Reel Cinema screenings: Celebrate Women in Films
March 7th, 2019
March 7th: SCREENINGS
3 pm:
RELATIONSHIPS
LIGHTNING
Duration: 18 minutes
Director: Cristina Isoli, UK
A love story about a deaf girl and a new guy in town who pursues her romantically.
DRIVING MS. SAUDI
Duration: 2 minutes.
Director: Walid Chaya
A film about a mother and son and how he encourages her to drive.
MY HEART, HER BODY
Duration: 6 minutes.
Director: Fatma Alhameli, UAE
A film about the complications of love in the GCC
CRUSH HOUR
Duration: 7 minutes.
Director: Natalie Malla, UK
Melissa and Eric might just be soulmates, but will they talk to each other or will they leave that crowded tube carriage never knowing what might have been?
IDENTITY
SUPERMARKET
Duration: 14 minutes.
Director: Rhonda Mitrani, USA
A film about a woman trapped in a supermarket with other woman in various stages of womanhood.
SOULALA
Duration: 10 minutes.
Director: Maha Moussa, UAE
A short documentary about a Syrian refugee contemporary dancer, that had to start her life twice because of the Syrian war.
FAREED
Duration: 11 minutes.
Director: Rudy Barichello, Canada
Fareed is a sensitive and discreet poet; whose passion is calligraphy. He is a young man of Berber origin who has a sewing workshop in his apartment in Montreal. The news media is dominated by stories about violence and barbaric acts done in the name of Islam. At first, Fareed doesn't react at the accusing finger pointed at all Muslims. But his friends at the Kahwa Café have a different opinion.
UNVEIL
Duration: 19 minutes.
Director: Joy Ernanny, Brazil
A film about women who find comfort in a beauty salon for women only.
DISPLACED
Duration: 11 minutes.
Director: Mojdeh Ghanbari, France
A film about a female boxer and her dream to be a professional and how her dad disapproves.