Screening + Q&A with the filmmakers
2019/2023, 60m. 18+.
The AWAN Festival (Arab Women Artists Now) in association with The Arab Film Club present a screening of short genre films. AWAN is the UK’s only contemporary multi-arts festival dedicated to showcasing inspiring works from Arab female artists.
This year we have hand-picked a unique and memorable line-up of sci-fi and horror shorts. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers on stage, hosted by actress and film curator Sarah Agha.
Ladies Coffee (2024) by Amal Al-Agroobi – 10’
On the prowl for lady suitors, Roula invites Zeina and her daughter over for Arabic coffee. But when young Reem participates in a cup reading ritual, she gets more than she bargained for.
The Call (2023) by Riffy Ahmad – 14’
During a difficult visit to her single immigrant mother, Athena discovers that what she thought was age-related mental decline is in fact an inherited magical gift.
In Vitro (2019) by Larissa Sansour – 28’
In an underground orchard in Bethlehem, decades after an other worldly eco disaster, two scientists ruminate on exile, loss, identity and nostalgia.