Where:
GRANVILLE 7 ,
855 Granville Street,
Vancouver, BC
See map: Google Maps
Cost:
$6 child/senior; $8 adult
Souad El-Bouhati / France/Morocco / 2008 / 84 min
Française
“So which are you: French, African, Moroccan or Arab?” This loaded question is posed to ten-year-old Sophia, the middle daughter of a Moroccan family living in a French suburb. When her father suddenly finds himself out of work, the family must return to their homeland. Eight years later, Sofia is a precocious, questioning and headstrong university student, who rebels against Moroccan tradition and becomes consumed by an overwhelming desire to return to her beloved France.
Director/Writer: Adeline Huynh
Canada, 2007, 6 min
Through the whimsical story of a Vietnamese girl, her grandfather and good ol’ American Westerns, this film humorously probes issues of race, identity, cultural dislocation and assimilation.
“I [was] continually blown away by the number of talented film makers from across the globe that submitted their films to the festival... I hope that film makers keep remembering the youth as an important and influential audience in the future.” – Yasmin Kassam, Grade 11