Syria Film Festival

Founded in 2015, the Syria Film Festival SYFF) is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit organization with a mission to bring Syrian cinema and culture to Toronto

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Friendly reminder 👉 The deadline for submissions for @syff is coming up soon.

We seek to support young talent in film and art and enrich Toronto's vibrant multicultural identity.

To submit your work - head to the following URL:

https://t.co/OshxRpbBRP

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Today is #CanadianMulticulturalismDay, a day to honour the many cultural communities that enrich our country.

Join us in celebrating one of #Canada's greatest strengths, our diversity!

Today & everyday, @SYFF is committed to equality, social justice & mutual respect for all. ✊

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@hotdocs It appears that the link we posted is not working, here is the correct link: https://t.co/eclRrKP72s

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We’re excited to announce we are a 2022 @hotdocs community partner on Batata!
Shot over an unparalleled 10 years, Batata captures the unbending spirit of a woman who puts family ahead of all else.

For more info or to purchase tickets: https://t.co/P1hTPbMVm0

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#HotDocs is coming back on April 29!
'The Story Won't Die'. is about Syrian artists who, in seeking freedom of expression, have been forced into being revolutionaries and, in turn, refugees.
Get your tickets here:
👉https://t.co/E4A0tWppAS
#HotDocs21 #documentary #toronto

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***CASTING CALL!***
Two boys aged 11-13 and 14-16 needed for the upcoming movie 'Aleppo'. Find all the instructions here: https://t.co/ExRArdIO8d

#castingcall #Syria #Aleppo #Casting

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@TPFF is back and we are very excited to be copresenters again with 'Youth on a Mission': A collection of fictional and true stories of young people striving to meet their momentous goals.
Toronto Palestine Film festival is happening online Sep 23-29 https://t.co/ZD1swyTaJT

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THE ROAD FROM RAQQA, a new book about Two Syrian Brothers, One Longing to Stay, the Other Determined to Leave.
https://t.co/2rLUgv4krn

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"She wants to be someone who do good things for this country which gave us a home and opened its heart to us"
https://t.co/lpnW5jfjuG

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"Filmed over 6 years and across multiple countries in search of answers, Ayouni is an attempt to give numbers faces, to give silence a voice."
AYOUNI a new feature documentary by Syrian Filmmaker Yasmin Fedda is now available, for more info visit: https://t.co/piO8ofStLx

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We're excited to be co-presenting this year's special online edition of @hotdocs!
'Reunited' is the story of a Syrian family that winds up separated across three continents after fleeing the war.
Available to stream from May 28 to June 24
https://t.co/xbdsxgQeNa

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OPEN CALL for a feature film.
Syrian female actors WOMEN: any age between 30- 60 based in Toronto.
- With or without previous acting experience.
- No need to be fluent in English
- This will be a paid job
If interested, please reach out to [email protected]
#CastingCall

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Check out the North American Premiere of the award-winning play https://t.co/Bqy9kcUei0 Friday with shows continuing throughout December.
@theage reviewed: “This gripping play is an act of resistance that implores its audience to take heed.”

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The 5th year of SYFF starts tonight!
Get your tickets or festival pass and join us at Jackman Hall for 3 days of films!
TICKETS 🎫 https://t.co/gqSJIeT5fi

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This November 17, follow a group of recently resettled Syrian and Iraqi boys as they discover the Canadian wilderness for the first time in Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple's 'New Homeland'.
Get your ticket here: https://t.co/xN3wINDfjw
Co-presented with: @CampPathfinder

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Join us for the opening of #SYFF2019 with our guest Sara Maamouri, co-producer and editor of @notprincesses for a Q&A

*Paired with Soudade Kaadan's AZIZA and the first instalment of MASTERS OF SURVIVAL
Tickets:https://t.co/spF28j02df

Co-presented with @SyrianCanadianFoundation

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Check out the trailer for #SYFF2019 second-night feature documentary, the widely acclaimed:
STILL RECORDING https://t.co/SxeubTbLwT
#SyrianCinema

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We are very excited to have the co-producer and editor Sara Maamouri for a Q&A following the screening of #SYFF2019 opening-night feature documentary:
WE ARE NOT PRINCESSE
Check out the trailer and Get your tickets now: https://t.co/qNCx1psYwb

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Paired with #SYFF2019 closing-night feature is the short drama: PROCLAIMED MURDER
"Set in the nightmares of an 11-year-old girl living with her family in a refugee camp, shedding light on the domestic & political violence practiced against women and girls"
https://t.co/qNCx1psYwb

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#SYFF2019
AZIZA(Sundance’s Grand Jury prize winner)
"Ayman, a Syrian refugee in Lebanon, teaching his wife to drive his car, the only possession that has survived their displacement. The driving lesson quickly takes a turn into madness&nostalgia"
Tickets: https://t.co/qNCx1psYwb