MY FAVORITE FABRIC

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MY FAVORITE FABRIC

Gaya Jiji, France/Germany/Turkey, 2018, 98 min, in Arabic with English Subtitles, Canadian Premiere

Cannes FF 2018, nominated for Camera d’Or and Un Certain Regard Award

Damascus, Spring 2011. It’s the early stages of the revolution. 25-year-old Nahla is torn between her desire for freedom and the hope of leaving the country thanks to her arranged marriage with Samir, a Syrian expatriate in the USA. When he chooses her younger, more docile sister Myriam, Nahla finds refuge at her neighbour’s, the mysterious Ms Jiji.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/268531793