US PREMIERE

SHORT FILM PROGRAM

WORLD PREMIERE

FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT

THROWBACK FROM 

Stories From Middle East And North Africa

Saturday

Apr 8, 2023

@

2:00 pm

Wicked Queer 39

With in person.
Director
Year
Run Time
min
Country
Language
PROGRAM Time
minutes
CONTENT WARNING:
This film is presented in with English subtitles.
It’s not often that we get to see queer stories from the Middle East and North Africa represented on the big screen. This short film program brings together narratives from across cultures, faiths, and borders in one glorious, unified refrain of love, bravery, defiance of the odds, and finding support through struggle.
Wicked Queer is proud to co-present this program with
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This short film program includes the following films:

Black Dog

CONTENT WARNING:
Ege and Berk are introduced by Rana. These two men, who are as different as Batman and the Joker from each other, sleep together the night they meet. Ege learns the details of Berk's trauma and depression: Black Dog. When everything is going well, Ege tells Berk that he loves him. Thereupon, Berk decides not to meet with Ege.
24
 min
Fırat Uran
Turkish
Turkey

The Window

CONTENT WARNING:
A year after Beirut’s port explosion, Basma and Mariam reunite in their old bedroom. Surrounded by a view of the port’s remains, the two women attempt to resolve their shared trauma and broken relationship.
16
 min
Sarah Kaskas
Arabic
Lebanon

Adjustment

CONTENT WARNING: TRANSPHOBIA
The nine year-old effeminate boy, Shahrokh, humiliated and pushed away by his family and friends makes up his mind to adjust himself to his new identity and comes out to the people of his village. Having been through a variety of ordeal, Shahrokh, dressed in girl’s clothes, shows up in the class before his classmates.
17
 min
Mehrdad Hasani
Farsi
Iran

One Like Him

CONTENT WARNING:
A Jordanian man (Karim) must find a way to tell his childhood friend and first love (Ramzi) the truth about what happened twenty years ago, when a single moment changed both their lives. When he can’t find the words, the conversation repeats, becoming increasingly surreal until he loses control.
15
 min
Caitlin McLeod
Arabic
UK, Jordan

Shams

CONTENT WARNING: IMAGES OF PYSCHATRIC HOSPITAL CARE
Eden, a 30-year-old Belgian woman, works in a cultural center a few thousand kilometers away from her home, in the bustling capital of Cairo. She makes a life-changing encounter with a young woman named Shams. One day, Shams brutally disappears. With the support and friendship of two valiant young Egyptians, Eden starts a fight against her own fears, denials and bias to find Shams.
24
 min
Pauline Beugnies
French, English, Arabic
Egypt

Warsha

CONTENT WARNING:
A Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut volunteers to cover a shift on one of the most dangerous cranes, where he is able to find his freedom.
15
 min
"Dania Bdeir "
Arabic
Lebanon

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