Narrative
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Feature

Jasmine Road

2023 MENA Canada Filmmaking Grant-winning film. Screened at MENA 5 as a work in progress preview.
Synopsis:

In the rural western Canadian cowboy town of Red River, Mac Bagley (a recently widowed rancher in his sixties) opens his home to a fractured Syrian refugee family.

Withstanding some opposition in the conservative town, Layla (a journalist and booza-maker - Arabic ice cream - from Aleppo), her young magic-inspired daughter Heba and Salem (Layla's adult gay brother) struggle to gain new footing in this new land.

Year: 
2020
Language: 
English, Arabic
Runtime: 
132
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Sunday, November 21, 2021
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4:00 pm
VIFF Centre - Vancity Theatre
19+
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
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8:15 pm
VIFF Centre - Studio Theatre
19+
Screening as part of the 
 Bundle
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Bundle Runtime:
 Mins
19+
Screening as part of the 
 Bundle
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Bundle Runtime:
 Mins
19+
Nov 21
 - 
Nov 27, 2021
Streaming Online
19+
Nov 21
 - 
Nov 27, 2021
Streaming Online
19+
Stills / Behind the Scenes
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