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Ambush

An after-hours rooftop party puts self-control, desire, and participation to the test.

Director
Cast

Sereen Khass, Emad Al Kobari, Joanna Arida, Mohammad Jayousi, Moath Zakzook, Bahaa Sulieman

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada/Jordan

Year

2025

Language

In Arabic with English subtitles

Film Contact
18+
21 min
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Credits & Director

Executive Producer

Rula Nasser

Producer

Joaquin Cardoner, Aseel Abu Ayyash, Yousef Abed Alnabi, Raya Abu Rub

Screenwriter

Yassmina Karajah

Cinematography

Farhad Ghaderi

Editor

Abdallah Sada

Production Design

Nasser Zoubi

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Yassmina Karajah

Yassmina Karajah is a Jordanian Palestinian screenwriter and director. Her short films have screened internationally in festivals such as the TIFF, AFI, and the Melbourne International Film festival, among others. Her film Rupture (2018) was a part of MoMA’s New Directors/New Films and won the Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance, where she was the first recipient of the Russo Brothers’ Fellowship. Karajah is an alumna of the University of Bristol Law School (LL.B), holds a degree in film production from the University of British Columbia, and is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s Directors’ Lab.

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