Shorts Programme 2
Starts: May 27
Time: 6pm Eastern Time
co-presented by:
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Ain't No Time For Women
Country: Canada Director: Sarra El Abed Length: 19 mins Synopsis: Tunis, November 2019. A group of women is gathered at Saïda’s, the hairdresser, on the eve of the presidential election. The salon is transformed into a town square, mirroring the internal turmoil of the country. In this female sanctuary, we get an intimate look at the county’s teenage democracy. |
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Pacific
Country: Belgium, Lebanon Director: Angie Obeid Length: 23 mins Synopsis: Whenever I walk through the dark reddish hallways to reach my apartment, whenever I would look out of my windows and dive into that expended view of the city of Brussels, unusual feelings would emerge. Until the day I read an article about my building PACIFIC, entitled "the suicide tower”. |
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Storm Child
Country: Canada Director: Ines Guennaoui Length: 12 mins Synopsis: Storm Child is a nightmarish incursion in the tormented mind of a four year old child. Yasmine and her family are Algerian refugees who just arrived in Québec during the infamous 1998 ice storm. |
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One Of Us Left The Photo
Country: Syria Director: Malas Twins Length: 16 mins Synopsis: A Syrian refugee lives in France with his French woman. His twin brother, pro the Syrian regime, arrives unexpectedly from Syria and lives with them in the same house. |