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Liverpool Arab Arts Festival
A Journey Home: Family Screening and Workshop
Join us for a family film screening and workshop, in association with At The Library.
‘A Journey Home’ is a screening of four short animated films, touching on the theme of home, and all told through the perspectives of young characters. The films will be followed by a creative workshop.
Films
I am from Palestine (Palestine-USA, 2023) 05:32 mins
As Saamidah, a young Palestinian-American girl, anxiously starts her first day of school, she finds her identity in question when faced with a world map that doesn’t include her homeland.
Director – Iman Zawahry. Producer – Rifk Ebeid
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OLIVIA (Algeria, 2024) 05:00 mins
Olivia follows a woman uprooted from her olive land and forced into exile with her son. In an unfamiliar world, she struggles to belong while trying to protect him, until she is faced with the decision to return, leading her on a final journey.
Director – Shawki Boukef
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BAHR (Egypt, 2025) 07.30 mins
While grieving the loss of his wife, a father struggles with faith in a chance to reconnect with her; the journey is portrayed as death being a beginning rather than an end, a simple line separating two worlds.
Director – Belal Samra
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All Aboard (Lebanon-France, 2024) 06.40 mins
In order to follow his dream, Ray come illegally aboard the Nucleus Express at the expense of Copper, a passenger who has his ticket for the trip.
Directed by: Joe Azar, Sasha Grandet, Sami Haouas, Camille Lecour, Julie Marquet, Anaïs Mascherpa, Christina Varlokost
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Workshop: ‘Map Without Borders!’
Join us for a family creative workshop exploring roots, memory and belonging through drawing, storytelling, mapping, and traditional Karagoz-inspired shadow puppetry. No art experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
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Doors – 1.30pm
Start Time – 2.00pm
Finish Time – 4.00pm
Suitability – all, with parental guidance.
Content warning – Themes of grief, displacement, animal threat & flashing animated images.