Working Women (2018)
Hebrew w/English subtitles
Nov 21, 7pm, Cineplex Park Lane
My Polish Honeymoon (2018)
French w/English subtitles
Nov 23, 7:30pm,
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Fig Tree (2018)
Amharic w/ English subtitles
Nov 24, 1pm, Cineplex Cinemas Park Lane
Sixteen-year-old Mina (Betalehem Asmamawe) lives on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. She spends her days doing chores, going to school and lazing under a tree with her boyfriend Eli (Yohanes Muse). In some respects, her life is simple and idyllic. But it's 1989, and the ongoing civil war is a constant threat to everything she knows and everyone she loves. Her mother is planning to move her and the rest of their Jewish family to the relative safety of Israel. But Eli, the son of a Christian woman, won't be joining them. Worse still, the military junta is kidnapping teenage boys—and Eli is at risk of being picked up and forced to fight. Fig Tree is a semi-autobiographical drama about the intersections of adolescence, love and war from first-time director Alamork Davidian.
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