Event Details
May 26, 2022
6:00 pm EDT
Virtual
Dajla: Cinema and Oblivion
Country: Spain
Director: Arturo Dueñas
Length: 15 mins
Synopsis: The rocky desert in southwestern Algeria is the temporary home of about 150,000 refugees from Western Sahara. Goats grazing or the opening of a beauty salon are among the many scenes of everyday life of people who are eagerly awaiting the beginning of the film festival. The observational documentary captures the unwavering love of film in a place that the world has forgotten.
Cine-Ruins
Country: Lebanon
Director: Oscar Debs
Length: 20 mins
Synopsis: A family rumor about an Egypt-based star’s kinship to the Debs family in El-Mina, Tripoli, led to revisiting the history of a specific deserted cinema theatre there and the family of its manager.
Searching for Amal//البحث عن أمل
Country: Egypt
Director: Shehab Abd Al-hafez
Length: 30 mins
Synopsis: A grandson opens up old family photos to realize that there was always a picture of a girl hanging on the wall behind them, and now he sets upon a path of discovery.
Joe Buffalo
Country: Canada
Director: Amar Chebib
Length: 16 mins
Synopsis: Joe Buffalo, an Indigenous skateboard legend and Indian Residential School survivor, must face his inner demons to realize his dream of turning pro.