Cinéma Public is proud to partner with the RIDM to present some of the award-winning films from the festival’s 28th edition. This program features the winners of the short and medium-length film competitions.
MARRATEIN, MARRATEIN
Julia Yezbick | 2025 | United States, Lebanon | 25 min | English | Best International Short or Medium-Length
Marratein, Marratein lingers between Beirut and Detroit, weaving memory and reflection into a meditation on belonging, heritage, and the echoes of diaspora.
LLOYD WONG, UNFINISHED
Lesley Loksi Chan, Lloyd Wong | 2025 | Canada | 29 min | English | Best National Short or Medium-Length
Based on the incomplete work of Lloyd Wong, who died of AIDS over 30 years ago, Lesley Loksi Chan turns the unfinished into a space of memory and transmission.
MOMENTUM
Nada El-Omari | 2025 | Canada | 19 min | no dialogue | Special Jury Prize, National Short or Medium-Length Film
Engaging with images of the Second Intifada shot by her father, filmmaker Nada El-Omari questions the meaning of images, the fragility of memory, and the erosion of the value of truth.
Please note that these screenings are presented by Cinéma Public and that passports, accreditations and ticket books produced by the RIDM will not be accepted.
FST - French subtitles
EST - English subtitles
E/FST - Bilingual subtitles
