Amman Film Festival - The Film Verdict

All This Death

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 5, 2026 | Amman 2026, Verdict Shorts |

An elderly man in Beirut wrestles with grief and his own mortality in All This Death, Fadi Syriani’s poignant and accomplished stop-motion animation.

Aicha

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 3, 2026 | Amman 2026, Verdict Shorts |

A mother goes to extreme and mystical lengths to reconnect with her daughter in Aicha, a disquieting, fragmentary and politically pointed folk horror-inflected short.

32B

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 3, 2026 | Amman 2026, Verdict Shorts |

A widower becomes aware of his daughter becoming a woman in 32B, Mohamed Tamer’s awkward but touching Cairo-set comedy.

No Land in Sight

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 1, 2026 | Amman 2026, Verdict Shorts |

A mother anxiously awaits news of her son in the tense short chamber piece, No Land in Sight, about the ways in which we cling on to hope in the dark.

Passport Wedding

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 1, 2026 | Amman 2026, Verdict Shorts |

Hind Hamed is excellent as a widowed mother trying to give her daughter a start in life in Passport Wedding, Abdallah Al-Ziyadi’s intimate and expressive drama.

Tag: Amman Film Festival

All This Death

Aicha

32B

No Land in Sight

Passport Wedding