To purchase tickets to TPFF festival screenings and events
- Order online here or by clicking the "Buy Tickets" button at the end of each film or event description in the program - service charges apply
- Call 416 599 TIFF (8433) or toll free 1 888 599 8433 10 am to 7 pm daily - service charges may apply
- In person at the TIFF Bell Lightbox Box Office (350 King Street West, Toronto) 10 am to 10 pm daily*
- In person at Toronto Women's Bookstore (73 Harbord Street, Toronto) - no service charges for cash purchases
- In person at the Box Office of the screening venue (opens 30 min. before the scheduled screening time)
- Ticket Prices to Film Screenings: regular $10, Student/Seniors $7
* For screenings not at TIFF Bell Lightbox: Tickets may only be picked up in advance at the TIFF Bell Lightbox Box Office up until noon the day of the screening or at the box office of the screening venue before the film.
- Call 416 599 TIFF (8433) or toll free 1 888 599 8433 10 am to 7 pm daily - service charges may apply
- In person at the TIFF Bell Lightbox Box Office (350 King Street West, Toronto) 10 am to 10 pm daily*
- In person at Toronto Women's Bookstore (73 Harbord Street, Toronto) - no service charges for cash purchases
- In person at the Box Office of the screening venue (opens 30 min. before the scheduled screening time)
- Ticket Prices to Film Screenings: regular $10, Student/Seniors $7
* For screenings not at TIFF Bell Lightbox: Tickets may only be picked up in advance at the TIFF Bell Lightbox Box Office up until noon the day of the screening or at the box office of the screening venue before the film.
To purchase Tickets to Marcel Khalifé and the Al Mayadine Ensemble
- order online here, or in person at a Ticketmaster outlet - service charges apply
- in person at:
Toronto Women's Bookstore (73 Harbord Street, Toronto) - no service charges for cash purchases
Toronto Centre for the Arts box office
5040 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario
(416) 733-9388
Tickets may be purchased by cash, debit or credit card at the Toronto Centre Box Office.
No Service Charge when purchased in person.
Box Office Hours
Monday - Closed
Tuesday to Saturday - 11:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday - 12:00pm - 4:00pm (closed for the month of August)
* On performance days the box office is open half an hour after the last show begins.
Driving Directions:
-From the East or West, take the 401 to Yonge Street
-Exit North onto Yonge Street. Turn Left onto North York Blvd.
Public Transit: -Take the subway to the “North York Centre” stop (Yonge Line)
- in person at:
Toronto Women's Bookstore (73 Harbord Street, Toronto) - no service charges for cash purchases
Toronto Centre for the Arts box office
5040 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario
(416) 733-9388
Tickets may be purchased by cash, debit or credit card at the Toronto Centre Box Office.
No Service Charge when purchased in person.
Box Office Hours
Monday - Closed
Tuesday to Saturday - 11:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday - 12:00pm - 4:00pm (closed for the month of August)
* On performance days the box office is open half an hour after the last show begins.
Driving Directions:
-From the East or West, take the 401 to Yonge Street
-Exit North onto Yonge Street. Turn Left onto North York Blvd.
Public Transit: -Take the subway to the “North York Centre” stop (Yonge Line)
To purchase the TPFF10 CARD
The TPFF10 CARD is a discount card which can be redeemed for 10 admission tickets to regular TPFF film screenings.
To purchase the TPFF10 CARD:
- Order online here - service charges apply
- Call 416 599 TIFF (8433) or toll free 1 888 599 8433 10 am to 7 pm daily - service charges may apply
- In person at the at TIFF Bell Lightbox Box Office (350 King Street West, Toronto) 10 am to 10 pm daily
- In person at Toronto Women's Bookstore (73 Harbord Street, Toronto) - no service charges for cash purchases
- TPFF10 CARD early bird special: $50 before August 14
- TPFF10 CARD regular price: $75
To obtain tickets with your TPFF10 CARD:
- In Advance: Present your TPFF10 CARD at:
the TIFF Bell Lightbox Box Office (350 King Street West, Toronto 416-599-TIFF (8433)) during regular Box Office hours - 10am to 10pm daily*.
Toronto Women's Bookstore (73 Harbord Street, Toronto)
- At the screening: Present your TPFF10 CARD at the box office of the screening venue. The box office at the venue opens half an hour before the scheduled screening time.
Tickets are subject to availability - a TPFF10 CARD does not guarantee tickets for the screening of your choice.
Note: to gain admission to a screening you must first obtain a ticket.
* For screenings not at TIFF Bell Lightbox: Tickets may only be picked up in advance at the TIFF Bell Lightbox Box Office up until noon the day of the screening or at the box office of the screening venue before the film.
To purchase the TPFF10 CARD:
- Order online here - service charges apply
- Call 416 599 TIFF (8433) or toll free 1 888 599 8433 10 am to 7 pm daily - service charges may apply
- In person at the at TIFF Bell Lightbox Box Office (350 King Street West, Toronto) 10 am to 10 pm daily
- In person at Toronto Women's Bookstore (73 Harbord Street, Toronto) - no service charges for cash purchases
- TPFF10 CARD early bird special: $50 before August 14
- TPFF10 CARD regular price: $75
To obtain tickets with your TPFF10 CARD:
- In Advance: Present your TPFF10 CARD at:
the TIFF Bell Lightbox Box Office (350 King Street West, Toronto 416-599-TIFF (8433)) during regular Box Office hours - 10am to 10pm daily*.
Toronto Women's Bookstore (73 Harbord Street, Toronto)
- At the screening: Present your TPFF10 CARD at the box office of the screening venue. The box office at the venue opens half an hour before the scheduled screening time.
Tickets are subject to availability - a TPFF10 CARD does not guarantee tickets for the screening of your choice.
Note: to gain admission to a screening you must first obtain a ticket.
* For screenings not at TIFF Bell Lightbox: Tickets may only be picked up in advance at the TIFF Bell Lightbox Box Office up until noon the day of the screening or at the box office of the screening venue before the film.
For more information: tickets@tpff.ca
TPFF 2012 Festival Program
Saturday, Sept 29, 2012 - 6:30pm: TPFF Opening Screening: The War Around Us
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Venue The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 6:30pm Director(s): Abdallah Omeish (Director in Attendance) Release year: 2012 Film genre: Feature Documentary Film length: 75 min Trailer: Click here Awards: Winner of Best Documentary at Newport Film Festival Country of origin: United States Canadian Premiere Event Facebook Page: Click here Description: In the winter of 2008, the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was shattered as the first Israeli bomb dropped on Gaza in Operation Cast Lead. Ayman Mohyeldin and fellow Al Jazeera journalist and friend Sherine Tadros found themselves the only Western reporters there to capture it. This riveting and introspective film chronicles the bonds of friendships under stress, the ethics of journalism in conflict and above all, the resilience of humans during war. With never-before-seen footage and testimonies reported from one of the most besieged places on earth, the film bears witness to how Gaza changed these two journalists forever. Buy tickets | ||
Sunday, Sept 30, 2012 - 11am: Sahtain! Palestinian Brunch
No shows booked at the moment.
Monday, Oct 1, 2012 - 6pm: Unbreakable Bond: TPFF Annual Art Show Opening
No shows booked at the moment.
Monday, Oct 1, 2012 - 7pm: Sector Zero
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Venue Jackman Hall, AGO Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 7:00pm Director(s): Nadim Mishlawi Release year: 2011 Film genre: Feature Experimental Documentary Film length: 67 min Trailer: Click here Awards: Muhr Arab Documentary - First Prize, Dubai International Film Festival 2011 Country of origin: Lebanon, United Arab Emirates Canadian Premiere Copresented by Images Festival. Description: On the outskirts of Beirut lies the notorious, now derelict, area of Karantina. Sector Zero is a beautifully shot film that examines the area’s tumultuous history, using it as a metaphor for Lebanon’s own troubled past. Tracing the area’s history through its landmark buildings – the Ottoman-built Quarantine Facility, the slaughterhouse, the tannery and the nightclub – this once vacant plot of land evolved into a multinational ghetto of refugees, including Palestinians, and was the sight of a massacre in 1976 during the civil war. Relying on the insights of a psychologist, a writer and an architect, Sector Zero analyses the traumas of this urban void in modern-day Lebanon, and how its dark history mirrors Lebanon’s erratic progression as a country in search of its national identity. Buy tickets | ||
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Venue Jackman Hall, AGO Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 7:00pm Director(s): Giacomo Abbruzzese Release year: 2010 Film genre: Short Fiction Film length: 23 min Awards: Official Selection, Dubai International Film Festival Country of origin: France, Palestine, Italy Canadian Premiere Description: Abed, a young Palestinian, enters Israel illegally by passing under the Wall and through the sewers to get to his work in a restaurant in West Jerusalem. On his day off, Abed decides to go home with a mysterious white box. It marks the beginning of a long journey. | ||
Monday, Oct 1, 2012 - 9pm: Gaza Hospital
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Venue Jackman Hall, AGO Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 9:00pm Director(s): Marco Pasquini Release year: 2010 Film genre: Feature Documentary Film length: 84 min Trailer: Click here Awards: Golden Globe of International Press 2010 for the Best Documentary; Best Documentary of IX edition of Al Ard Doc Film Festival 2011 Country of origin: Italy, Lebanon Toronto Premiere Copresented by Canadian Palestinian Educational Exchange (CEPAL). Copresented by Italian Contemporary Film Festival Description: In the 1970s, Beirut’s Gaza Hospital was established as the primary medical centre at the crossroads of the Palestinian Sabra and Shatila refugee camps. Thirty years ago, this building witnessed one of the darkest chapters in Lebanese and Palestinian history – the Sabra and Shatila massacres. Today, the war-scarred building is home to hundreds of Palestinian refugee families. Drawing on exclusive archival footage of the hospital and interviews with former hospital staff, the film chronicles the history of Palestinian refugees in Beirut and the role this monumental building played in their lives. Through these unforgettable stories, Gaza Hospital emerges as a symbol of hope and resistance. Buy tickets | ||
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Venue Jackman Hall, AGO Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 9:00pm Director(s): Rehab Nezzal (Director in Attendance) Release year: 2012 Film genre: Short Documentary Film length: 11 min Country of origin: Canada, USA, Palestine Canadian Premiere Description: The filmmaker’s niece, Dima, was nine years old when her father was assassinated by the Mossad, in Athens, Greece in 1986. In the passing years, no one spoke of her father’s death because the memories were too painful. In this personal film, Dima breaks her silence for the first time and shares her struggle to cope with her loss. | ||
Tuesday, Oct 2, 2012 - 7pm: Love During Wartime
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Venue Jackman Hall, AGO Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 7:00pm Director(s): Gabriella Bier Release year: 2010 Film genre: Feature Documentary Film length: 92 min Trailer: Click here Awards: Official Selection, Tribeca Film Festival Country of origin: Sweden Toronto Premiere Copresented by Beit Zatoun. Description: Love During Wartime is a modern-day Romeo and Juliet story. Newlyweds Osama, a Palestinian artist, and Jasmin, an Israeli dancer, fell in love while working in East Jerusalem. However their marriage is marred by Israeli law that prevents Jasmin from moving to Ramallah, and prohibits Osama from moving to Tel Aviv. Desperate to create a life together they take the difficult decision to leave their homes in search of a new life in Europe – one that gives them the legal right to live together. The film follows this determined couple on a bureaucratic and legal odyssey that tests the strength of their relationship. Buy tickets | ||
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Venue Jackman Hall, AGO Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 7:00pm Director(s): Andrew Kavanagh Release year: 2009 Film genre: Short Animated Documentary Film length: 7 min Trailer: Click here Awards: 2010 Digital Media Award, Best Animation; 2010 Grand Prix, Digital Media Awards Country of origin: Ireland Canadian Premiere Description: They were young, talented and free in New York. Dorit Rabinyan was an Israeli novelist and Hasan Hourani was a Palestinian artist. Their passionate friendship, impossible at home, flourished abroad. Then, in 2003 while visiting his family, Hourani drowned in Jaffa. Inspired by Dorit’s 2003 article ‘The Exile’s Return’ and Hasan’s illustrated children’s book ‘Hasan Everywhere’, the animated film contrasts the lonely voice of the writer with the warm, imaginative landscapes of the artist. | ||
Tuesday, Oct 2, 2012 - 9pm: Sacred Stones
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Venue Jackman Hall, AGO Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 9:00pm Director(s): Muayad Alayan & Laila Higazi Release year: 2011 Film genre: Feature Documentary Film length: 52 min Trailer: Click here Country of origin: Palestine Canadian Premiere Copresented by Planet in Focus. Copresented by Latin American and Caribbean Solidarity Network Description: Regarded by many as the Palestinian ʺwhite goldʺ, these stones are a highly coveted Palestinian natural resource. The Palestinian stone industry has been largely held hostage by Israeli construction needs, including those of illegal settlements on Palestinian land. At a shockingly unsustainable rate, stone is excavated from villages, towns and refugee camps, creating severe ecological, social and health consequences for residents. Complaints by Palestinian civilians are met with heavy Israeli repression, a lack of interest from international organizations or denial by the Palestinian authorities who are powerless to challenge this rapidly growing industry. Buy tickets | ||
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Venue Jackman Hall, AGO Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 9:00pm Director(s): Saaheb Collective Release year: 2011 Film genre: Short Documentary Film length: 8 min Trailer: Click here Country of origin: Palestine North American Premiere Description: Eid is a Palestinian Bedouin living under Israeli occupation. Ever since he can remember, Eid has picked up scrap materials and turned them into art. By following Eid’s creative process, this film celebrates the optimism and integrity which enables him to transform the machinery of occupation into an artistic expression of individuality and hope. | ||
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Venue Jackman Hall, AGO Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 9:00pm Director(s): Iara Lee Release year: 2010 Film genre: Short Documentary Film length: 4 min Country of origin: Palestine North American Premiere Copresented by Canadian Labour International Film Festival. Description: The film captures the struggle of Gaza’s approximately 3,000 fishermen trying to survive under Israel’s blockade. Harassed and humiliated daily by the Israeli navy, and prohibited from fishing beyond three miles from the coast, in breach of international law, many fishermen have been forced out of work. | ||
Wednesday, Oct 3, 2012 - 7pm: This is My Land... Hebron
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Venue Jackman Hall, AGO Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 7:00pm Director(s): Giulia Amati & Stephen Natanson (Director in Attendance) Release year: 2010 Film genre: Feature Documentary Film length: 72 min Trailer: Click here Awards: Jury's Award-Feature Documentary, AlJazeera International Documentary Film Festival, Gran Prix Documentaire de Creation, Festival International du Film des Droits de l'Homme Paris; Best Director, Audience Award, Al Ard Film Festival Country of origin: Italy Copresented by Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival. Copresented by Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) Copresented by Istituto Italiano di Cultura Description: Hebron, the largest Palestinian city, is home to 160,000 Palestinians and a centre of the three great Abrahamic religions. And in the heart of this ancient city is an Israeli settlement of 600 settlers, guarded by 2,000 Israeli soldiers. Their goal is to expel the indigenous population and occupy their homes. This highly-charged situation is captured in this documentary through interviews with Palestinian residents, settlers, human rights activists, former soldiers, politicians and journalists. Footage captured by filmmakers, residents and activists document the daily struggles of Palestinian residents trying to live their lives among their hostile neighbours. Buy tickets | ||
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Venue Jackman Hall, AGO Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 7:00pm Director(s): Georgina Asfour Release year: 2011 Film genre: Short Documentary Film length: 19 min Trailer: Click here Country of origin: Palestine Canadian Premiere Description: In this poetic story of a woman and her house, Georgina Asfour involves us in her intimate conversation with her grandmother, who tells a gendered history mixed with love, politics, struggle and dreams. | ||
Wednesday, Oct 3, 2012 - 9pm: Roadmap to Apartheid
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Venue Jackman Hall, AGO Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 9:00pm Director(s): Ana Nogueira & Eron Davidson Release year: 2012 Film genre: Feature Documentary Film length: 94 min Trailer: Click here Awards: The Garden State Film Festival: Best Documentary; The Milan International Film Festival: Best Editing Country of origin: United States Canadian Premiere Copresented by imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. Copresented by Faculty for Palestine Description: Narrated by Alice Walker (author of The Color Purple), Roadmap to Apartheid is as much a historical document of the rise and fall of apartheid in South Africa, as it is a film about why Palestinians describe their living situation as an apartheid system, and why many respected analysts around the world agree with them. The film delves into numerous issues by comparing the similar laws and tools used by both Israel and apartheid-era South Africa. Combined with archival material and anecdotes from South Africans, the film explains why the analogy is being used with increasing frequency and potency. Buy tickets | ||
Thursday Oct 4, 2012 - 7pm: Arab World Perspectives: Microphone
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Venue Jackman Hall, AGO Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 7:00pm Director(s): Ahmad Abdalla Release year: 2010 Film genre: Feature Fiction Film length: 116 min Trailer: Click here Awards: Best Arabic-language film, Cairo International Film Festival; Tanit d'Or, Journées cinématographiques de Carthage; Best Editing, Dubai International Film Festival Country of origin: Egypt Copresented by ReelWorld Film Festival. Copresented by Manifesto Community Project Description: Completed on the eve of the remarkable youth-led revolution that ultimately ousted President Mubarak last year, Microphone captures the rarely filmed arts scene in one of Egypt’s most vibrant cities. Khaled returns to Alexandria after years abroad to a failed romance and a strained relationship with his father. Deflated, he roams the city and stumbles upon an underground arts culture: Hip-hop performed on sidewalks, female punk rockers on rooftops, skateboarders cruising the city, graffiti artists tagging alley walls. Inspired by this burgeoning sub-culture, Khaled tries to support this movement and draw attention to the newest art forms in Alexandria that are ignored by society but will lead to an inevitable change. This film is a fresh narrative of a new generation of Egyptian artists and their aspirations for their city. Buy tickets | ||
Thursday Oct 4, 2012 - 9pm: Women in the Stadium
No shows booked at the moment.
Friday Oct 5, 2012 - 7pm: Crayons of Askalan
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Venue Jackman Hall, AGO Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 7:00pm Director(s): Laila Hotait Salas Release year: 2011 Film genre: Feature Experimental Documentary Film length: 50 min Trailer: Click here Awards: Official Selection, Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival Country of origin: Lebanon, Qatar, Spain Copresented by International Diaspora Film Festival. Description: Imagination and memory were survival tools for 15 year old Zuhdi Al Adawi, imprisoned in 1975 in Israel’s Askalan prison. During his 15 years as a prisoner, Zuhdi transformed his longing for his homeland and family into beautiful drawings he drew in secrecy. In solidarity, his cellmates and their families smuggled in crayons for this young artist and smuggled out more than 70 of his drawings drawn on pillowcases. These colourful drawings come to life in surreal animation sequences integrated throughout this captivating experimental documentary. The film’s dramatized prison scenes are re-enacted by the relatives of the imprisoned men, including Zuhdi’s former cellmate. Buy tickets | ||
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Venue Jackman Hall, AGO Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 7:00pm Director(s): Gerry O’Sullivan Release year: 2011 Film genre: Short Documentary Film length: 25 min Country of origin: Palestine, Ireland Canadian Premiere Description: Palestinian children, aged 9 to 15, and their parents describe their arrests and abuse by Israeli soldiers and the lasting effects it has had on their lives. Former Israeli soldiers are also interviewed and frankly discuss their illegal actions toward Palestinian children prisoners, and their internal struggles to hide from their actions. | ||
Friday Oct 5, 2012 - 9pm: Beyond the Walls
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Venue Jackman Hall, AGO Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 9:00pm Director(s): Ahmad Al Rahami Release year: 2012 Film genre: Feature Animated Documentary Film length: 47 min Trailer: Click here Country of origin: Jordan North American Premiere Copresented by No One Is Illegal. Copresented by Amnesty International Reel Awareness Film Festival Description: This artistic documentary uses animation and interviews to bring to light the challenges faced by Palestinian political prisoners after their release from Israeli detention in the 1970s and 1980s. The hardships of confinement were replaced by the difficulties coping with social, psychological and financial problems. On the inside, the prisoners created and functioned in a tight-knit community based on collaboration, cooperation and encouragement. However, on the outside, the newly released prisoners found themselves in an individualistic environment removed from the principles they fought for. This insightful film portrays the rarely seen human side of the detainees. Buy tickets | ||
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Venue Jackman Hall, AGO Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 9:00pm Director(s): Hisham Zreiq Release year: 2007 Film genre: Short Documentary Film length: 25 min Trailer: Click here Awards: Winner, Best Documentary Film, Al Awda Award Country of origin: Palestine Toronto Premiere Copresented by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East. Description: The filmmaker retraces his family village’s tragic history during the Nakba. The story is told by relatives and other survivors who witnessed the atrocities committed on that fall day in 1948. It is a story – at times brutal, at times inspiring – that traces the struggle of the people of Eilaboun to hold onto their existence, their history, and their determination to not let the horrors of these life-changing events be forgotten. | ||
Saturday Oct 6, 2012 - 7pm: TPFF Closing Screening: Habibi
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Venue TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema 1 Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 7:00pm Director(s): Susan Youssef Release year: 2011 Film genre: Feature Fiction Film length: 78 min Trailer: Click here Awards: Best Film, FIPRESCI Prize, Best Actress, and Best Editor at the Dubai International Film Festival in the Arab Muhr Competition Country of origin: Palestine, USA, The Netherlands, United Arab Emirates Copresented by Toronto International Film Festival. Event Facebook Page: Click here Description: Habibi, based on the Arabic folkloric story of Layla and Qays (the Arabic Romeo and Juliet) is re-told, and filmed, in modern day Gaza.The subjects of this tragic romance are two university students studying in the West Bank whose love story is abruptly interrupted after their student visas are revoked by Israel and they are forced to return to their families in Gaza. Desperate to be together, Qays requests to marry Layla but is refused by her middle-class family who feel he is too poor to support her. Trapped between political oppression and a patriarchal society, the young couple take matters into their own hands in order to be together. Not just a love story, this award-winning film reveals the modern day pressures and lack of opportunities for youth living in Gaza. Buy tickets | ||
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Venue TIFF Bell Lightbox Cinema 1 Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 7:00pm Director(s): Ossama Bawardi Release year: 2011 Film length: 18 min Trailer: Click here Country of origin: Palestine, Qatar, Jordan Description: Haneen, a woman in her mid-60s, lives alone in a Palestinian city, estranged from her husband and son. Haneen, the name itself meaning ‘nostalgia’, waits daily for replies to letters that remain unanswered. On befriending Salem, a boy from the neighborhood who steals fruit from her garden, she appears to develop a new spark of life. | ||
Sunday October 7, 7:00pm: Marcel Khalifé and the Al Mayadine Ensemble: An Homage to Mahmoud Darwish
No shows booked at the moment.
TPFF 2012 Pre-Festival Program
Tickets: Events are either "by donation" or tickets are available at the doorsee individual events for details
For more information: info@tpff.ca
Thursday April 26, 8:00pm: TPFF Launch Party - Debkeh with TPFF
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Venue Lula Lounge Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 8:00pm Description: We are excited to announce the launch of the fifth Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) in 2012. To celebrate, we are hosting our a debkeh (traditional Palestinian dance) themed party, featuring Layaleena Debkeh Group. Of course, our resident TPFF DJ Leila P will spin some amazing dabkeh music for everyone to enjoy and dance to afterwards! At the party, we will reveal the line-up of our pre-festival summer program. Save the date and spread the word – you don’t want to miss it! | ||
Friday July 13, 7:00pm: TPFF Party in the Pits!: Outdoor Screening of Budrus!
| TPFF presents: Party in the Pits! Free Outdoor Screening of Budrus! | |||
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Venue Christie Pits Park Date and time: 21 May 2013 at 7:00pm Director(s): Julia Bacha Release year: 2010 Film length: 78 min Trailer: Click here Country of origin: Palestine Free Admission! Description: Join the Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) on Friday, July 13th for an evening of Palestinian treats, games and an outdoor screening of the award winning film, Budrus, by Julia Bacha. We screened Budrus as the closing night film back in 2010 to a sold out theatre of 850+. Here’s your chance to see the film if you missed it (or if you simply want to watch it again!). This time, we’re bringing it back to Toronto as part of the TPFF 2012 summer outdoor screening. We will also have some delicious Palestinian food, cotton candy, popcorn and of course, music, for you to enjoy before the screening. And as always, admission to all of our summer events is free. The party starts at 7pm and film will screen after sunset (around 9pm). Hope you see you all there! | ||
Thursday September 13, 7:00pm: Directing Palestine: An Evening with Vanguard Palestinian Filmmakers
No shows booked at the moment.