LPFF 2026 Short Session: Between Worlds

This session explores the complexities of Palestinian life across Gaza, the West Bank and the diaspora. These five films move between the everyday and the surreal, examining how personal histories, family relationships and unexpected encounters shape lives lived under extraordinary circumstances.

Kentucky Gaza (Jordan, 2025, Omar Rammal, 22')

In besieged Gaza, where the existence of Kentucky survives only as legend, Anwar transforms the masses' craving into a successful smuggling venture, while singlehandedly deepening the emotional wound between himself and his father.

Gaza Bride 17 (Palestine/UK/Estonia, 2025, Waseem Khair, 20')

A fisherman from Gaza is trapped in his haunting memories. After losing his only child, he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder that leads him on a psychological journey, reliving his tragedy in a different reality.

Coyotes (Palestine/France/Jordan/UK, 2025, Said Zagha, 20')

A Palestinian surgeon drives home after a long night shift, taking a desolate road through the West Bank. What begins as an ordinary journey soon becomes an encounter that changes everything.

the salt fisherman (Palestine, 2011, Ziad Bakri, 18')

A middle-aged fisherman follows a quiet daily routine between his colourful shack and a nearby waterhole. His solitude is disrupted by a harmonica player whose arrival sets an unexpected chain of events in motion.

UK Premiere: Stuck (USA, 2025, Usman Ally, 11')

On the morning of October 7th, Dana, a drifting young Palestinian-American woman, wakes to a world suddenly transformed. Haunted by the younger spirit of her father, a legendary activist, she is pushed to confront her fear, her inheritance and her own voice.