Arts Event

How can family memories inform solidarity? How can avant-garde voices engaging the past contribute to activism today? How can private archives queer public histories? How do yesterday’s photographs become tomorrow’s pictures?

DARC is proud to present “Foggy: Palestine Solidarity, Cinema & The Archive” in collaboration with Cinema Politica. “Foggy” is a collection of recent short films that stage hybrid acts of montage, juxtaposition, re-enactment and dialogue, exploring the theme of solidarity. The program will begin with a short introduction by a Toronto-Palestine Film Festival artist in residence.

Featured Films:

SULTANA’S REIGN by Hadi Moussally, 2023.
Portrait of a proud Palestinian drag queen


HOMECOMING QUEENZ by Elias Wakeem, 2023.
Defiant Palestinian queen confronts border guards at Ben Gurion airport


TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT by Amy Gottlieb, 1987.
Tribute to her radical mother’s activism and solidarity


KHOBS & CHAI by Noor Gatih, 2021.
Stop motion conversation with a beloved grandmother


NAZARETH by Mike Hoolboom, 2023.
A return to the Nakba of 1948, reframed by and reread through a single photograph


MY WHOLE HEART IS WITH YOU by Essa Grayeb, 2022.
A study in what’s not said: all the gaps in Nasser’s 1967 legendary resignation speech.


EVEN A DOG IN BABYLON by Lior Shamriz.
In collaboration with actor Myriam Ali-Ahmad, a radical staging of doubts & debates


THE POEM WE SANG by Annie Sakkab.
Mediating layers of love, loss, forced migration, and finally, catharsis