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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150211T190000
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SUMMARY:Screening: Alwan & 3rd i NY Present: "Arwad" by Samer Najari and Do
 minique Chila
DESCRIPTION:ARWAD Directed by Samer Najari and Dominique Chila\nCanada\, 
 2013\, 105 min (Arabic/French with English subtitles)\n\n\nDirectors Samer
  Najari and Dominique Chila convey the story of an immigrant from the pers
 pective of Ali\, his wife Gabrielle and his mistress Marie. This unconvent
 ional and melancholic film strays from chronicles of the current Syrian cr
 isis and focuses instead on unearthing the struggles from within. A sincer
 e\, soberly filmed\, balanced and consummate debut\, Najari and Chila give
  their characters room for emotional development and exploration.\n\n\n\nA
 rwad\n\nA deep feeling of nostalgia takes hold of Ali following his mother
 ’s death\, causing him to slowly drift away from his family. Although Ga
 brielle senses her husband’s distress\, she fails to console him. In an 
 attempt to reconnect with his roots\, Ali travels to Arwad\, an island loc
 ated off the Syrian coast. Leaving Montreal and his family behind\, he is 
 accompanied by Marie\, his mistress\, who is discovering the island for th
 e first time. After an unexpected turn of events\, the confrontation betwe
 en Gabrielle and Marie becomes inevitable.\nBIOS\n\nDirector SAMER NAJARI
  was born in Moscow in 1976 to a Syrian father and a Lebanese mother. At 1
 8\, he entered Damascus University to study architecture. Having arrived i
 n Canada in 1994\, he obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in film production 
 at Concordia University in 2000. In 2001\, he was selected for a two-year 
 residency at the Studio National des Arts Contemporains in Le Fresnoy\, Fr
 ance. Back in Canada\, he then made two short films\, both of which won pr
 izes in various international festivals. “Arwad” is his first feature 
 film and is co-directed by Dominique Chila. Previous short films by Samer 
 Najari include “La neige cache l'ombre des figuiers” (2010) and “Le 
 petit oiseau va sortir” (2006).\n\nDirector DOMINIQUE CHILA was born i
 n Montréal in 1974 from a Canadian mother and an Italian father. She stud
 ied photography before moving into film. In 1997\, she started her BFA in 
 Film Production at Concordia University. After obtaining her Bachelor’s 
 in 2000\, she was awarded a two year residency at the Studio National des 
 Arts Contemporains\, Le Fresnoy in France. Since returning to Montréal in
  2003\, Dominique Chila has been working closely with Samer Najari in crea
 ting a number of short films. “Arwad” is her first feature-length film
  and is co-directed by Samer Najari.\n 
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CATEGORIES:Film
LOCATION:Alwan for the Arts\, 16 Beaver St 4th Fl\, New York\, New York\, 1
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