Directing
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MAWTINI (My Homeland)
Nawal, a young Palestinian woman, forms an unlikely friendship with Tanya, an older Indigenous woman, by becoming an accomplice to her guerrilla gardening on the lawn of their apartment building. Together they battle middle management to make it to harvest.
MADE /w SUPPORT FROM:
The Canadian Film Centre
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Eitr عطر
A closeted Arab wholesale perfume seller, attempting to mask his identity with excessive amounts of Polo Sport Adjacent cologne, is knocked off centre when a charming customer sees through his act.
MADE /w SUPPORT FROM:
Toronto Arab Film, Trinity Square Video, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, CUE Fund for Marginalized Artists & Company3.
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Feeling Fine
Sara & Cameron, an interracial couple & pair of struggling actors, refuse to quit their shared Meisner class after they break up & deal with grief, closure & reminiscing their connection in this short that both honours & pokes fun at heartbreak.
MADE /w SUPPORT FROM:
The Theatre Centre