Surviving Violence - Nov 26 to Dec 2
An intimate and heartbreaking portrait of a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon. A sociological meditation on the exits available to the dispossessed camp residents.
3 LOGICAL EXITS
- Mahdi Fleifel
- 2020
- Denmark, United Kingdom, Lebanon
- s.t. English
- 15 min
Surviving Violence - Nov 26 to Dec 2
Carried by powerful testimonials and shifting between dream and reality, this Turkish short takes us inside the thoughts of a battered woman. A fiercely poetic and political work.
Surviving Violence - Nov 26 to Dec 2
A bold first feature – a dark and unforgettable film about the Filipino government’s brutally repressive drug policy.
ASWANG
- Alyx Ayn Arumpac
- 2019
- Philippines, Denmark, France, Germany
- s.t. English
- 85 min
Surviving Violence - Nov 26 to Dec 2
Mélanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins share the underrepresented and poetic voice of the Rohingya people, housed in a refugee camp in Bangladesh. A cry against injustice.
ERRANCE SANS RETOUR
- Olivier Higgins, Mélanie Carrier
- 2020
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French
- 88 min
Surviving Violence - Nov 26 to Dec 2
Thirza Cuthand shares an acerbic, uncompromising vision of Indigenous–settlers relations. A personal and essential broadside.
EXTRACTIONS
- Thirza Cuthand
- 2019
- Canada
- s.t. English
- 16 min
Surviving Violence - Nov 26 to Dec 2
In the heart of the Calais Jungle, a blue house and its occupant powerfully dismantle clichés about migration and migrants.
LA MAISON BLEUE
- Hamedine Kane
- 2020
- Belgium, Cameroon, Senegal
- s.t. French or English
- 56 min
Surviving Violence - Nov 26 to Dec 2
Starting from the suicide note of a 19th century Brazilian slave, this immersive sensory essay gives voice to slaves of the past and demands freedom for those of the present.
LA MORT BLANCHE DU SORCIER NOIR
- Rodrigo Ribeiro
- 2020
- Brazil
- s.t. English
- 10 min
Surviving Violence - Nov 26 to Dec 2
In this powerful and brave film, a young Chilean filmmaker invents her own language to express the ongoing trauma of a rape she suffered eight years earlier.
NIGHT SHOT
- Carolina Moscoso
- 2019
- Chile
- s.t. English
- 80 min
Surviving Violence - Nov 26 to Dec 2
Migrants shipwrecked in the Mediterranean struggle to survive. Among them is the co-director of this film, who captured chaotic fragments. A chilling and essential work.
PURPLE SEA
- Amel Alzakout, Khaled Adbulwahed
- 2020
- Germany
- s.t. English
- 67 min
Surviving Violence - Nov 26 to Dec 2
This insightful, humanistic film seeks to understand the roots of the endless conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh.
SOUS UN MÊME SOLEIL
- François Jacob
- 2020
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French or English
- 97 min
Surviving Violence - Nov 26 to Dec 2
In the Donbass war zone, a mother and her children bond through their shared passion for film. A poignant work, full of hope despite a grim context.
THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE
- Iryna Tsilyk
- 2020
- Ukraine, Lithuania
- s.t. French or English
- 74 min
Surviving Violence - Nov 26 to Dec 2
The filmmaker weaves together the story of her father and that of his native country, Chile, while questioning the role of images in individual and collective memory.
UNARCHIVE
- Cecilia Araneda
- 2020
- Canada
- s.t. French or English
- 13 min