Toronto Arab Film Festival 2022
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"Objects of Affection" Shorts Programme
Thursday, May 26, 2022 6:00 PM EDT

This screening is available globally.


This screening is co-presented by:

A Toi

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lebanon
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Fiction
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A 12 years old boy develops a spiritual relationship with his dead grandfather.

  • Year:
    2021
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes
  • Language:
    English
  • Country:
    Lebanon
  • Director:
    Nour Azar Chami
  • Screenwriter:
    Nour Azar Chami
  • Producer:
    Azar Chami, Widad Attieh, Jad Chami, Majd Chami
  • Filmmaker:
    Nour Chami
  • Cast:
    Abdallah Tabikh, Latif Attieh
  • Cinematographer:
    Doz Ghamloush
  • Editor:
    Sara Safieddine
  • Production Design:
    Jad Chami, Majid Chami
  • Sound Design:
    Sara Safieddine
  • Music:
    Joey Semaan

Tala'Vision

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Trapped in a war ridden reality, with the hope of one day playing in the neighborhood’s football field, 8 year old Tala finds solace and freedom in a forbidden television. However, the secret TV becomes a matter of life and death.
  • Year:
    2021
  • Runtime:
    27 minutes
  • Language:
    Arabic
  • Country:
    Germany, Jordan
  • Director:
    Murad Abu Eisheh
  • Screenwriter:
    Murad Abu Eisheh
  • Producer:
    Esther Busch, Jude Kawwa, Philipp Maurice Raube, Gabriel Waldvogel
  • Executive Producer:
    Alaa Alasad, Khaled Haddad
  • Cast:
    Aesha Balasem, Ziad Bakri, Khalid Al Tarifi
  • Editor:
    Quirin Grimm

Aicha's dress

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Saber, a young 14-year-old who lives in precariousness, manages as best he can to provide for himself and his sick mother Aïcha.

  • Year:
    2021
  • Runtime:
    28 minutes
  • Language:
    Arabic
  • Country:
    Tunisia
  • Director:
    Mohamed Saied
  • Screenwriter:
    Mohamed Saied
  • Producer:
    Omar Ben Ali
  • Cast:
    Mohamed Houssin Graia, Fatma Felhi, Yahia Bousetta

Son Of The Streets

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The film depicts the daily life of Khodor, a 13-year-old orphan whose relatives struggle to get him an ID card that proves his existence and gives him the right to education, health care and freedom of movement outside the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila in Beirut, Lebanon. During the process, long hidden family secrets are revealed.

  • Year:
    2020
  • Runtime:
    33 minutes
  • Language:
    Arabic
  • Country:
    Palestine
  • Director:
    Mohammed Almughanni
  • Screenwriter:
    Mohammed Almughanni
  • Producer:
    Agata Golanska