in the jasmine vines

Canada | 2021 | 30 min | Experimental Shaping a memoir of my personal return, "in the jasmine vines" is an assertion that the amalgam that makes my complex identity belongs, gifted by my grandfather and his story and honoured by the generations following his. Forming an imagery of complex memory, archive, story and imagination, this film is a learnt way to place my existence within a narrative. And so, I look for the scents they carry in the jasmine vines. 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.