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Creativity and movement are at the heart of the play bundle with a focus on artists and dancers. These films capture bodies lost in movement and the creative process.

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Runtime: 
99
 mins
Three Tales of Halaqat
Belgium
2022
Documentary
24
mins
Language: 
Arabic, Darija, French, Dutch, English
Three short films of unfettered imagination about the musicians, directors and performers from the Arab world and its diaspora, invited to Brussels as part of the ‘Haalaqat’ program.
Les chenilles
France
Lebanon
2022
Drama
30
mins
Language: 
Arabic
Asma and Sarah, two women originally from the Levant, find themselves working in the same restaurant in the city of Lyon in France.
in the whiteness
Canada
2022
Experimental
5
mins
Language: 
Harari, English
A poetic exploration of identity through the eyes of a Harari woman, displaced via war, now living in Canada.
In Cycle
Iran
2023
Documentary
27
mins
Language: 
Farsi
The story of four creative Iranian female artists who have been creating art works from recycled materials.
demarcations; you have black eyes
United States
2023
Experimental
9
mins
Language: 
Farsi
a stream-of-consciousness montage depicting collective bodies in a constant state of disruption, movement, processing, and grieving.
Bellydance Vogue
France
Spain
Lebanon
2020
Documentary
5
mins
Language: 
Lebanese Arabic
Hadi’s birthday landed on the 3rd of April, 2020, during lockdown, and for the first time he celebrated it all by himself.
Saturday, January 27, 2024
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8:45 pm
VIFF Centre - Studio Theatre
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Jan 27
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Feb 11, 2024
Streaming Online
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