As we look forward to the our 5th year together, we wanted to take this time review the incredible moments we shared this past year during 2022 MENA Film Festival #filmfestival #vancouverart #mena2022 #viff #middleeasternfilm #swana #swanafilm #middleeasterncinema #persiancinema

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VSFF is a proud partner of the @menafilmfest continuing till Dec 1st. You still have time to check out their amazing programming!

MENA FF ... 2022 PRIOR TO THE OPENING CEREMONY

🌌 Introducing our finaly Bundle #6 collection – Constellation . 🎥 This mix of local Vancouver-based and Canadian talents are a unique accumulation of our specific place and time from different immigrant and landed perspectives. . Festival program link👇 https://t.co/LLW5ouOg6h

📣 Announcing "From Zaatar to Wild Salmon: Protecting Indigenous Sovereignty" as part of #MENA2022 Panel Series featuring panelists Jaz Whitford, Ingrid Figueroa Manelik and moderated by MENA's very own Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller. 🧐 Event information 👇 https://t.co/jGwjtXr8Qh

The 2022 MENA Film Festival launches in just a few days with films screening at @VIFFest centre: Check out our calendar below and join us from November 26-December 1 for another year of celebrating the voices of the MENA/SWANA region Link below👇 https://t.co/LLW5ouOg6h

These and more shorts bundles will be screening in person and throughout the festival run https://t.co/SgSS4YG59M

💡 #MENA2022 Bundle #5 – Futurisms . 💭 These challenging films use the aesthetics of computer animation, technofeminism, and Arab futurism to imagine futures beyond the damages of capitalism, patriarchy, racism, and homophobia. . 🎥Link 👇 https://t.co/SgSS4YG59M .

Still, need a reason to come to the #MENA2022 Opening Ceremony @VIFFest? We're partnering with Tayybeh to bring your delights from Syria and across the MENA/SWANA region! Check out the link below for full event and ticket information! https://t.co/fP0WoiiNNO

📣 The MENA Film Festival wouldn't be celebrating its fourth year without the help of our sponsors and partners throughout the years. . 🌹 Saffron Giver: @CCMS_SFU . 🕊️ Olive Branch: @vfs & @ConsulatFRAVan . 🤝 Link below is our sponsors https://t.co/177KyME2yj

🎉 Have you got your Opening Ceremony tickets yet! Ticket link👇 https://t.co/fP0WoiiNNO Hani is keen on celebrating his diversity in today's industry with a mission of empowering minorities and bridging the gap to create equal opportunities for MENA actors and filmmakers."

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🇨🇦 We're proud to present the B.C. Premier of Montréal Girls by Patricia Chica, following a young man’s journey and his quest for love and enlightenment while discovering his true calling along the way. . 📆 Debuting Sunday, November 27 at 2:45 PM Link 👇 https://t.co/SQ6S3axIi8

🎟 Check out all our full slate of shorts and features offerings for #MENA2022 as well as other exciting offerings on the calendar below 💃🏽 https://t.co/LLW5ouOg6h

🌏 Shorts Bundle Two at this year's MENA Film Festival is all about Geographies. . 💡These films discuss how climate change impacts our relationships to both natural and human-made spaces, and the creatures we share them with. . 🎟 Check link below: https://t.co/LLW5ouOg6h

🎉 The #MENA2022 Opening Ceremony takes place November 26 @viffest's Vancity Theatre! 🔊Featuring our special guest emcee @hanimeft, live music @marjanalekhamis, regional delights by @Tayybeh for more check the link below: https://t.co/fP0WoiiNNO

🎟 Check out all our full slate of shorts and features offerings for #MENA2022 as well as other exciting offerings on the calendar at the link in the bio 💃🏽

👩‍👩‍👧 Introducing our first #MENA2022 Shorts Bundle – Generations . 💡From horror to archival doc, these films discuss intergenerational trauma and the tension between ‘here’ and ‘there’, deepening our understanding of home, lineage, and family in the region and the diaspora.