Pushing boundaries

Compelling short films lead the way at DIFF

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Published: Tue 21 Oct 2014, 6:39 PM

Last updated: Sat 4 Apr 2015, 3:45 AM

One lucky short being screened at the upcoming Dubai International Film Festival will have the chance to qualify for next year’s Academy Awards.

The line-up of titles competing in the festival’s Muhr Short Competition come from some of the Arab world’s most talented up-and-coming directors.

Titles screening at this year’s festival - running from December 10 to 17 - include The Bad Hunter (pictured) from acclaimed Iraqi filmmaker Sahim Omar Kalifa who is following up from his award-winning film Baghdad Messi.

Palestinian director Rami Yasin’s family drama In Overtime, which competed at the Venice Film Festival earlier this year, will also be showcased alongside the world premiere of Lebanese director Elie Kamal’s short film Revoltango.

The line-up also includes Ahmed Khaled’s film White Sugar, The Night of the Blind Moon from Tunisian director Khadija Fatma Lemkecher, Yassmina Karajah’s film Light, No Exit by Mohanad Yaqubi, and black comedy The Aftermath of the Inauguration of the Public Toilet at Kilometer 375 from respected Egyptian filmmaker Omar El Zohairy.