from where to where من وين لوين d’où vers où

Canada | 2021 | 8 min | Experimental In the pieces I store and carry along my many different roads, my dialects may be signs of bruises but reclaimed they form the skin and voice I live in. Experiences of the where, from where, to where; a narrative amongst others. And as the words finally trickle through the needles, fingers seeping with tints trace the outline of whirling fields where I hang a jasmine branch on suspended necks and in the in-betweens, language soothes, swans mend, and the daily brings calm. We are the comfort of our multiples. A film by Nada El-Omari Nada El-Omari is a filmmaker and writer of Palestinian and Egyptian origin based in Montreal, Quebec. Her practice and research interests centre on the intergenerational transmissions of memories, displacement, and the stories of belonging and identity which she explores through a poetic, hybrid lens. Focusing on process and fragments in text, sound, and image, Nada explores new ways to self-narrate, and speak hybridity and self. Her films have been shown at several festivals, on Shasha and Tënk, and in various galleries. Her work has also been published in Montreal Serai, qumra journal and Tantôt magazine. Her latest digital project was commissioned by the Art Gallery of Ontario in collaboration with Sonya Mwambu. Its latest iteration is a digital installation presented in gallery, in the form of a two-player interactive experience. El-Omari holds a BFA in Film Production and an MFA in Film from York University.