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How do systems of power seek to control the body? These films explore the rules and obstacles that are put on the body from the state and other cultural forces.

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Runtime: 
103
 mins
Rizoo
Iran
2023
Drama
16
mins
Language: 
Farsi
An eight-year-old Iranian girl is faced with a challenging dilemma.
Listed
Canada
2023
Documentary
14
mins
Language: 
English
Faizal Karim’s personal account of racial profiling and detainment due to being falsely flagged on the Canadian No Fly List.
In the Garden of Tulips
United States
2023
Drama
14
mins
Language: 
Farsi
At the height of the Iran-Iraq war, Cari takes a car ride with her father to the Iranian countryside of Birjand.
Ikinji’s Stories
Egypt
2023
Documentary
15
mins
Language: 
Arabic
Old songs with cheerful meanings and tattoos of a static nature symbolize the last generation of Bedouins belonging to this form of a simple life free of any manifestations of this fast-paced world.
An Armenian Triptych: Retracing Our Steps
Canada
United States
2021
Animation
11
mins
Language: 
English
An animated short film highlighting the power of artistic collaboration as a meaning-making tool in response to intergenerational trauma and the refusal of a people to be erased from history.
250km
Armenia
2022
Drama
23
mins
Language: 
Armenian
Kids should not have to be heroes, they should just be kids. They should play, learn, and be happy—not spend their days scared or struggling.
Sunday, January 28, 2024
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3:00 pm
VIFF Centre - Studio Theatre
19+
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19+
Jan 27
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Feb 11, 2024
Streaming Online
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