Part of Prismatic Ground 2026

This retrospective marks the recent digital restoration of Iraqi-Lebanese filmmaker Parine Jaddo's 16mm and 35mm short films, and their first presentation to audiences in over two decades.

Co-presented by ArteEast. Followed by Q&A.

Atash (Thirst)

(Parine Jaddo, 1995, 14min)

A story within a story, fragments from the filmmaker's life in post civil-war Beirut lead into a fictional tale of two lovers and fatal madness. Soon, the male narrator's authority is interrupted by a female voice who recounts her own version of the story. —Nadia Shihab

Aisha (Surviving)

(Parine Jaddo, 1999, 32min)

Blending fiction and documentary, Aisha (Surviving) follows the gaze of an Arab-American filmmaker making a film about her immigrant cousin -- a woman whose inner voice slowly disrupts the orientalizing narrative, revealing an emotional landscape marked by estrangement, cultural dissonance, and desire. —Nadia Shihab

Teyh (Astray)

(Parine Jaddo, 2002, 21min)

After September 11th, an Iraqi filmmaker living in the west spends her days at home, questioning her own life choices and sense of belonging in a world that has gone astray. —Nadia Shihab