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Arabs in Canada
From September 26, 2011 until October 28, 2011
From October 3rd to 28th, Casa Árabe hosts a cinema season to approach Arab migration phenomenon in Canada, aimed to inspire reflection through fiction movies and documentary films, as well as a narrative compilation.
Sabah, by Ruba Nadda (Canada, 2005, 86 min.).
Sabah is about to be forty and has a quiet life in Toronto. She is an intelligent and attractive Muslim woman, whose passion and independence has decreased during the last twenty years she has spent taken care of her family. Suddenly, she falls in love with Stephen, and she starts having a double life.
Incendies, by Denis Villeneuve (Canada, 2010, 113 min.).
In Montreal, during the reading of their mother’s will, named Nawal, Jeanne and Simon are puzzled when the notary gives them two envelopes, one addressed to their father, who they thought to be dead, and another one to a brother they did not even know about. They both journey to the Middle East to discover Nawal’s history, a very peculiar woman whose tragic destiny was marked by both war and hate.
Cairo Time, by Ruba Nadda (Canada, 2009, 90 min.).
Juliette, a magazine editor, travels to Cairo to spend her holidays with her husband Mark, who works for the UN in the Gaza Strip. Not being able to arrive on the arranged date, Mark sends his friend Tareq to walk with his wife through the streets of the Egyptian capital. He does not think about the possibility that they will fall in love.
Canada Hotel, by Aliaa Khachouk (Canada, 2011, 30 min.).
Through the experience of two women with Syrian and Sudanese origins this films explains the process of taking the decision to migrate to North America. The improvement in economic terms and in human relationships is highlighted, though it evokes with nostalgia the home country, their sacrifice is worth it.
Under One Sky: Arab Women in North America Talk About the Hijab, by Jennifer Kawaja (Canada, 1999, 43 min.).
This documentary offers the points of view of those women who wear the hiyab and of those who decide not to. Both sides express their arguments for and against, but most of them consider the hiyab as a loyal expression towards Arab culture, towards Islam. Above all, they refuse to be catalogued by their appearance.
* On Monday 24th, May Telmissany, Cinema professor at Ottawa University, will introduce the showing.
Place: Casa Árabe’s Auditorium in Madrid (c/ Alcalá, 62).
Hour: 19.30. Original Version with subtitles in Spanish. Free entrance prior ticket collection, from 19.00 on. Maximum two per person.
Sabah is about to be forty and has a quiet life in Toronto. She is an intelligent and attractive Muslim woman, whose passion and independence has decreased during the last twenty years she has spent taken care of her family. Suddenly, she falls in love with Stephen, and she starts having a double life.
Incendies, by Denis Villeneuve (Canada, 2010, 113 min.).
In Montreal, during the reading of their mother’s will, named Nawal, Jeanne and Simon are puzzled when the notary gives them two envelopes, one addressed to their father, who they thought to be dead, and another one to a brother they did not even know about. They both journey to the Middle East to discover Nawal’s history, a very peculiar woman whose tragic destiny was marked by both war and hate.
Cairo Time, by Ruba Nadda (Canada, 2009, 90 min.).
Juliette, a magazine editor, travels to Cairo to spend her holidays with her husband Mark, who works for the UN in the Gaza Strip. Not being able to arrive on the arranged date, Mark sends his friend Tareq to walk with his wife through the streets of the Egyptian capital. He does not think about the possibility that they will fall in love.
Canada Hotel, by Aliaa Khachouk (Canada, 2011, 30 min.).
Through the experience of two women with Syrian and Sudanese origins this films explains the process of taking the decision to migrate to North America. The improvement in economic terms and in human relationships is highlighted, though it evokes with nostalgia the home country, their sacrifice is worth it.
Under One Sky: Arab Women in North America Talk About the Hijab, by Jennifer Kawaja (Canada, 1999, 43 min.).
This documentary offers the points of view of those women who wear the hiyab and of those who decide not to. Both sides express their arguments for and against, but most of them consider the hiyab as a loyal expression towards Arab culture, towards Islam. Above all, they refuse to be catalogued by their appearance.
| Monday 3rd and Friday 22nd October | Sabah |
| Friday 8th and Monday 17th October | Incendies |
| Monday 10th and Friday 28th October | Cairo Time |
| Friday 15th and Monday 24th October* | Canada Hotel? and Under One Sky: Arab Women in North America Talk About the Hijab |
* On Monday 24th, May Telmissany, Cinema professor at Ottawa University, will introduce the showing.
Place: Casa Árabe’s Auditorium in Madrid (c/ Alcalá, 62).
Hour: 19.30. Original Version with subtitles in Spanish. Free entrance prior ticket collection, from 19.00 on. Maximum two per person.
