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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.

Rotation

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 1, 2026 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2026, Verdict Shorts |

A young woman goes through a form of hypnotherapy in Maryna Er Gorbach’s luminous, evocative and deeply moving new short, Rotation.

Last Shot

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jan 31, 2026 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2026, Verdict Shorts |

The sobering drama, ‘Last Shot’, pays homage to journalists killed in Palestine with an affecting tale about displacement and a photographer’s final, tragic image.

Coyotes

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 29, 2025 | Festivals, VENICE 2025, Verdict Shorts |

Said Zagha’s pulsating neo-noir probes at the dark consequences of being pushed to breaking point in Coyotes, a genre-inflected Palestinian short.

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No Land in Sight

Passport Wedding

Rotation

Last Shot

Coyotes