Short Film Competition: Group 2

Irtizaz At a funeral filled with social rituals, a divorced young woman struggles under the pressure of her domineering mother, who sees the mourning as yet another chance to marry her off. Seed Jassim asks his younger brother Saeed to take his place in an IVF procedure, concealing his infertility from his wife—a request that clashes with his brother’s values and principles. Scream of an Ant When Roa escapes the weight of her home, she enters a world where broken certainties and fleeting wonders collide, revealing that freedom lies not in distance, but in surrender to life’s chaos. First Funeral Day On the first day of mourning, a father estranged from his family returns to