Geographies

Geographies explores our direct relationship to nature and how our survival is deeply interconnected with the land. These films discuss how climate change impacts our relationships to both natural and human made spaces, and the creatures we share them with.

Dead as a Dodo
2022
| 
Documentary
| 
5
mins
Language: 
English
Dead As A Dodo lays bare the settler colonial mythology at the heart of the popular narrative of the Dodo’s extinction.
More Info
Dog
2021
| 
Drama
| 
8
mins
Language: 
Farsi
A mullah takes a trip in the desert and is faced with a dog which he considers unclean.
More Info
Gladiolus
2022
| 
Documentary
| 
5
mins
Language: 
Farsi
An ode to a flower that once enjoyed prominence in Iranian culture, Gladiolus tells the story of its ubiquitous role in life’s important ceremonies and how it became a victim of its own popularity.
More Info
La Piscine
2022
| 
Experimental
| 
6
mins
Language: 
Arabic
An afternoon of play under the sun in the greatest pool of all, the Mediterranean.
More Info
The Land
2020
| 
Documentary
| 
27
mins
Language: 
Arabic
'The Land' documents the uprising of the people of Bisri and activists from all of Lebanon against the construction of the dangerous dam leading up to the Bisri Valley's liberation.
More Info
Three Meters and a Few Centimeters
2020
| 
Documentary
| 
18
mins
Language: 
Farsi
In an Iranian city, Coronavirus has caused many deaths. According to the obligations of the religion, someone must wash the virus-infected dead bodies by hand.
More Info
Voices and Locks
2022
| 
Drama
| 
20
mins
Language: 
Armenian, Kurdish
Will childhood memories be able to solve the property conflict problem of two childhood friends who have been apart for forty years?
More Info
When Beirut Was Beirut
2021
| 
Animation
| 
12
mins
Language: 
Arabic
If these buildings could talk, what would they say? In this animated documentary, three of Beirut’s monumental buildings come to life and share their stories of Beirut’s unsettling history.
More Info
Sunday, November 27, 2022
 | 
2:30 pm
VIFF Centre - Studio Theatre
19＋
November 30, 2022
 | 
6:00 pm
VIFF Centre - Studio Theatre
19＋
Book Tickets:
In-Person
Online