LIFT co-presents various films at the 2024 Media City Film Festival

A Black Screen Too by Rhayne Vermette

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LIFT co-presents various films

at the 2024 Media City Film Festival

Media City Film Festival’s 27th edition presents more than 70 films and digital artworks with nearly 50 virtual world premieres over the course of its online celebration: December 9- 30, 2024.

Audiences can experience new films, world premieres, digital restorations, and historical masterpieces from legendary, award-winning, and emerging artists including Artavazd Péléchian, Ja’Tovia Gary, Mona Hatoum, Kamal Aljafari, Richard Serra, Jocelyne Saab, Madeleine Hunt–Ehrlich, Toshio Matsumoto, Sharon Lockhart, Mustafa Abu Ali, Skip Norman, Rose Lowder, Akram Zaatari, Sky Hopinka, Harun Farocki, Little Egypt Collective, Kevin Jerome Everson, Suneil Sanzgiri, and dozens more. Highlights hail from Windsor-Detroit, Armenia, Colombia, Hong Kong, Palestine, Iran, Brazil, Japan, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, across Canada, and around the world.

LIFT co-presented films:

International Program:

“A Black Screen Too,” Rhayne Vermette
Canada, 16mm > digital, 2 min, 2024
Stream: https://mediacityfilmfestival.com/program/a-black-screen-too-rhayne-vermette-2024

“Shokouk,” Rouzbeh Akhbari and Felix Kalmenson
Iran/Russia/Canada, digital, 17 min, 2023
Stream: https://mediacityfilmfestival.com/program/shokouk-rouzbeh-akhbari-and-felix-kalmenson-2023

Spotlight Artist: Nour Ouayda

“The Secret Garden,” Nour Ouayda
Canada/Lebanon, 16mm > digital, 27 min, 2023
Stream: https://mediacityfilmfestival.com/program/nour-ouayda

“Towards the Sun,” Nour Ouayda
Canada/Lebanon, 16mm > digital, 17 min, 2019
Stream: https://mediacityfilmfestival.com/program/nour-ouayda

 

 

Monday 9 December 2024 – Monday 30 December 2024

Non-members: Free to stream
Members: Free to stream

Location:
Global