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Location: Bloor Cinema – AGO – TIFF
The Toronto Palestine Film Festival is thrilled to present its 2013 Festival Program and announce that tickets are officially on sale! This years program is packed with amazing shorts, feature films, documentaries and special events. For the complete program and information on how to buy tickets visit our Program page: http://tpff.ca/tpff-program-2013/ OPENING NIGHT: WHEN I SAW YOU Saturday, September 28, 2013, 6:30 pm at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema. TPFF 2013 opens with the awarding-winning film When I Saw You by Annemarie Jacir. When I Saw You is a fictional story set in Jordan following a young boy, Tarek, and his mother, in a touching search for freedom set in 1967, a world re-emerging with new hope. Director in attendance via skype. Watch the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBXFBPwL8JI ARAB WORLD PERSPECTIVE PROGRAM (MOROCCO): THEY WERE PROMISED THE SEA Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 9:00 pm at Jackman Hall, AGO. TPFFs Arab World Perspectives Program (Morocco) shines a cinematic light on another part of the Middle East. This year, TPFF will focus on Morocco, specifically its former Jewish inhabitants and the friends and neighbours they left behind. Shot in Morocco and Israel-Palestine, Toronto filmmaker Kathy Wazanas film is part historical investigation, part poetic/musical essay on loss and longing and the possibilities of coexistence. Director in attendance. The Arab World Perspectives Program screenings Wednesday, October 2nd at 9PM. Watch the trailer for The Were Promised the Sea here: https://vimeo.com/60814711 CLOSING NIGHT: A WORLD NOT OURS Friday, October 4, 2013, 7:00 pm at the TIFF Bell Lightbox 1. TPFF closes the festival with the critically acclaimed documentary A World Not Ours by Mahdi Fleifel. Fleifels first documentary feature immerses us in the Ain el-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. His filmed conversations with three generations of his family and childhood friends still living in the camp provide an uncensored take on life as a refugee. Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/57316804 — Along with these and many more stunning films, TPFF 2013 will have a number of special programming events. TPFF TALKS: THE ART OF REVOLUTION Sunday, September 29, 2013, 2:00 pm at Beit Zatoun, (612 Markham Street). Film, video, art and theatre have played an important role in Middle Eastern revolutions and resistance of the occupation. Join us as we explore the role art plays in societies struggling for change with our esteemed guests: Omar Robert Hamilton, an independent filmmaker, producer of the Palestine Festival of Literature and a founding member of the Mosireen Collective in Cairo; and Udi Aloni, an artist, writer and filmmaker who also worked with the Cinema Department of the Freedom Theatre in the Jenin refugee camp. RSVP for this event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/527166214039050/ ART CREATES CHANGE: ARTIST TALK WITH EMILY JACIR Thursday October 3, 7:00pm @ OCADU, (Central Hall, Room 230). OCAD University with TPFF presents an artist talk with Emily Jacir. Emily Jacir, an internationally renowned Palestinian contemporary artist, works in a variety of media, including installation, performance, social intervention, photography, film and video. She has exhibited her works throughout the world and been honoured many times for her artistic achievements including a Golden Lion at the 2007 Venice Biennale. Through her works, Jacir has brought the Palestinian narrative to the contemporary art world internationally.RSVP for this event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/525384324206944/ SAHTAIN! PALESTINIAN BRUNCH Sunday September 29, 2013, 11:00 am @ Isam Kaisis new restaurant (842 College Street) Catered by the highly-reviewed chef and owner of 93 Harbord, Isam Kaisi, Sahtain! offers guests the opportunity to enjoy a multitude of delicious traditional Palestinian brunch dishes at Kaisis new restaurant. This years Sahtain! will also feature a live musical performance by oud-master Dr. Radwan Taleb. WITH LOVE FROM PALESTINE: THE TPFF ART SHOW September 30-October 3, 2013, during screening times at Jackman Hall, AGO. The TPFF Art Show celebrates the creativity and talents of local artists whose works reflect their emotional and physical perspectives on Palestine. The connection between the artist and Palestine is translated into inspired and diverse artworks including prints, sketches, paintings and photography. — Dont miss any TPFF 2013 news! Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Toronto-Palestine-Film-Festival/67313876473 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPFF Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/topalestinefilmfestival Were even on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/TPFF1 and Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/torontopalestinefilmfestival/
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