The Royal Film Commission – Jordan invites you to attend the screening of a collection of short films produced at the Digital Filmmaking Workshop (2016 and 2017)
In the presence of the DFM workshops’ participants
Wednesday 26th of September 2018 at 8 PM at the Royal Film Commission (Jabal Amman)

Porridge of the Past

Directed by Nivin Abu Rekbeh, Produced by Yasmeen Ishneiwer, 14 min, Short Fiction, Arabic with English subtitles, 2017
Supervised by the DFM workshop’s instructor:
Director Mohammad Al-Daradji

The story of a 70-year-old refugee who came to Jordan after the Palestinian Nakba in 1948. Wearing an old-fashioned suit, he is used to visiting a cemetery while carrying a newspaper in his hand and an old cloth with a little girl’s shoe inside it. What is the secret behind this old man, and what do the newspaper and the shoe have to do with it?

Blue Silk

Directed by Manal Sehaimat and Rita Akroush, Produced by Mahmoud Hammash/ Haneen Al Khateeb/Yara Al Nabulsi, 13 min, Short Fiction, Silent, 2016
Supervised by the DFM workshop’s instructors: Director Yahya Al Abdallah and director Mohammad Al-Daradji

An unexpected incident at the church takes a young girl on a journey to fix what happened in order for her to participate in the first communion celebration.

The Lost Desert

Directed by Khadija Bint Awwad, Produced by Mohammed Hamad/ Mahmoud Hammash/ Khaled Doum, 16 min, Short Fiction, in Arabic, 2016
Supervised by the DFM workshop’s instructors: Director Yahya Al Abdallah and director Mohammad Al-Daradji

A Bedouin girl holds a secret that everyone searches for in the deserts. She embarks on a journey to find her father, with her kidnapper, in the harsh desert.