Event Details
May 26, 2022
6:00 pm EDT
Virtual
Screenings:
A Toi
Country: Lebanon
Director: Nour Azar Chami
Length: 11 mins
Synopsis: A 12 year old boy develops a spiritual relationship with his dead grandpa.
Tala’Vision//تالافيزيون
Country: Germany, Jordan
Director: Murad Abu Eisheh
Length: 27 mins
Synopsis: Trapped in a war ridden reality, with the hope of one day playing in the neighborhood’s football field, 8 year old Tala finds solace and freedom in a forbidden television. However, the secret TV becomes a matter of life and death.
Aïcha’s Dress//روبة عيشة
Country: Tunisia
Director: Mouhamed Saïed
Length: 28 mins
Synopsis: Saber, a young 14-year-old who lives in precariousness, manages as best he can to provide for himself and his sick mother Aïcha.
Son Of The Streets
Country: Palestine
Director: Mohammed Almughanni
Length: 33 mins
Synopsis: The film depicts the daily life of Khodor, a 13-year-old orphan whose relatives struggle to get him an ID card that proves his existence and gives him the right to education, health care and freedom of movement outside the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila in Beirut, Lebanon. During the process, long hidden family secrets are revealed.
Co-presented with Toronto Palestine Film Festival
