Event Details
May 29, 2021
12:00 pm EDT
Virtual
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Filmmaker Roundtable with: Maha Al Saati (Fear: Audibly), Amine Koudhai (And The Night Will Carry Us), Rand Abou Fakher (So We Live)
Moderator:
Zeinah Kalati, Programmer
Speakers:
Maha Al Saati (Fear: Audibly)
Maha Al-Saati is an independent, experimental filmmaker interested in exploring women’s stories in the Arab World. She is TIFF Filmmaker Lab 2020 and TIFF Writers’ Studio 2021 Alum, and honorary recipient of the Share Her Journey Award and The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) residency 2021. Her short films include Hair: The Story of Grass (18), an official selection of Fantastic Fest 2018, Slamdance 2019, and HollyShorts 2019; Cycle of Apples (19); and Fear: Audibly (17). Her feature project Hajj to Disney was selected for development by the Red Sea Lodge in partnership with TorinoFilmLab.
Amine Khoudhai (And The Night Will Carry Us)
Rand Abou Fakher (So We Live)
Rand Abou-Fakher studied as a flutist in the Syrian Conservatory, broadening her practice in Brussels to audiovisual arts. Today, she works as a director, theatre actor, (art) project manager and programmer. Her short films Braided Love (2018) and So We Live (2020) have been shown at festivals and museums worldwide. In the process, So We Live won an Oscar Qualifying Award.