Futurisms

Futurisms uses aesthetics of computer animation, technofeminism and Arab futurism to imagine futures beyond the damages of capitalism, patriarchy, racism and homophobia.

Childfree
2020
Documentary
35
mins
Language: 
Farsi
This documentary represents the concern of Sara and those who have the same opinion about having children in this era of Iran.
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Cracked
2021
Drama
5
mins
Language: 
Turkish
A little girl lives in a village with her mother where water sources are dwindling by the day. Drought effects her imagination, even her doodles and drawings.
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I Am Not Racist, I Have a Black Friend
2021
Documentary
13
mins
Language: 
French
Young people of colour who grew up in predominantly white social circles reveal what it is like to embody the mythical figure of the «black friend».
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It Gets Darker
2022
Horror
23
mins
Language: 
Arabic
After feeling like a stranger in his own country, Firas, a nine-year-old Jordanian-Lebanese boy, goes to extreme lengths to finally fit in.
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Khtobtogone
2021
Documentary
16
mins
Language: 
French
Khtobtogone depicts the emotional roller-coasters of politics infused in Zine’s daily life, as a young French working-class man from the Maghrebi diaspora.
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Osha
2021
Documentary
15
mins
Language: 
Arabic
A mother (Aysha) and daughter (Osha) travel through the desert hunting with falcons, the traditional Emirati method that has been passed down through the generations.
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The Pyramid
2021
Animation
7
mins
Language: 
An ancient Egyptian tried to build an upside-down pyramid.
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The Sky Oscillates Between Eternity and Its Immediate Consequences
2021
Animation
18
mins
Language: 
English
Two protagonists narrate how the control, isolation, and exploitation of time including environmental life cycles, seasons, and organisms’ lifetimes form the blueprint to achieve sustainable closed worlds.
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Warsha
2022
Drama
16
mins
Language: 
Arabic
A Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut volunteers to cover a shift on one of the most dangerous cranes, where he is able to find his freedom.
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Saturday, November 26, 2022
 | 
6:00 pm
VIFF Centre - Studio Theatre
19+
 | 
19+
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