Past Event

As part of the Made in Exile program at this year’s Hot Docs Festival, we are pleased to present a Made in Exile panel featuring filmmakers and writers from Sudan, Palestine, Ukraine and Iran. Moderator Kaveh Shahrooz will lead a conversation with panelists who, as exiled creators, offer a unique perspective on the human cost of displacement, sharing the lived experiences of conflict, survival, and hope. The Made in Exile panel highlights the invaluable contributions of displaced filmmakers and writers who, through their art, not only preserve their cultures and histories but also challenge and transform global narratives.

Filmmakers include:

• Liubov Dyvak, producer, The Longer You Bleed (Ukraine)
• Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, director, Khartoum (Sudan)
• Areeb Zuaiter, director, Yalla Parkour (Palestine)

PEN Canada Writers in Exile include:

• Tala Motazedi, screenwriter, playwright and novelist (Iran)
• Lidiia Karpenko, journalist and writer (Ukraine)

Moderator:

• Kaveh Shahrooz, lawyer, human rights activist, university instructor, and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.