If Birds Believed in God

(2025)

Genres: Drama

Year: 2025

Runtime: 22 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Samer Saifan

Cast: Adam Budron, Nasser Faris, Veracity Butcher, Jade Ziane, Leyla Modirzadeh, Eyas Elkhateeb, Ron Fallica, Martin Pfefferkorn

Plot

The story follows a day in the life of Ismail, a Palestinian photographer whose American upbringing was shaped by his grandfather’s displacement during the 1948 Palestine Nakba. When Ismail’s mother gifts him his grandfather’s keffiyeh—a traditional Palestinian scarf—it triggers an internal struggle between shame and pride in his cultural identity, all unfolding against the ominous backdrop of rising violence against Palestinians.