YALLA PARKOUR

2025, dir. Areeb Zuaiter
Sweden, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Palestine; 87 min.
In Arabic and Swedish with English subtitles

In her relentless pursuit of a memory that reinforces her sense of belonging, Areeb crosses paths with Ahmed, a parkour athlete in Gaza, sparking a journey where conflicting aspirations intersect. Nostalgia meets with ambition, and the weight of a confined past meets with an unpredictable future.

Preceded by the short films:

MASHED POTATOES

2024, dir. Suha Araj, 13 min.

While prepping for a Friendsgiving potluck, an Arab couple argues over the merits of a well quoted journalist after the 9/11 attacks.

MAQLUBA

2023, dir. Mike Elsherif, 28 min.

Laila visits her grandmother in her new apartment during a powerful storm under the guise of helping her unpack, but soon the film delves into a macabre fable about two generations of immigrants struggling to deal with displacement, life in the diaspora, and mortality.