Four screening
Schedule
Thu Aug 01 2024 at 05:30 pm
Location
300 - 1131 Howe St, Vancouver, BC, Canada, British Columbia V6Z 2L7 | Vancouver, BC
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Cineworks is proud to present ????, a showcase of four short films by filmmaker Sām Mohseni.????? (2018) | 12min
A blonde wig leads an immigrant girl to reconsider herself as she runs away from her "home."
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A look at the ancient and modern bridges of the city of Suzhou in China and how the past and the present co-exist.
??????? (2019) | 17min
A music-driven film that portrays the chaotic day of an international student who must deal with an unexpected family crisis.
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In this intimate documentary, Sam Mohseni turns the lens on his mother, an Iranian-Canadian textile artist who finds solace in creating Persian Carpets while reflecting on her nostalgic memories of Iran.
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Thursday, August 1st, 2024, at 6:30pm.
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The Black Box Studio at Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society at 1131 Howe Street.
Our entrance is located in the back lane directly behind the Cinémathèque. Max capacity for 40 people. Metered parking is available on the street, and several parking lots are located nearby.
Please note that Cineworks only has access to the first three parking spaces next to our entrance. We kindly encourage anyone driving to our space to consider using metered parking in the surrounding streets or one of the parking lots located nearby. Thank you.
Email [email protected] for more info. No prior registration needed to attend.
Cineworks would like to thank our generous funders–BC Arts Council, Canada Council, the City of Vancouver, and the Province of British Columbia (Gaming) for making this event possible.
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Sām Mohseni is an emerging writer-director based in Vancouver, BC and holds a Master of Fine Arts in Film Production at the University of British Columbia. Born and raised in Iran and coming from a musical background, Sām pursued filmmaking after emigrating to Canada.
During his undergraduate studies in the Film Production program at UBC Theatre and Film, Sām made two short narratives, ????? (2018) and ??????? (2019), both of which dealt with issues of immigration and identity in North America. ????? was an award nominee for Best National Film at the University of Winnipeg Film Festival 2018 (UWpg), and ???????, a music-driven drama, was an official selection at Vancouver Short Film Festival 2020 and MENA Film Festival 2020.
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Sām was one of the selected participants in the 2019 edition of Vancouver International Film Festival’s Mentorship Program which provided Sām a major insight into Canada’s film industry. His first feature film, ?????? ??? ? (2023), is an experimental documentary about war, cinema, and cultural identity.
Sām was the recipient of the H. Norman Lidster Prize in Documentary Filmmaking in 2021 for his short documentary ??????? ???? (2021) and again in 2023 for his first feature-length documentary, ?????? ??? ?.
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