Event Details
June 27, 2024
7:00 PM EDT
Innis Town Hall Theatre, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto, ON M5S 1J5
Screenings:
A Beautiful Excuse For A Deadly Sin//عذر أجمل من الذنب
Country: Bahrain
Director: Hashim Sharaf
Length: 16 mins
Synopsis: A young man tries to escalate a horse up the narrow stairs of the building to live with him in his apartment, but the building residents object to his path.
Bottles
Country: Morocco, Italy
Director: Yassine El Idrissi
Length: 18 mins
Synopsis: Said, a 13 year old boy in the old Medina of Rabat, has a side job collecting empty beer bottles to buy food for a dog he is hiding. Said finds keeping the dog he rescued conflicting with his family, friends, and religious tradition.
No Key
Country: Morocco
Director: Walid Messnaoui
Length: 22 mins
Synopsis: Two young thieves find a sealed jewelry box that becomes the envy of rival gangs.
Ahmed//أحمد
Country: Canada
Director: Rame Ibrahim
Length: 8 mins
Synopsis: Two immigrant parents are invited to talk about their journey from their home countries.
Anxiety
Country: Germany
Director: Alshafee Abby
Length: 22 mins
Synopsis: A young refugee struggles with learning the German language while being existentially at the mercy of the bureaucratic system.