Event Details
June 4, 2023
3:00 PM EDT
The Revue, 400 Roncesvalles Avenue, Toronto, ON M6R 2M9
Screenings:
04.23.2018//A Hail Mary
Country: Canada
Director: Faisal Karadsheh
Length: 10 mins
Synopsis: 04.23.2018// A Hail Mary explores the intricacies and unique challenges faced by Karadsheh’s family during their immigration to Toronto, from the widely-publicized death of his grandfather to the personal experiences and intimacies of home.This film was supported by the Toronto Arab Film x Trinity Square Video Filmmaker Commission.
45th Parallel
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Length: 15 mins
Synopsis: 45th Parallel focuses on the Haskell Free Library and Opera House—a unique municipal site between the jurisdictions of Canada and the United States.
Leila and the Cigarette//ليلى و السيجارة
Country: Canada, Lebanon
Director: Leah Manasseh
Length: 15 mins
Synopsis: In 2011, Leah decided to go to Lebanon to film with her grandmother. Two weeks after the shoot, her grandmother died of metastatic lung cancer. It took her 12 years to get the courage to revisit their last conversations.
Simo
Country: Canada
Director: Aziz Zoromba
Length: 23 mins
Synopsis: The usual rivalries and jealousies that exist between the two teenage brothers Simo and Emad take a dangerous turn that may seriously impact the future of their family.