Defiant Movies

Struggling to navigate a promising career, a new romance, and her family life, a photography student confronts notions of love and loss during her...

Short film winner of the first prize at the Lyon Fashion Film Festival, telling the story of Julia, a creative soul who is lost between dreams and...

A stop-motion short film begins in a quaint, handcrafted world, where a small, unassuming protagonist lives a quiet life until an extraordinary...

Originally presented as an installation, this raw, haunting short by Basma al-Sharif depicts a horse ride at dusk on a farm in Gaza through...

Ginebra is a charming and carefree artist who becomes known for her works of art. As her fame grows, so does her self-destruction, hiding a dark...

ICONIC is a raw, unapologetic blend of music video, experimental cinema, and queer manifesto. Featuring the original song ICONIC, this fully...

A microcosm of Beirut shown through a rage room.

Follows the story of a family of pink cats, who overcome struggles, including Tete, who travels the world and back to reunite with family at last.

A young singer dreaming of viral stardom finds herself torn between her pre and post-fame identities, leading herself down a path of certain...

The dream of an unskilled idealist remaining under the glamorous curtain of sound and light.