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THE MIGRANT MIXTAPE

Streaming available in the U.S. from 11/12 12:00 AM ET - 11/18 11:59 PM ET.
Virtual Q&A: 11/18 8PM ET. Link will be sent to ticketed audience.

This film is part of the PrideFull Shorts Program.
Co-presented with Three Dollar Bill Cinema and QWOCMAP.

Description

Dir. by Eli Jean Tahchi
Canada | 2017 | Documentary | 22 min

Arab LGBT individuals send Helem Montreal the Migrant Mixtape, a series of recorded letters. They are asking for support to seek asylum in Canada in order to escape persecution and homophobic violence in their country of origin. One of them, Adib Mardini, having managed to become a refugee in Canada, tells us about the process that changed his life.

TW: The film includes scenes of violence, sexual assault, rape, death, gun violence, and murder.

Director's Biography

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Eli Jean Tahchi
Pronouns: he/him

Director and screenwriter of Lebanese origin, Eli Jean Tahchi's committed cinema is sharp, human and metaphorically charged, and in which LGBTQ + and the notion of identity are regularly raised. He studied cinema at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts and obtained a bachelor's degree in Film Production. In 2011, he moved to Montreal and continued his studies in cinema at the University of Montreal, and finally, at

L’inis, within the mixed program, funded by Netflix. Since then, he has accumulated projects of various genres, culturally diverse and awarded at festivals around the world. His two documentaries "The Migrant Woman" and "The Migrant mixtape" won several awards including Best National Documentary at "Cinema Under the Stars", Best Documentary at the Lebanese Film Festival and Best Editing at the Shanghai International Queer Festival. Her short film "Days of Rage" premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival and was screened on Nowness. In 2020, he was selected by the National Film Board of Canada along with other creators to make a film aimed at amplifying the voices of Canadians affected by COVID-19. Recently, he was chosen laureate of the Regard sur Montréal residency offered by the Conseil des Arts de Montréal, La Sodec, ACIC and RIDM. He is currently developing his new documentary entitled "Neighbors in my backyard", opening film of the RIDM 2021.

Virtual Live Q&A

11/18 8PM ET
Director Eli Jean Tahchi will join us for a virtual live Q&A. Link to the PrideFull Shorts Q&A will be sent to ticketed audience.

Tickets

2021 PrideFull Shorts Program Tickets
Streaming available from 11/12 - 11/18.
Including a virtual live Q&A on 11/18 8PM ET.
Regular: $10.00  |  Suggested: $15.00

ALL Access Pass
Access to watch all 10 virtual films from 10/29 - 11/18.
Including full access to all Q&As.
Regular: $40.00  |  Suggested: $50.00

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This film is part of the PrideFull Shorts Program, which is co-presented with Three Dollar Bill Cinema and QWOCMAP.

Three Dollar Bill Cinema fosters deeper community engagement by showcasing queer film programming, educational experiences, and social dialogue.

QWOCMAP uses film to shatter stereotypes and bias, reveal the lived truth of inequality, and build understanding and community around art and social justice. QWOCMAP creates, exhibits, and distributes high-impact films that authentically reflect the lives of queer women of color (cisgender & transgender), and gender nonbinary, nonconforming, and transgender people of color (of any orientation), and address the vital, intersecting social justice issues that concern our multiple communities. QWOCMAP’s vision nurtures filmmakers as artist-activist leaders for social change.

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