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Giseloo (Persian with English and French subtitles)
Location
Main screening room
Date
May 6th, 2023
Duration
103 min
Cycle
South Asian Film Festival of Montreal

The South Asian Film Festival of Montreal (MSFF) is dedicated to exploring and introducing Montreal audiences to the work of filmmakers of South Asian origin. This 13th edition is an opportunity to discover many recent works, both documentary and fiction, that focus on the Indian subcontinent and its diaspora.

A Poetess
Directed by
Sahra Fathi, Saeed Dashti
Language
Persian with French subtitles
Actors
Sahra Fathi, Amir Jafari, Linda Kiani
Origins
Canada
Year
2021
Duration
14 min
Genre
Drama
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Given the arguments and problems with her husband, Sara hesitates to choose between aborting their child and immigration, or staying in her country. Realizing the truth about her husband, she makes up her mind and plans a new future.

A Poetess
Listen with your heart
Directed by
Meghna Damani
Language
English with French subtitles
Origins
USA
Year
2022
Duration
27 min
Genre
Documentary
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Listen with your heart is the story of Sushama, a mountaineer-psychologist and her musically talented daughter Aarti. Aarti is funny, caring and unconditionally loving. Aarti is also autistic.

Listen with your heart
Giseloo
Directed by
Mohammad Sadeq Esmaeili
Language
Persian with French and English subtitles
Origins
Iran
Year
2022
Duration
60 min
Genre
Documentary
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Zahra is struggling to divorce her unofficial husband who is an Afghan refugee. He abandons her and Zahra needs him to sign divorce papers and get IDs for her two sons. So she goes to Afghanistan to find him.

Giseloo