The Present (2020 film)

The Present
The Present
Directed by	Farah Nabulsi
Written by	Farah Nabulsi; Hind Shoufani
Produced by	Ossama Bawardi
Starring	Saleh Bakri; Mariam Kanj; Mariam Basha
Cinematography	Benoît Chamaillard
Edited by	Hind Shoufani; Abdallah Sada
Music by	Adam Benobaid
Production; company	Philistine Films
Distributed by	Netflix
Release dates	February 2, 2020 (Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival); March 18, 2021 (Netflix);
Running time	24 minutes
Country	Palestine
Languages	Arabic; English

The Present (Arabic: الهدية, romanized: Al Hadiya, lit. 'The Gift') is a 2020 short film directed by Farah Nabulsi and co-written by Nabulsi and Hind Shoufani, about a father and daughter in the Palestinian enclaves of the Israeli-occupied West Bank trying to buy a wedding anniversary gift.^[1] The cast is led by Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri. It was released on Netflix on 18 March 2021, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.^[2]

The film is about a father and daughter in the Palestinian enclaves of the Israeli-occupied West Bank trying to buy a wedding anniversary gift.^[5]