Sonia Chamkhi, Tunisia, 2016, 90 min, in Arabic and French with English Subtitles North American Premiere Hind, a young thirty-year-old actress, plays in a play directed by her husband Taoufik. The play is based upon the tragic real-life experience of Hind and that of her younger brother Mehdi, a fa

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David Lambert, Belgium/Canada, 102 min, 2014, in English, French, and Spanish with English subtitles Toronto Premiere Winner, Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2014, Best Actor; Milan Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2015: Best Film; Queer Lisbon Film Festival 2015: Best Actor. Young Argentine Lucas arrives i

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Heddy Honigmann, The Netherlands, 2015, 95 min, in Dutch and English with English Subtitles Toronto Premiere Opening film, International Diaspora Film Festival 2016 To celebrate its 125th anniversary Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra tours the whole world: 50 concerts spread over 6 contine

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Charlotte Rolfes, Germany, 2015, 8 min, no dialogue Winner, First Prize, Shortfilms Against Racism Festival, Madrid, Spain. North American Premiere An Iranian family mourns for the loss of the father who was murdered by right winged extremists. Ali, his son, flees into hatred and revenge phantasies,

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Salar Pashtoonyar, Canada, 2016, 9 min, in Arabic with English Subtitles After escaping for his life and living in exile for years in Canada, Karim finally convinces his estranged son Mahmoud to visit him from Iraq. Upon Mahmoud’s arrival nothing goes as planned and things take a turn for the wors

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Aisha Jamal, Canada, 2016, 7 min, in English and Pashtun with English Subtitles Toronto Premiere Influenced by their love of the gardens of Afghanistan, the Jamals have turned the backyard of their Canadian home into a vibrant link to their past. Through their love for gardening and nostalgia for t

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Babak Anvari, UK/Iran, 84 min, 2016, in Farsi with English Subtitles Winner, Athens FF: Best Screenplay; Sundance Film Festival: World Premiere; Official British entry for the Oscars. Tehran, 1988: the Iran-Iraq war rumbles into its eighth year. The bombing campaigns focused on the city, coupled wit

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Rokhsareh Ghaem-Maghami, Iran/Germany, 90 min, 2015, in Farsi and English with English subtitles Winner, Sundance Film Festival 2016: Grand Jury Prize, Audience Award; Sarasota Doc Film Festival 2016: Audience Award; Portland International Film Festival 2016: Audience Award; Montclair Film Festival

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Aron Lehmann, Germany, 2015, 89 min, in German and Greek with English Subtitles North American Premiere Winner, Pusan International Film Festival 2015: Busan Bank Award. The Germans are coming! To snoop around and control the Greeks; because they are – as always – under suspicion of lyin

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Goran Radovanovic, Germany/Serbia, 2015, 92min, in German, Serbian, and Albanian with English Subtitles Toronto Premiere Winner, Moscow International Film Festival 2016: Audience Award; International Independent Film Award 2016: Best Feature Ten years after the war in Kosovo: 10-year-old Nenad lives

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