The Tyre International Short Film Festivalโs ninth edition was launched under the slogan "Cinema for Free Expression" in 2022, in the presence of artists and the traineesโ parents. This edition included a musical performance by Le Chat Artiste Parade, TAAโs dance team, and the Jaffa Dabkeh band, as well as exhibitions of old film posters from Lebanon, Egypt, and India, and the screening of seven short films. It also included 34 documentaries, animated, and fiction films from 21 countries, which are: Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Iceland, Canada, Czechia, Slovenia, Egypt, France, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Belgium, Syria, the United States of America, Jordan, Mauritania, Tunisia, Iraq, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Back then, the films were competing for a best animated movie, best fiction film, best documentary, best actor, and best actress. Mai Masri, a Palestinian filmmaker, Bahij Hojeij, a Lebanese film director, and Ana Cendrero รlvarez, a Spanish director, were the jurors who honored:
- Best Animated Movie: โString Ballโ, Egypt.
- Best Fiction film: โTomorrow comes loveโ, Palestine, Lebanon, France, and Belgium.
- Best Documentary: โScenes from Homeโ, Lebanon.
- Best Actor: Houman Reda, โAn Ordinary Dayโ, Syria.
- Best Actress: Badu Morais, โAugust Skyโ, Brazil and Iceland.