WINNER BEST CANADIAN FEATURE (Dramatic) JURY AWARD - Edmonton International Film Festival 2020

SPECIAL SELECTION - Calgary International Film Festival 2020

SPECIAL SELECTION - Calgary Arab Film Nights Festival 2020

“Sulatycky’s Alberta landscapes will break what's left of your heart after you go through the wringer with his extraordinary characters in Jasmine Road. Sulatycky has a reverence for, a patient way with, the lives of his characters, and they all come to marvelous life in Jasmine Road”.

Stephen Hunt, CTV

In the small rural community of Red River, Mac Bagley (a recently widowed conservative cowboy in his sixties) opens up his home to a Syrian refugee family (Layla, her daughter, Heba and her adult gay brother, Salem). Withstanding some initial opposition in the town, the Syrian family struggles to find new footing in a new land. Mac finds himself in similar circumstances as his new house-members: the need to find new hope after the loss of his wife, and seeking a

renewed faith in life. While awaiting news of her missing husband, Layla (a journalist and ice cream maker from Aleppo) introduces Mac to their Muslim culture. She proposes to open Arabic Ice Cream shop to help them both financially. With no work himself, Mac reluctantly agrees to the idea. Layla’s Arabic ice cream may just hold the powerful elixir that will hold a new future for her and her family on Jasmine Road.