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Resisting Borders: Strange Cities Are Familiar

21 minutes
Saeed Taji Farouky
Fiction/Short
2019 - United Kingdom
Toronto Premiere

Shorts Collection: Resisting Borders
Screens with:
Jalas and Rosa

Ashraf has been a political refugee in London for some 30 years, content with spending his days in his study or at his local social club. One day he receives a phone call from his friend in Palestine, telling him that his son Moataz has been fatally wounded in a protest. His friend pleads with Ashraf to return home.

Past Festivals
Australia Palestine Film Festival
Days of Cinema Palestine
Doha Palestine Film Festival
Reel Palestine Film Festival Dubia
London Palestine Film Festival
And More

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Co-presented by Arab American National MuseumArab Film and Media InstituteArteEastPalestinian Youth Movement, and National SJP

Earlier Event: September 23
Resisting Borders: Jalas
Later Event: September 23
Resisting Borders: Rosa