Systems of Power

Systems of Power investigates the local consequences of global power structures within the MENA/SWANA region. Through experimental and narrative form, these films reflect on the impacts of imperialism, colonialism, capitalism and patriarchy in everyday life.

A Winner
2021
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Drama
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20
mins
Language: 
Persian
Maryam is on the verge of a divorce when she realizes she's pregnant and cannot go through with it until the baby is born.
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Return
2022
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Drama
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17
mins
Language: 
Arabic
Husam is on a 24 hour leave from the front to visit his family. A lump sits in his throat, while he is having breakfast with his mother: He wants to tell her how he really feels, that he is afraid of death.
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Road to EI Kef
2021
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Drama
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30
mins
Language: 
Arabic, English
With his mother and brother gone, a vulnerable teenager living in northern Tunisia charts a path that threatens to tear apart what remains of his family.
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Terra dei padri
2021
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Documentary
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11
mins
Language: 
Arabic
This Libyan poet Fadil Hasin Ash-Shalmani, deported to Favignana Island between 1913 and 1920, gave us a rare testimony of an often forgotten historical fact described by his verses.
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Three Songs Without Z
2022
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Documentary
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35
mins
Language: 
English
A suite of songs about a Syrian sculptor who carves stone, takes up arms, dances in the ruins of Homs, confesses on camera, and seeks official status.
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Sunday, November 27, 2022
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7:50 pm
VIFF Centre - Studio Theatre
19＋
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19＋
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