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This program compiles all LGBTQ+ short films from this year’s festival! These films spotlight the Vancouver queer community with love, and include intimate biographical documentaries, experimental films and coming-of-age narratives.
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ACCESS THE FULL 2026 MENA FILM FESTIVAL VIRTUAL PROGRAM WITH AN ONLINE PASS!
EARLY BIRD (Until Dec 1) – $10
GENERAL ADMISSION – $15
SUPPORTER – $20
This ticket price helps cover our costs and makes it possible for us to offer reduced-price tickets to those who express need.
LOW-BARRIER – $10
If the regular ticket price is out of reach for you, this option is here for you. No explanation needed.
INDIGENOUS – $0
For self-identified Indigenous community members. Email tickets@menafilmfestival.com for a discount code. No questions asked.
MENA Film Festival operates under a policy of No One Turned Away for Lack of Funds (NOTAFLOF). If for whatever reason the above rates present a barrier, please contact us at tickets@menafilmfestival.com to provide an alternative means of accessing our programming. No questions asked.
In the in-between spaces of memory, desire, and diaspora, Touchscape unfolds through hand-processed Super 8 and digital layers, tracing Iranian queer identities in intimate, tactile landscapes of sensation and remembrance.
- Year2024
- Runtime22:03
- LanguageNo Dialogue
- CountryCanada
- GenreExperimental / Art Film
- Content WarningThere is a brief strobing effect that occurs around 12:12 in the film, lasting a few seconds. Additionally, in Part 4 of the film, there are several moments where red juice from crushed cherries is smeared on the actress's body. While this is a symbolic and sensory gesture, it may resemble blood and could be triggering for some viewers.
- AwardsCICA Vancouver X Jelina Couture 2025 International Art Awards Vancouver, Canada, November 22, 2024 Shortlisted
- Social Media
- DirectorNiloufar Samadi
This program compiles all LGBTQ+ short films from this year’s festival! These films spotlight the Vancouver queer community with love, and include intimate biographical documentaries, experimental films and coming-of-age narratives.
–––––
ACCESS THE FULL 2026 MENA FILM FESTIVAL VIRTUAL PROGRAM WITH AN ONLINE PASS!
EARLY BIRD (Until Dec 1) – $10
GENERAL ADMISSION – $15
SUPPORTER – $20
This ticket price helps cover our costs and makes it possible for us to offer reduced-price tickets to those who express need.
LOW-BARRIER – $10
If the regular ticket price is out of reach for you, this option is here for you. No explanation needed.
INDIGENOUS – $0
For self-identified Indigenous community members. Email tickets@menafilmfestival.com for a discount code. No questions asked.
MENA Film Festival operates under a policy of No One Turned Away for Lack of Funds (NOTAFLOF). If for whatever reason the above rates present a barrier, please contact us at tickets@menafilmfestival.com to provide an alternative means of accessing our programming. No questions asked.
In the in-between spaces of memory, desire, and diaspora, Touchscape unfolds through hand-processed Super 8 and digital layers, tracing Iranian queer identities in intimate, tactile landscapes of sensation and remembrance.
- Year2024
- Runtime22:03
- LanguageNo Dialogue
- CountryCanada
- GenreExperimental / Art Film
- Content WarningThere is a brief strobing effect that occurs around 12:12 in the film, lasting a few seconds. Additionally, in Part 4 of the film, there are several moments where red juice from crushed cherries is smeared on the actress's body. While this is a symbolic and sensory gesture, it may resemble blood and could be triggering for some viewers.
- AwardsCICA Vancouver X Jelina Couture 2025 International Art Awards Vancouver, Canada, November 22, 2024 Shortlisted
- Social Media
- DirectorNiloufar Samadi