Synopsis:
This film is about a family who prepare their rooftop to have their ‘iftar’ meal. Suddenly the airplanes pass overhead, and each family member wishes that an aid box would fall to them from the sky full of wonderful things. The wish comes true, and an aid box falls onto their roof. However, the entire neighbourhood surrounds their house wanting to share the box. The events unfold in a human and emotional way, reflecting the children’s dreams and hopes amidst their difficult reality.’
- Director:
- Malak Barghouth, Hala Barghouth, Halima Barghouth, Lian Barghouth, Malak Al-Injeeli, Rahaf Al-Mashouki, Lian Shaheen, Elin Shaheen, Rafeef Shalyel, Shorouq Al-Nakhla, Dima Mousa, Mais Al-Nouri, Kawthar Al-Nouri, Sahar Abu Hayyah, Batoul Eid, Manal Boulan, Taleen Boulan, Lian Boulan, Lateefa Boulan, Maria Jouda
- Year:
- 2025
- Country:
- Palestine
- Running time:
- 4 min.
- Technique:
- Cut-Out Animation
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- .
- Animators:
- Malak Barghouth, Hala Barghouth, Halima Barghouth, Lian Barghouth, Malak Al-Injeeli, Rahaf Al-Mashouki, Lian Shaheen, Elin Shaheen, Rafeef Shalyel, Shorouq Al-Nakhla, Dima Mousa, Mais Al-Nouri, Kawthar Al-Nouri, Sahar Abu Hayyah, Batoul Eid, Manal Boulan, Taleen Boulan, Lian Boulan, Lateefa Boulan, Maria Jouda
- Script writers:
- Malak Barghouth, Hala Barghouth, Halima Barghouth, Lian Barghouth, Malak Al-Injeeli, Rahaf Al-Mashouki, Lian Shaheen, Elin Shaheen, Rafeef Shalyel, Shorouq Al-Nakhla, Dima Mousa, Mais Al-Nouri, Kawthar Al-Nouri, Sahar Abu Hayyah, Batoul Eid, Manal Boulan, Taleen Boulan, Lian Boulan, Lateefa Boulan, Maria Jouda
- Music composer:
- .
- Sound designer:
- .
- Distribution:
- Youtube
- Genre:
- Drama
- Tags:
- Political, Relationships
- Audience:
- 10+
- Language:
- Arabic
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3 Hour Animated Short Film Compilation to help Palestine | To Gaza with Love
2025 All audiences 180 min
by Various directors
The Global Animation Community unites in solidarity with Gaza to form AC4PAL. AC4Pal was created to support the work of Haneen Koraz, an animator based in Gaza who has been running animation workshops with displaced children and women across the region. The project “To Gaza with Love: A Global Anijam” brings together 329 short films from over 50 countries, created by animators, students, and studios in a collective act of solidarity with the people of Gaza.
- Drama
- Family
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Me and my Grandmother’s chickens
2025 10+ 3 min
by Hiba Al-Sayed, Dima Al-Sayed, Dana Abu Zanadeh & others
The story is about a boy waiting for the food trucks to enter Gaza, only to learn the crossings will remain closed. His grandmother is evacuated and moves in with him and his father, bringing her beloved chickens. With chicken no longer available in the market, the boy tries to persuade his grandmother to let him eat one of hers, but she refuse as they are like family to her! However she promises him a chicken if he fulfils her wishes, leading to an unexpected turn.”
- Drama
- Family
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My Grandfathers Magical Cane
2025 10+ 3 min
by Jana Al-Rantisi, Lamar Abu Nasser, Judy Al-Rantisi & others
Fatima takes great care of her late grandfather’s walking cane – so much so that it decides to transform into a magic wand and grant her family’s wishes. Made by a group of children from the Amal Refugee Camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza.
- Drama
- Family
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Vladimír Mišík & Blind Boys of Alabama: Šedesátá léta
2021 Adults 4 min
by Michaela Pavlátová, Alexandra Májová, Martin Máj
Music video to “Šedesátá léta” by Vladimír Mišík & Blind Boys of Alabama
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Musical
- Tragicomedy
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Betti
2018 16+ 5 min
by Zsuzsanna Ács
Since the 1980s, Betti Forgó has made her living as a taxi driver. Sitting in her car, she recalls 25–30 years of stories from the world of taxis: from negative stereotypes and the taxi blockade of the ’90s, to the protests against Uber — and how she herself was present in all these moments.
- Drama
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental
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Compartments
2017 16+ 15 min
by Daniella Koffler, Uli Seis
Netta, a young Israeli woman, wishes to emigrate to Berlin. Her father, a son of Holocaust survivors, is horrified by her decision to live in the land that killed her ancestors. He refuses to speak to her again if she leaves.
- Drama
- Coming-of-Age
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental
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The Bystander
2017 16+ 8 min
by Sheyda Kashi
An old man is living with a window in front of his eyes. He sees a cold, black and white, and fragile world from behind the window. But the window was not always there. While the man was a young active participant in a big revolution…
- Drama
- Tragedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
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What Is Your Brown Number?
2016 16+ 5 min
by Vinnie Ann Bose
The film is a humorous depiction of the Indian obsession with fair skin and their prejudices regarding skin colour.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
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Bamboo Temple Street
2015 13+ 14 min
by Baoying Bilgeri
The young girls Lili and Bao live at Bamboo Temple Street. After a brutal incident at school, Bao starts finding the wild and strong Lili interesting. Even though her parents dislike her interest, she decides to show Lili her friendship and affection. She crosses Bamboo Temple Street to find her.
- Drama
- Coming-of-Age
- Tragedy
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Ships Passing in the Night
2015 16+ 12 min
by Eli Zwimpfer, Elisabeth Zwimpfer
Malaika lives in Europe, Pombalo in Africa. She collects stranded goods, he is a fisherman. As the nets remain empty, he sets off to Europe. At the shore, they face each other as the ships passing in the night.
- Drama
- Experimental
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Within Thy Walls
2015 16+ 7 min
by Omer Sharon, Daniella Schnitzer
A Satire movie that criticize the daily life in Jerusalem. A city with a great gap between its symbolic and holy values to the “simple” people who are living in it.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
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Hollow Land
2013 16+ 14 min
by Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot
A young couple embarks inot a new life, dragging their old bathtub on their back. Hollow Land is a movie at the same time absurd, dark and full of humor which highlights the pressures which undergo the exiles, the refugees and all those who have difficulty in finding a place in the world.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy