Our year-round film screenings bring audiences together to connect through Arab film.
Screening & Panel
March 1, 2023
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
CFMDC, 1411 Dufferin Street, Toronto, ON M6H 4C7Join us for a screening of “Life on the CAPS”, followed by a talk with Nehal El-Hadi.
Screening:
Life on the CAPS
Panel:
Incorporating multi-media and digital techniques into diasporic narratives
This post-screening discussion will engage viewers in a theoretical and practical discussion of incorporating multi-media and digital techniques into diasporic narratives.
Speaker:
Nehal El-Hadi, Writer, Researcher, Editor
Workshop
March 5, 2023
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST
LIFT, 1137 Dupont St, Toronto, ON M6H 2A3Workshop:
Projection Mapping Workshop
Join Ilze Briede [a.k.a. Kavi] for a Video Projection Mapping Workshop. Learn the basics of video projection mapping in this introductory workshop. With Resolume, you can manipulate and mix videos in real-time, create complex and dynamic compositions from scratch using built-in effects and, most importantly, how to map your video output on site-specific objects, also known as Video Projection Mapping
No previous experience with projection mapping is required.Facilitator:
Ilze Briede [a.k.a. Kavi]
Event Details
May 29, 2022
7:30 pm EDT
Paradise Theatre, 1006 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON, M6H 1M2The screening is followed by a conversation with Dalal Bizri.
Screenings:
Elektra, My Love (Elektra, Ya Gharami)
Speaker:
Dalal Al-Bizri, Lebanese researcher and writer
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Event Details
May 29, 2022
5:00 pm EDT
Paradise Theatre, 1006 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON, M6H 1M2Screenings:
Abu Saddam//أبو صدام
Co-presented with Egypt Migrations
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Event Details
May 29, 2022
2:30 pm EDT
Paradise Theatre, 1006 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON, M6H 1M2Screenings:
Strangers After Midnight
Roadblock//حاجز
Nightfall//الشفق
The Laughing Woo Woo
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Event Details
May 29, 2022
12:00 pm EDT
Paradise Theatre, 1006 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON, M6H 1M2
Join us for a screening of Canadian short films followed by a panel discussion around opportunities and challenges making films in Canada and beyond.Screenings:
Brown Bread & Apricots
Visions of Basra
Nur El Qulub//نورالقلوب
Don’t Forget The Water
Festina Lente
Panel:
Canadian Filmmakers Roundtable
Through this discussion, filmmakers will reflect on their creative journeys, opportunities and challenges making films in Canada and beyond.
Moderator:
Nashwa Lina Khan, Community Educator, Facilitator, and Researcher
Speakers:
Sawsan Al Saraf, Filmmaker
Noor Gatih, Filmmaker
Christina Hajjar, Filmmaker
Serene Husni, Filmmaker
Event Details
May 28, 2022
7:30 pm EDT
Innis Town Hall Theatre, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto, ON M5S 1J5
Join us for a screening of “You Resemble Me” followed by a panel on “The Language of Belonging” where Jasmin Zine and Amir Al-Azraki will join Nehal El-Hadi in a moderated discussion exploring Islamophobia, radicalization, and barriers to belonging for Muslim youth in disapora.Screening:
You Resemble Me
Panel:
The Language of Belonging
Moderator:
Nehal El-Hadi, Science + Technology Editor, The Conversation Canada
Speakers:
Jasmin Zine, Professor of Sociology and Religion & Culture at Wilfrid Laurier University
Amir Al-Azraki, playwright, literary translator, Assistant Professor at University of Waterloo
Co-presented with Provocation Ideas Festival
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Event Details
May 26, 2022
6:00 pm EDT
VirtualScreenings:
Fighters
Osha//عوشة
Ana Wa Enti (Me and You)//أنا و أنت
Tender Threads//حبال المودة
With Strings Attached
Incurable
Co-presented with MENA Film Festival
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Event Details
May 26, 2022
6:00 pm EDT
VirtualScreenings:
Sandjak//سنجق
Galb’Echaouf//قلب الشوف
The Way Back//طريق العودة
Off-Season Tourists
Warsha//ورشة
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Event Details
May 26, 2022
6:00 pm EDT
VirtualScreenings:
Mariam//مريم
Nur El Qulub//نورالقلوب
The Song of Sin//نشيد الخطيئة
Don’t Forget The Water//لا تنسى التسمية
CloseCall
Co-presented with Al Markaz.
