SHORT SESSION 3
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THE LEBANESE FILM FESTIVAL IN CANADA
- JEDO'S DEAD by Sara Nimeh
English (original version)
Synopsis: Set against the social and political upheaval of September 11, a young girl and her autistic brother are confronted with loss when they discover their grandfather’s lifeless body. Jedo’s Dead portrays traditional rituals surrounding death and mourning through a child’s perspective. Alone and disoriented, they move through the different stages of human grief — from the most intimate to the inevitably transcendent.
- DEATH & OTHER FEARS by Marie-Louise Elia
Arabic with English subtitles
Synopsis: Through an inner monologue, archival footage, and texts written at different moments in time, the filmmaker reflects on her relationship to mortality, death, and her other fears.
- BOW by Pio Chihane
Arabic with English subtitles
Synopsis: In a quiet butcher shop where men tend to disappear, a delivery man finds himself drawn into the orbit of its enigmatic owner, while a strangely devoted narrator recounts the story with unsettling intimacy, tracing the fragile line between desire, control, and disappearance.
- CONFESSION by Jad Banjarian
Arabic with English subtitles
Synopsis: Mariam, a nun, urges her fellow sister Rafqa to keep silent about a sin — until both are confronted with its consequences.
- ALL THIS DEATH by Fadi Syriani
No dialogue
Synopsis: An elderly resident of Beirut reads obituaries daily and attends funerals. His routine of mourning becomes an intimate journey as he attempts to come to terms with the loss of a loved one, a home, and a city.
- HOW I BECAME "THE ASTRAY" by Joe Habka
Arabic with English subtitles
Synopsis: A documentary self-portrait exploring how a remark from a school psychologist transformed an expressive, outspoken 11-year-old into a reserved and silent adult.
- THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS by Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski
French with English subtitles
Synopsis: A poor young boy’s love for a girl whose tears turn into pearls leads him into a dangerous bargain, caught between love, greed, and survival.
Screening followed by a Q&A.