Synopsis
When a Palestinian filmmaker based in Scotland unearths a rarely-seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wild flowers, he decides to reclaim the footage. This tender film essay questions the role of image-making as a tool of both testimony and violence when connected to entanglements between people and the land.
Highlights
BAFTA Nomination – Best Short Film 2025
Screened at Somerset House – Soil Exhibition (Jan – Apr 2025)
WORLD PREMIERE – Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE — IDFA Film Festival 2024 – WINNER Best Documentary Short
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE — Sundance Film Festival 2025
Slamdance Film Festival 2025
London Short Film Festival 2025
Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival 2025 – Nominated for Best Short
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2025
Salem Film Festival 2025
Movies that Matter Festival 2025
ZagrebDox 2025
Go Short 2025 – European Short Documentary Winner & Winner of European Film Academy Candidate
Sunderland Shorts Film Festival 2025
XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin
LUX Scotland Online Programme (April 2025)
Hot Docs 2025
Kortfilmfestivalen / The Norwegian Short Film Festival 2025
Aura Impronta 2025
Leiden Shorts 2025
Documentarist Istanbul Documentary Days 2025
Safar Film Festival 2025
Cinéma Public (Palestine fundraiser) 2025
International Human Rights Film Festival (FICDH) 2025
Indy Shorts International Film Festival 2025
Nazra Palestine Short Film Festival 2025, Italy
Curtas Vila do Conde (out of competition) 2025
BlackStar Film Festival 2025
Concorto Film Festival (out of competition) 2025
Otherfield Festival 2025
Melbourne International Film Festival 2025
Rooftop Films 2025, Summer Series in New York City
Burgas International Film Festival 2025
DokuFest, August 2025, Kosovo
Silhouette Festival, Paris, July 2025
Interaction: Short Docs Festival, August 2025, Serbia
Athens Short Film Festival, December 2025
Reykjavík International Film Festival, Iceland, October 2025
OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival, September 2025, Ukraine
17th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, August 2025, India
Palestinian Film Festival Amsterdam, October 2025
dokumentART, October 2025, Germany
Refocus Film Festival, October 2025, Iowa, US
Seattle Arab Film Festival, August 2025, US
Euganea Film Festival, September 2025, Italy – Jury Award
Douarnenez Film Festival, August 2025, France
Braziers International Film Festival, August 2025, UK – Glaister Award
Pravo Ljudski Film Festival, October, 2025 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Archivio Aperto 2025, September 2025, Italy
All Living Things Environmental Film Festival, December 2025, India
Bolton Film Festival, October 2025, UK
CULMEA film festival, October 2025, Romania
Porto/Post/Doc: Film & Media Festival, November 2025, Portugal
Shortynale Film Festival, August 2025, Austria
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival BIEFF, September 2025, Romania
Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, November 2025, Brazil
KO:SH Film Fest, September 2025, Albania
Film Fest Gent, October 2025, Belgium
Encounters Film Festival, September 2025, UK
Slow Film Festival, UK
IndieCork, October 2025, Ireland
MENA Film Festival, Canada
Short Film Panorama Cinemed Montpellier 2025
Drama International Short Film Festival, Athens 2025
