
Darius Sam
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Canada
2022
English
Self Harm; coarse language
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VIFF Short Forum: Program 1
What kind of alchemy occurs to transform hardship into fortune? Here, the extraordinary burn brightly.
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Caught by the Tides
Over two decades, across China’s rapidly changing landscape, two lovers meet and part and meet again. In this magisterial film, Jia Zhangke refracts the 21st century through a reflexive, retrospective look at his era-defining filmography.
Sabbath Queen
The dynastic heir of 38 generations of Orthodox rabbis, including the Chief Rabbis of Israel, Amichai Lau-Lavie is what you might call the black sheep of the family. His sexuality led him down a different path, but its destination is surprising...
Tehran: City of Love
Three lovesick individuals struggle to find romance as this tragicomic triptych plays out across the weddings, funerals, beauty parlours, and gyms of Tehran. This is the opening of our Queering Cinema series and will be followed by a DJ set from DJ Afrooz.
Magic Farm
In Amalia Ulman's playful slow burner, a Vice-like camera crew wash up in a sleepy South American village and cook up a story that isn't there with the help of cynical locals eager to take the gringos for every cent.
Credits
Executive Producer
Geoff Vreeken
Producer
Hayley Morin, Amar Chebib
Cinematography
Jason Mannings
Editor
Amar Chebib
Director

Amar Chebib
Syrian-Canadian filmmaker Amar Chebib began making videos while growing up skateboarding in the Middle East. Driven to explore themes of transformation and the human condition, his work is empathetic and empowering. His most recent film, Joe Buffalo (2021), is a short, hybrid documentary which screened at Tribeca, won 16 awards at international film festivals including SXSW, made the DOC NYC Shortlist, and was nominated for an International Documentary Association Award for Best Short. Chebib resides with his wife on unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territory in Vancouver, BC.
Filmography: Wajd – Songs of Separation (2018)