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Four Daughters Film Review by Bursa Copuroglu

Co-winner of the Golden Eye for Best Documentary at this year’s Cannes, Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hanja’s docudrama Four Daughters tells the story of Olfa Hamrouni and her four daughters –Ghofrane, Rahma, Eya, and…
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Four Daughters Film Review by Jouzian Wahhab

Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, Four Daughters is a Documentary film that tells the stories of a Tunisian family — Olfa and her daughters (Ghofrane, Rahma, Tayssir, and Eya) — while challenging methods of…
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Four Daughters Film Review by Samantha Cox

By Samantha Cox Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters retells the story of a mother, Olfa, whose eldest daughters, Ghofrane and Rahma, disappear to join ISIS. It is a documentary that both recreates what happened…
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Short Cuts Programme Five by Russell Seton

MacKenzie Davis’ WOACA heralds this programme’s veneration for humanity’s unspoken daily traumas. Largely shot using a single camera set-up, a woman stands stoically before her bathroom mirror and performs her ablutions. Staring out from…
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Short Cuts Programme Five by Samantha Cox

Short Cuts 2023 Programme 05 is an interesting medley of stories showcasing people from different backgrounds experiencing loss. The two that specifically stood out to me were WOACA directed by Mackenzie Davis and Sawo…
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Film Festival Critics Lab

Western students experience TIFF, review films Professor Nataleah Hunter-Young launched the inaugural FIMS Film Festival Critics Lab in Fall 2023. Current undergraduate and graduate students were eligible to apply to the Lab, which provided…
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Museum Diplomacy

Museum diplomacy has come to new prominence in the contemporary moment. Museums have increasingly global agendas, advancing diverse international partnerships across the world. Moreover, they hold the potential to advance cross-cultural education and foster…