<p>AFF 2024 shorts programmer Nanor Vosgueritchian sits down with filmmaker Hana Elias to discuss her film <em>Where the Wind Blows</em>, a short documentary about her father's return to his hometown of Shefa-’Amr in Palestine for the first time in 50 years to revive an ancestral garden. Elias' film will be having it's World Premiere at the festival, as part of the Palestinian Voices shorts program. </p>

Talkback with Filmmaker Hana Elias

Filmmaker Hana Elias discusses her short film, Where the Wind Blows with AFF Short Film Programmer Nanor Vosgueritchian.

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