTS), and a MA in Film from the University of the Arts, London (LCC). His debut short film, Dunia, produced by the Doha Film Institute, was screened at international festivals including Giffoni and Fantastic Fest.