The films in this segment are come to us from filmmakers working or living in the United States and Canada. Spanning numerous genres, reflecting on diaspora, and thinking critically about what constitutes identities that are rooted in place, history, family, and practice, these local-ish shorts tackle intersectionality and depict various ideas about what it means embody tradition and home.
A phone conversation sets the diasporic table as a disembodied figure prepares Qahwah Arabi / Arabic Coffee. Here, the contradictions inherent in Google Translate’s instant camera feature are made visible through glitched mistranslations. Using these flaws as a prompt, the communication between a mother and a daughter considers ambiguity as a source of embodied knowledge.
Don’t Forget the Water was created with the generous support of Manitoba Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts.
Festivals and Awards
Don't Forget to Count Your Blessings, Solo exhibition at PLATFORM, Canada, 2021
About the filmmaker
Christina Hajjar is a queer femme first-generation Lebanese-Canadian artist, writer, and cultural worker based on Treaty 1 Territory in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her practice deals with diaspora, queerness, body archives, cultural iconography, labour, and place. Learn more at https://christinahajjar.com/.
- Year2021
- Runtime5 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- DirectorChristina Hajjar
- ScreenwriterChristina Hajjar
- ProducerChristina Hajjar
- CastChristina Hajjar, Nada Hajjar
The films in this segment are come to us from filmmakers working or living in the United States and Canada. Spanning numerous genres, reflecting on diaspora, and thinking critically about what constitutes identities that are rooted in place, history, family, and practice, these local-ish shorts tackle intersectionality and depict various ideas about what it means embody tradition and home.
A phone conversation sets the diasporic table as a disembodied figure prepares Qahwah Arabi / Arabic Coffee. Here, the contradictions inherent in Google Translate’s instant camera feature are made visible through glitched mistranslations. Using these flaws as a prompt, the communication between a mother and a daughter considers ambiguity as a source of embodied knowledge.
Don’t Forget the Water was created with the generous support of Manitoba Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts.
Festivals and Awards
Don't Forget to Count Your Blessings, Solo exhibition at PLATFORM, Canada, 2021
About the filmmaker
Christina Hajjar is a queer femme first-generation Lebanese-Canadian artist, writer, and cultural worker based on Treaty 1 Territory in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her practice deals with diaspora, queerness, body archives, cultural iconography, labour, and place. Learn more at https://christinahajjar.com/.
- Year2021
- Runtime5 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- DirectorChristina Hajjar
- ScreenwriterChristina Hajjar
- ProducerChristina Hajjar
- CastChristina Hajjar, Nada Hajjar