
Lamia Chraibi’s Like a Spiral examines migrant domestic workers’ love-hate relationship with Beirut
Like a Spiral amplifies the voices of migrant domestic workers in Beirut, where they are often rendered invisibile under the kafala system.

Like a Spiral amplifies the voices of migrant domestic workers in Beirut, where they are often rendered invisibile under the kafala system.

Yoo and Loo impressed jury members by addressing Asian diasporic issues in Canada with sensitivity and care.

Veteran actor Terry Chen plays a family man who’s keeping his gambling problem secret from his wife, played by Olivia Cheng.

人到了异乡,生活的样子,环境的艰钜,语言的隔阂,文化的差异,社会的状态……对每一个「人」都是一个很大的挑战!而每一个选择离家的人,都必须带着新的想像面对未知的未来,因为那是一种信念。改变的信念,让人生更完整的信念,努力的信念,重生的信念….任何正面的美好信念!

人到了異鄉,生活的樣子,環境的艱鉅,語言的隔閡,文化的差異,社會的狀態……對每一個「人」都是一個很大的挑戰!而每一個選擇離家的人,都必須帶著新的想像面對未知的未來,因為那是一種信念。改變的信念,讓人生更完整的信念,努力的信念,重生的信念….任何正面的美好信念!

去年我也去學了潛水。當然我很幼稚的只是喜歡「游泳」,因為小學旁邊有一個市立游泳池,我的體育課就必須學會游泳才能過關。






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This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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