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Gaza Diaries – short films – 29 February 2024 in Tkaronto
wave~form~projects + re:assemblage collective presented Gaza Diaries (short film program) to over 160 persons on Thursday 29 February 2024 at CAMH Auditorium in Tkaronto (Toronto) Second in a series of film screenings affirming Palestinian people’s sumud ( صمود ṣumūd) meaning “steadfastness” – a Palestinian cultural value, ideological theme and political strategy) and resilience, with an…
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Another World That Sounds Like You
A project on collective listening practices Featuring in-gallery audio works by: Bani Abidi, Nick Dourado, JJJJJerome Ellis, Urok Shirhan Hong-Kai Wang, and a program of sonic events and material contributions Curated by Toleen Touq in collaboration with Heather Canlas Rigg and Nedda Baba Radio program managed by Quinton Bradshaw, Sean Warkentine, and Annie Wong Living…
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The Feeling of Being Watched
SAVAC is pleased to co-present The Feeling of Being Watched (Q&A with director Assia Boundaoui to follow) at the Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) on Sunday 23 September 2018 at, 4:15 PM. Filmmaker Assia Boundaoui is haunted by a childhood memory of being awaken at 3am by two men working on telephone line by her…
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MONITOR 14: Drifting with the Summer Tides / We Have Always Known the Wind’s Direction, 2020
SAVAC is thrilled to announce the final program of films and screening details for MONITOR 14: Drifting with the Summer Tides curated by Rasha Salti. This edition of MONITOR asks the viewer to float and travel towards different realities and lived experiences that the artists and filmmakers find necessary to mediate and communicate. The program…
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MONITOR 14: Drifting with the Summer Tides / Jordão, 2020
SAVAC is thrilled to announce the final program of films and screening details for MONITOR 14: Drifting with the Summer Tides curated by Rasha Salti. This edition of MONITOR asks the viewer to float and travel towards different realities and lived experiences that the artists and filmmakers find necessary to mediate and communicate. The program…
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MONITOR 14: Drifting with the Summer Tides / Dialogue with the Unseen, 2019
SAVAC is thrilled to announce the final program of films and screening details for MONITOR 14: Drifting with the Summer Tides curated by Rasha Salti. This edition of MONITOR asks the viewer to float and travel towards different realities and lived experiences that the artists and filmmakers find necessary to mediate and communicate. The program…
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Transplant Seeing: A Exploratory Walk with Vince Rozario Following Jumana Manna’s Foragers
Transplant Seeing: A Exploratory Walk with Vince Rozario Following Jumana Manna’s Foragers (2022) SAVAC In collaboration with TPFF Introductory Remarks: 5:15- 6:00 pm Meet at TIFF Bell Lightbox Lobby at 6:00 for walk On a burning planet, foraging and maintaining relationships of reciprocity with neighbours, friends, flora, fungi, and bacteria may be our only way…
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Forbidden Images: art and resistance under occupation
A conversation with Rehab Nazzal and Sarala Emmanuel Followed by SAVAC’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) February 24, 2024 from 11:00am-1:30pm EST Event Type: Virtual What role can art play in contexts of war, apartheid, and settler colonialism? What makes expressions of resistance and solidarity so powerful as to be heavily censored? For decades, artist Rehab…
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THREE PROMISES الوعود الثلاثة
SAVAC Co-presentation with Toronto Palestine Film Festival Documentary THREE PROMISES الوعود الثلاثة Dir. Yousef Srouji 61 minutes 2023 – Palestine, Lebanon, United States Canadian Premiere Arabic with English subtitles A mother films her family’s life while sheltering from Israel’s attacks during the Second Intifada in the West Bank. Her son revisits this past through this…
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FOGGY: Palestine Solidarity, Cinema & The Archive
https://vtape.org/event/draft-foggy-palestine-solidarity-cinema-the-archive Bachir/Yerex Presentation Space & Commons @ 401 main space, 4th floor, 401 Richmond St. West, Toronto Monday, December 4, 2023: doors open 6:00 p.m., screening 7:00 p.m. Attendance: 94 Also presented online December 5 to 10, 2023, courtesy of the Toronto Queer Film Festival Presented by Viral Interventions, Vtape, The Arquives, Toronto Palestine Film…