Our year-round film screenings bring audiences together to connect through Arab film.
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May 27, 2021 – May 30, 2021
Virtual
A curated short films programme accompanying our panel on speculative fiction in Arab films. This programme is available for international viewing.Screenings:
Blaxites
Fear: Audibly//الخوف: صوتيا
The Poet and the Swan//الشاعر و البجعة
Last Days of the Man of Tomorrow//آخر أيّام رجل الغَد
Co-presented with Breakthroughs Film Festival
Event Details
November 14, 2020 – November 15, 2020
VirtualJoin us for a screening of “The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni”.
The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni//اختفاءات سعاد حسني الثلاثة
Supported by Toronto Arts Council.
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Event Details
July 26, 2020
7:00 pm EDT
VirtualJoin us for our third Shorts Programme at TAFF2020
Screenings
Sh’hab//شهاب
Left Right//يسار يمين
Amphitheater//المسرح المكشوف
Maradona’s Legs//اجرين مارادونا
I Am Fatou
Ambiance//امبيانس
Roujoula//رجولة
Co-presented by:
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July 25, 2020
7:00 pm EDT
VirtualJoin us for our second Shorts Programme followed by a Panel Discussion on titled “Defying Politics, Towards Pan-Arabism in Cinema: The Role of Transnational Cinemas and Film Festivals in Creating a New Arab Cinema” featuring speakers Walid El-Kachab, Christina Piovesan and Viviane Saglier, moderated by Karam Masri.
Screenings:
Towards the Sun//نحو الشمس
In the Middle//في المنتصف
Four Acts for Syria//أربع فصول من أجل سوريا
The Return of Osiris//عودة اوزيريس
Compressed//مضغوط
I Have Seen Nothing,I Have Seen All//لم أرى شيئا, رأيت كل شيء
Panel:
Defying Politics, Towards Pan-Arabism in Cinema: The Role of Transnational Cinemas and Film Festivals in Creating a New Arab Cinema
Moderator:
Karam Masri, Filmmaker
Speakers:
Christina Piovesan, Producer & President of First Generation Films
Dr. Walid El Kachab, Associate Professor, Arabic Studies, York University
Dr. Viviane Saglier, Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Anthropology and Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID), McGill University
Panel Sponsored by:
Co-presented by:
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Event Details
July 25, 2020
4:00 pm EDT
VirtualJoin us for our first Shorts Programme at TAFF2020.
Screenings:
The Sparrow//العصفور
In Uncle Salem’s Country
The Old Kalbelouz
We Were There
Abdullah & Leilah//عبد الله و ليلى
We Were There
Co-presented by:
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July 24, 2020
7:00 PM EDT
VirtualJoin us for a screening of “Talking About Trees” followed by a Panel Discussion titled “Film is Dead, Long Live Film: Reviving the Arts in Sudan” featuring speakers Nehal El-Hadi, Mr. Mohamed Wahbi and Mazin Osman, moderated by Iman Abbaro.
Screening:
Talking About Trees//الحديث عن الأشجار
Panel:
Film is Dead, Long Live Film: Reviving the Arts in Sudan
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After having witnessed the history of cinema in Sudan in TALKING ABOUT TREES, motivated by the unwavering determination of these four filmmakers, this panel looks forward to examine the role of film and arts in the rebuilding of Sudan. Film in particular holds significant power in fostering community while promoting dialogue. TALKING ABOUT TREES makes us intently aware of lost potential and dreams marred and suppressed by politics and religious extremism and ultimately urges us to reconsider the importance of arts in shaping narratives about Sudan.
Moderator: Iman Abbaro
Speakers:
Nehal El-Hadi, Writer, Researcher, Editor
Mr. Mohamed Wahbi
Mazin Osman, Cultural Curator
Join us for a screening of Short Films followed by a panel on “Place Attachment”.
Screenings:
Fragments
Tawargit
Un Passage entre Deux Points
All Come From Dust//من طين
April 21//٢١ نيسان
Summer 2006
Panel:
Place Attachment
Fatma Hendawy
Lamis Haggag
May Telmissany, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Ottawa
Chantal Partamian, Filmmaker
Younes Ben Slimane, Filmmaker
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Postponed due to COVID-19.
April 26, 2020
7:00 pm EDT
VirtualScreening:
Flesh Out//Il Corpo Della Sposa
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Postponed due to COVID-19.
April 23, 2020
7:00 pm EDT
Innis Town Hall Theatre, 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 1J5Screening:
Noura’s Dream//نورة تحلم
Co-presented with Breakthroughs Film Festival
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Event Details
October 26, 2019
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM EDT
Innis Town Hall Theatre, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto, ON M5S 1J5Join us for screenings of “The Journey” and “Juha the Whale”.
The Journey//الرحلة
Juha the Whale
Supported by Toronto Arts Council.