Fireworks Logo

Latest Shorts...

  • Silver Fox
  • Drago
  • Fairlane
  • AC Unit
  • Hidden Battles of a Fragile Mind
  • Take Care
  • Wish You Were Queer
  • Whiskey Sour
  • The Body's Witness
  • Queerpiphany
  • Orange Cheesecake
  • My Father's Son
  • Cube (The)
  • Plum Cake
  • Photographs
  • Closet (The)
  • Discreet Only
  • Slate for Me
  • Stay
  • Indigo Memories
  • Who You Wanted All the Time
  • Blue Kiss
  • Beyond the Homestead
  • My Name Is Jonas
  • Beeps
  • You Free Tonight?
  • To the Brink
  • Lay-by
  • Goodbye Tango
  • Scattered
  • Dame and the Actor (The)
  • Queer2Queer
  • Damnation au Crépuscule
  • We Clap for Airballs
  • Just Friends
  • Ick (The)
  • Aadat
  • Father, the Son, and the Gun (The)
  • Thanks, Babs!
  • Coming Out

Blood Like Water

Country: Palestinian Territories, Language: Arabic, 13 mins

  • Director: Dima Hamdan
  • Writer: Dima Hamdan
  • Producer: Farah Abushwesha, Jiries Copti, Tony Copti, Dima Hamdan, Farah Tbaileh

CGiii Comment

The intensity is palpable.

The mother's love is an ovation.

A not-so-simple film...that is simply outstanding.


Trailer...

The(ir) Blurb...

Shadi embarks on a secret adventure, and accidentally drags his family into a trap where they only have two choices; either collaborate with the Israeli occupation, or be shamed and humiliated by their own people. Based on true stories.

Cast & Characters

Ruba Blal (as Um Shadi)
Adeeb Safadi (as Abu Shadi)
Atalah Tannous
Raeda Ghazaleh (as Um Raed)