Halifax Short Films 2023
1st Session
Friday November 10, 2023 - Scotiabank Auditorium - Dalhousie University - 6135 University Ave
Leila and the Cigarette
In 2011, Leah decided to go to Lebanon to film with her grandmother. Two weeks after the shoot, her grandmother died of metastatic lung cancer. It took her 12 years to get the courage to revisit their last conversations. Through memories and poems she draws the portrait of her grandmother in homage to her unique character.
Director: Leah Manasseh
Un pour huit
After a big battle with cancer, Carine has only one solution to save her life: organ transplant. In a country where everyone is born a donor, transplantation was a lifesaving answer. But if this French scenario was placed in a Lebanese setting, would Carine have had the chance to tell us her story?
Director: Lynn Tawilé
A person becomes an object
After a long time of caring for her ailing father, a young woman fights her emotions and the numbness that comes with impending loss. As her father’s death looms closer, she spirals in her own way.
Director: Julie Chalhoub
Doigts de fée
“Doigts de fée” is a documentary that tells the journey of my son, who, despite his differences, was able to grow, face challenges, and fulfill himself. It portrays the son whom I accompanied, transitioning from a feeling of helplessness to pride and fascination.
Director: Siham Kortas
Thorn
Not all that glitters is gold.. When a sinner longs for the innocence in him, despite the liberation of the body, the soul remains shackled in search of itself. Resisting the pain becomes a pleasure!
Director: Pauline Gaby El Nawwar
Shattered
When everything is repaired from the outside, what do we do about the broken parts inside? This is the story of Yasmine. She often takes refuge in her imagination. After the Beirut explosion happens though, her coping mechanism does not work so well anymore…
Director: Elyssa Skaff
21 FEBRUARY
A series of unfortunate events reshape the life of Ingrid for the past 25 years. However, in 2022 she ends up discovering their hidden miraculous cause in her visual self-portrait.
Director: Ingrid El Zoghby
