The Shoe Project Shorts: Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Event Information
About this event
Come and join us on Canada's Multiculturalism Day (June 27) and watch our shoe stories told as short films.
Five alumnae from The Shoe Project will present short films they created based on their own shoe stories. The films are made in their own voice and cinematic style and in collaboration with Gerda Cammaer, Associate Professor in Film at Ryerson University, and independent filmmaker Serene Husni.
Program
- Welcome speech by Katherine Govier, founder of The Shoe Project
- Introduction by Gerda Cammaer
- Screening of the films
- Qib Qab by Maya Kabbani
- Shoes with Hope by Dr. Umut Duygu Uzunel
- Hit Your Heels by Elif Derin
- Mama’s Valentino Shoes by Elizabeth Meneses Del Castillo
- Black and White by Simten Osken
- Panel discussion with the filmmakers moderated by Reem Morsi, Egyptian/Canadian filmmaker and The Shoe Project alumna
- Q&A with the audience
The Shoe Project Shorts was made possible thanks to the RBC Immigrant, Diversity and Inclusion Project Grant and the in-kind support of Trinity Square Video.
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Please pay what you are able to while registering.
Suggested price: CAD $12 per person.
Organizer The Shoe Project
Organizer of The Shoe Project Shorts: Film Screening and Panel Discussion
The Shoe Project (TSP) creates writing workshops and performances in which
immigrant and refugee women write stories of their journeys and adaptation to Canada–through a pair of shoes.
The participants are coached by senior Canadian women writers and theatre professionals. Now in its tenth year, TSP was created by novelist Katherine Govier and incubated at The Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto. It has created work and performed in museums and theatres across Canada-- from Halifax, Antigonish, Charlottetown, Fredericton, Toronto, Calgary, Canmore, Vancouver, and Edmonton.
Shoes accompany us on all our journeys. They say who we are, where we came from and where we are going. Writing their shoe memoirs helps newcomer women find their voices and let them be heard in the Canadian mainstream.
