
Ishan Sandhu, Robert L. Duncan, Nathaniel Vossen, Mickey Brazeau, Ranjit Samra
Canada
2022
English
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VIFF Short Forum: Program 4
Bouncing through nostalgic aesthetics and genre storytelling, a contemporary point of view comes into focus.
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Chez Jolie Coiffure
Having immigrated to Belgium from Cameroon, Sabine manages Chez Jolie Coiffure. Her salon patrons, many of them undocumented immigrants, are not only be made to feel beautiful but can also escape the daily difficulties and harsh realities of their lives.
No Other Land
Deemed by many critics one of the essential films of 2024, a multiple festival award winner and a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Documentary, No Other Land is a reminder that mass expulsion is by no means a new reality for Palestinians.
Atlantics
In Dakar, Ada loves Souleiman but has been promised to another man. One night, Souleiman and his co-workers leave the country by sea. Several days later, a fire ruins Ada's wedding and a mysterious fever starts to spread. It seems Souleiman has returned.
Credits
Producer
Mike Archibald, Sophy Romvari, Susanna Barlow
Screenwriter
Mike Archibald
Cinematography
Devan Scott
Editor
Will Ross
Production Design
Maria Katarina
Original Music
Scott Archibald
Director

Mike Archibald
A copywriter by trade and a late-blooming filmmaker, Mike Archibald was born and raised in Vancouver. He is a graduate of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University.