Ambush (Kameen) is a Canadian-Jordanian short drama film, directed by Yassmina Karajah and released in 2025.Andrew Parker, "TIFF 2025: Inside Short Cuts Programme 02". TheGATE.ca, September 5, 2025. The film tells the initially unrelated, but eventually intersecting, stories of Hasan (Emad Alkobari), a coffee shop clerk in Amman who spends his free time hanging out with friends who don't want to pay the cover charge to get into a new pop-up nightclub, and Jana (Sereen Khass), a woman who has given up drinking but is being pressured by her friends to go to the club.
The film premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.Heather Taylor-Singh, "5 Music-Driven Canadian Films Premiering at TIFF 2025". Billboard, September 8, 2025.
The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2025.Jamie Casemore, "TIFF unveils 2025 selections for Canada’s Top Ten features, shorts". Playback, January 6, 2026.
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