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 partic

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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 sufferin

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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 …………………………………………..

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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

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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 – Ba

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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

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                  http://youtu.be/fIfvzZwEznU 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

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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 Ryer

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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 ha

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    Yasemin Samdereli / Germany / 2011 / 97 min, Toronto Premiere With Fahri Ögün Yardim, Demet Gül and Vedat Erincin In German and Turkish with English Subtitles Winner: Film Award in Gold – Best Screenplay, German Film Awards, 2011; Film Award in Silver – Outstanding Feat

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Miraz Bezar / Germany , Turkey / 2009 / 102 min, Canadian Premiere With Senay Orak, Muhammed Al and Hakan Karsak In Kurdish and Turkish with English Subtitles Winner: Golden Poznan Goat – Best Film, Children’s Jury Award – Best Film, Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Fest

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                  http://youtu.be/tAinwJ05XCw 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), 20

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