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In collaboration with the Cinema Studies Institute of University of Toronto, the IDFF celebrates contribution of Deepa Mehta to the Canadian cinema. In this event, clips from Midnight’s Children, the latest Mehta’s film adapted from Salman Rushdie’s novel will be shown and she will participate in a Q/A session. This by-invitation-only event will follow by...
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Deepa Mehta, Canada, 2002, 105 min After the death of his girlfriend, Rahul (Rahul Khanna) is pushed by his mom to find a bride. He meets Sue (Lisa Ray) in a bar. Mistaking her as an escort girl, Rahul ask her to pose as his new girlfriend and future wife just to calm down his...
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Taghreed Saadeh, Canada, 2010, 30’ A documentary that tells the story of hundreds of Palestinian refugees who seek asylum in Canada after being driven away from their homes with no alternative place to go. It focuses on why they came to Canada, the difficulties they faced, and their human suffering after Canada refused to help...
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Ronak Ghorbani, Canada, 2011, 5’A personal view of the significance of body hair in Iranian culture. Ronak is a graduate student in the Ryerson’s Communication and Culture Graduate ………………………………………….. For Film Screening Time and Venue Click here to visit our schedules and venue page
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Golkou Parhizgar, UK, 2010, 52 min, North American Premiere, FREE ADMISSION (Part of “Spotlight on Muslim and Arab Women’s Stories”, in partnership with Ryerson University) In English and Farsi, with English Subtitles Round-trip is inspired by the director’s personal experience of returning to Iran after 11 years of living in the UK and rediscovering relationships...
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Alba Sotorra Clua / Spain / 2009 / 52 mins, Canadian Premiere, FREE ADMISSION (A part of `Spotlight on Muslim and Arab Women`s Stories` in partnership with Ryerson University) In Bosnian, Turkish, Farsi, Urdu, with English Subtitles Winner: Best Documentary, REC Film Festival, 2009 – Barcelona. In this revealing documentary five extraordinary women talk...
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Various filmmakers, 2009/2010/2011, in Arabic with English Subtitles, North American Premiere Two years ago, a group of female Palestinian filmmakers got together and decided to have a film festival of their own. On top of all difficulties, they knew that there was no theater in Gaza. But did it stop them? Certainly not! They...
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Raja Amari / Tunisia, Switzerland, France / 2009 / 91 mins, Canadian Premiere, FREE ADMISSION (Part of “Spotlight on Muslim and Arab Women’s Stories”, in partnership with Ryerson University) With Hafsia Herzi, Sondos Belhassen and Wassila Dari In Arabic with English Subtitles Nominated: Bronze Horse Award,...
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Samir / Germany, Switzerland / 2003 / 111 mins, FREE ADMISSION(Preceded by a Reception and followed by a conversation with renowned cultural studies scholar Dr. Ella Shohat who is also featured in the film. Part of “Spotlight on Muslim and Arab Women’s Stories”, in partnership with Ryerson University) In Arabic, Engish and Hebrew with...
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Eran Riklis / Germany, France, Israel / 2011, Toronto Premiere With Danny Huston, Amira Casar, Max Riemelt, Mark Waschke, Hanns Zischler, Irm Hermann, Selen Savas, Yehuda Almagor In English/German/Turkish/Hebrew with English Subtitles Co-presented with Toronto Jewish Film Festival Max Stoller, 42 has achieved the impossible. Thirty years after surviving the Holocaust, he has taken Europe...
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Carolina Rivas & Daoud Sarhandi / Mexico / 2011 / 75 min, Canadian Premiere In Spanish with English subtitles Winner: Best Film Prize – Mexico Today, Festival Internacional de Cine UNAM (FICUNAM), 2011 – Mexico A metaphor of the Flood in our epoch. ‘The Flood’ is...
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Timothy Syrota / Australia / 2010 / 50 mins, Canadian Premiere In English Official Selection: United Nations We the People’s International Film Festival, 2011 – London, UK; Buffalo-Niagara International Film Festival, 2011 A creative non-fiction documentary by Australian filmmaker and writer Timothy Syrota. Syrota uses a unique combination of film, art, photography, music and...
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Michiel van Jaarsveld / Netherlands / 2010 / 90 min, North American Premiere With Ebru Akyildiz, Gürkan Küçüksentürk and Vefa Ocal In Dutch with English Subtitles Business is going very badly for Erdal Koksal, chef and owner of The Sultan, a traditional Turkish eatery. While trying to keep his oriental restaurant afloat, he must learn...
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Ineke Houtman / Netherlands / 2011 / 90 min, North American Premiere With Kees Boot, Loes Haverkort and Katja Herbers In Dutch with English Subtitles In order to find her father in Surinam Grace is forced to take some desperate measures. Grace is the only black child of an all-white family, desperate to find out...
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David Dusa / France / 2010 / 99 min, Canadian Premiere With Rachid Youcef, Alice Belaidi In French and Farsi with English Subtitles Official Selection: Tribeca Film Festival 2011 Paris-Tehran. Forced to leave Tehran after the controversial elections in 2009, 24-year-old Anahita...
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Shahin Parhami / Canada, Iran, South Korea, Ukraine / 2010 / 120 mins, Toronto Premiere With Amin Aghaie In Farsi, Turkish, “Qashqai” and Russian Winner: Asian Vision Award, Taiwan International Documentary Festival; Special Distinction, Dubai International Film Festival; Official Selection: Moscow International Film Festival; Montreal World Film Festival; Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival; Pusan International...
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David Lale, James Newton / UK, France / 2010 / 23 mins, Canadian Premiere In English, French, Pashtu with English Subtitles Winner, Press Award, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 2010; Main Award, 8th International Festival Signes de Nuit, 2010, Official Selection: Telluride...
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Ahmed Al-Daradj, Nadia Eliewat, Hayder Helo / Iraq, UK, Jordan / 2010 / 11 min, Canadian Premiere In Arabic with English Subtitles Nine year old Iraqi refugee Mohamed dreams of being a regular kid and going to school. Instead he is a reluctant shoe shiner working the busy...
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Ruben Amar, France, 2011, 19’, Canadian Premiere In Arabic and Hebrew with English Subtitles Suleiman, an eleven year old Palestinian boy, lives in a small village in the Gaza strip. Every month, he goes with his father to the ruins of a destroyed village. Though he doesn’t understand the weird ritual in which his father...
