An evening at the Mucem to discover a selection of student films by young filmmakers from North Africa and the Middle East. The evening will conclude with an awards ceremony.
Partner institutions: ALBA – Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (Lebanon), ESAV Marrakech – School of Visual Arts (Morocco), ESAC Gammarth – Higher School of Audiovisual and Cinema (Tunisia), Lab DZ – Institut français d’Algérie (Algeria), and Dar Al Kalima University – Bethlehem (Palestine).
Films
SONS OF THE SHADOWS
Paul NG
2025, 10’
Torn from his childhood to become a soldier, Alain recounts his invisible scars and his struggle to find his place in a world that has rejected him.
SUMMER VISIONS
Letya Hage
2025, 15’
Still haunted by the loss of her friend, 18-year-old Reem spends a stagnant summer in her village, caught between grief and illusion, as she prepares to leave for college in Beirut.
AMÎN
Salma Kortobi
2025, 29’
Salma revisits a painful memory from her childhood: at the age of 12, she was forbidden from leading prayer because religious tradition prohibits women from doing so. Years later, she embarks on a personal journey, pitting her freedom and desires against the prohibitions of her Muslim faith.
YA HASRAH
Hichem Hamzaoui
2025, 11’
A young Algerian’s reflections on the feeling of nostalgia, deeply rooted in the collective memory of his people—a nostalgia for a time he never lived through, but which resonates all around him and especially through his grandmother’s stories. An intergenerational journey, centered on the passing down of traditions and the invisible link between the past and the present.
STONE, PAPER, SCISSORS
Cherifa Ben Ouda
2025, 16’
Da and Zou, a modest couple, decide to get married. At the government office, a notary demands an absurd document. Da gets lost in a labyrinthine bureaucratic maze, aided by Vi, a kind-hearted employee. In the end, he discovers that Vi had the solution all along: he obtains the document and marries Zou, only to see Vi injured—after he had attacked him to get it.