FREE This round table brings together filmmakers whose work explores how cinema can move from the intimate to the collective. Participants will explore cinema’s power to transform the deeply personal into a shared experience, while engaging with the tensions of social boundaries, cultural memory, and the evolving politics of identity and representation.
Speakers : Basma Al-sharif (Morning Circle), Arjun Talwar (Letters from Wolf Street) & Mustafa Uzuner (Soul of the Foot)
Moderation : Oscar Ruiz Navia (Tigers Can Be Seen in the Rain)
The discussion will be held in English, with live French translation available through Wordly.
Free admission
Presented with the support of Goethe-Institut Montreal , of the Critical Media Lab McGill and Leadership for the Ecozoic
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