96 min
Annemarie Jacir
Fiction
Palestine, Jordan
Featuring Mahmoud Asfa, Ruba Blal, Saleh Bakri and many more
Event Details
TPFF's annual outdoor screening at Christie Pits Park was held on August 7, 2015. By popular demand from our audiences, Annemarie Jacir's "When I Saw You" was screened.
We screened When I saw you directed by Annemarie Jacir on the opening night of TPFF 2013, with a sold out screening at Bloor Cinema.
Film Synopisis:
Winner of Best Asian Film at the Berlin International Film Festival, Best Arab Film in Abu Dhabi and Palestine's 2013 Oscar Entry, Annemarie Jacir's second feature film takes place in 1967 Jordan when the world is alive with change: brimming with reawakened energy, new styles, music and an infectious sense of hope. In Jordan, a different kind of change is underway as tens of thousands of refugees pour across the border from Palestine. Having been separated from his father in the chaos of war, Tarek, 11, and his mother Ghaydaa, are amongst this latest wave of refugees. Placed in “temporary” refugee camps made up of tents and prefab houses until they would be able to return, they wait, like the generation before them who arrived in 1948. With difficulties adjusting to life in Harir camp and a longing to be reunited with his father, Tarek searches a way out, and discovers a new hope emerging with the times. Eventually his free spirit and curious nature lead him to a group of people on a journey that will change their lives.
Winner of the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at Berlin International Film Festival;
Winner of Best Arab Film, New Horizons, Abu Dhabi Film Festival;
Jury Prize at the Cairo International Film Festival;
Special Jury Prize at the Oran Arab Film Festival;
Don Quixote Award at the Carthage International Film Festival;
Palestine's 2013 Official Oscar Entry for Best Foreign Language Film;
Nominated for Young Artists Award - Mahmoud Asfa, Hollywood