🎬 The Amman International Film Festival – First Film has announced the full program of its seventh edition, marking a new milestone in its growing international presence and artistic vision.
✨ This year’s edition features 82 films from 27 countries, including world premieres, international premieres, and Arab premieres, reflecting the festival’s expanding role as a global platform for emerging cinematic voices.
🎥 In an exclusive statement, Murad Abu Aisheh, Head of Programming for Arab Documentary Features and Non-Arab Fiction Films, explained that the selection revolves around a central theme: human connections that define our existence.
💡 These connections appear in various forms such as love ❤️, family 👨👩👧, friendship 🤝, and shared memory 🧠. Despite coming from different countries, generations, and cinematic styles, the selected films converge on a single question: how do individuals navigate life under powerful social and political forces without losing their human essence?
🌍 This year’s program reinforces the festival’s philosophy of cinema as a tool for understanding the world rather than merely entertaining audiences.
🎞️ The Arab documentary competition includes strong titles such as:
- Papa and Gaddafi (Libya)
- The Other Side of the Sun (Syria)
- My Love Hussein (Palestine)
- Do You Love Me (Lebanon)
- Against Cinema (Saudi Arabia)
- Birds of War (Lebanon/Syria)
- Flana (Iraq)
🎬 Meanwhile, the non-Arab fiction section features films from diverse cinematic traditions, including:
- A Disappearing Man (Germany)
- Our Secret (Brazil)
- My Father’s Shadow (Nigeria)
- Lucky Lou (Canada)
- City That Never Sleeps (Spain)
- Laundry (South Africa)
- We Believe You (Belgium)
🌐 This diversity highlights the festival’s mission to create a global cinematic dialogue that bridges cultures and perspectives.
📈 From an analytical perspective, the selection reflects a growing international trend toward human-centered storytelling, where cinema becomes a medium for exploring identity, memory, and social change.
🔥 The seventh edition positions itself not just as a film showcase, but as a reflective space where audiences can engage with deeper questions about human relationships in an evolving world.
💬 On social media, the announcement is expected to generate strong engagement among film enthusiasts, especially due to the emotional and socially relevant themes of the selected films.
✨ Ultimately, the festival continues to establish itself as a cultural platform that redefines cinema as a bridge between people, cultures, and shared human experience.
