Mouallem adapted the film from a short story called “Cynthia” by Saeed Teebi, which appeared in His First Palestinian: And Other Stories.
The MENA Film Festival will present the Noori siblings’ award-winning documentary on January 18.
One of the cofounders, Arman Kazemi, says that he is constantly gaining context about Southwest Asia and North Africa, a.k.a. MENA.
MENA will screen HAIYU – Rebel Singer Mariem Hassan and the Struggle for a Free Western Sahara on Sunday (January 26) in the Vancity Theatre.
Now in its fifth year, the MENA fest will feature 42 feature-length and short films this year, with some in theatres and others online.
加萨走廊的战争导致了温哥华破天荒首次举办巴勒斯坦电影日的活动。在11月2日星期四，中东北非电影节（MENA [Middle East North Africa] Film Festival）、Suimanga 电影公司 (Suimanga Films) 和 Vivo 媒体艺术中心 (Vivo Media Arts Centre) 将免费放映 Carol Mansour 的《刺绣巴勒斯坦》，时间地点：晚上8点， Vivo 媒体艺术中心。
加薩走廊的戰爭導致了溫哥華破天荒首次舉辦巴勒斯坦電影日的活動。在11月2日星期四，中東北非電影節（MENA [Middle East North Africa] Film Festival）、Suimanga 電影公司 (Suimanga Films) 和 Vivo 媒體藝術中心 (Vivo Media Arts Centre) 將免費放映 Carol Mansour 的《刺繡巴勒斯坦》，時間地點：晚上8點， Vivo 媒體藝術中心。
The MENA Film Festival, Suimanga Films, and VIVO Media Arts are bringing the first Palestine Cinema Days event to Vancouver.
Brothers Hasan and Rami Nakhleh founded TootArd, which will perform at Fortune Sound Club in Vancouver on Thursday (September 7).
Kazemi a cofondé le MENA Film Festival avec d’autres cinéphiles dont les racines familiales remontent à l’Afrique du Nord et au Moyen-Orient.
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