Arabic Shorts 2026

We have gathered four short films from Tunisia, Bahrain, Jordan and Syria that show the range of contemporary Arabic short films.

Below you can read about the four films in this short film programme.

Three of the films will be screened at Vippa on March 6.

Ghassra / Stranded (Jamil Najjar | Tunisia | 25 min)

When an urgent bodily need forces a taxi driver to stop by a tree, a simple pause sets off a chain of unexpected events.

A Beautiful Excuse For a Deadly Sin (Hashim Sharaf | Bahrain | 16 min)

A young man wants to live together with his horse and tries to bring it into his house via a narrow staircase – much to the dismay of his neighbours.

The Parrot (Amjad Al Rasheed & Darin J. Sallam | Jordan | 18 min)

A Mizrahi Jewish family from Tunisia tries to settle into their new home in Haifa, Palestine in 1948, but is haunted by a disturbing houseguest – a large blue parrot that once belonged to the former Arab residents.

My Name Is Hope (Sherwan Haji | Syria | 20 min)

A short film about the timeless struggle between oppressor and oppressed in an era where forgetting has become the deadliest weapon against freedom.

Breakfast Screening

Ahead of the screening on the morning of Saturday, March 21, we invite everyone with a ticket for breakfast. A simple breakfast will be served from 10.30.

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