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DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL – Thursday August 2, 2018 – 7PM

The FEEDBACK Monthly Film Festival is back for 2018.. Our home is The Carlton Cinemas, located in the heart of downtown Toronto at 20 Carlton Street. The event runs from 7pm to 9:10pm. Continuing to showcase the best of short films from around the world, while maintaining our audience feedback format moderated by Kierston Drier. Showcasing a festival twice… Continue reading DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL – Thursday August 2, 2018 – 7PM

Director BIO: Jay Root, Todd Wiseman (BEYOND THE WALL)

Director Biography – Jay Root, Todd Wiseman Jay Root is an award-winning journalist and author of “Oops! A Diary from the 2012 Campaign Trail,” an insider’s account of Rick Perry’s gaffe-filled run for president. Root has been hooked on the news business ever since he stumbled into a newsroom full of fellow misfits at his college… Continue reading Director BIO: Jay Root, Todd Wiseman (BEYOND THE WALL)

Short Film: BEYOND THE WALL, 26min., USA, Documentary

Get past the rhetoric and experience the reality of the U.S.-Mexico border. The film puts viewers into the shoes of undocumented immigrants, Border Patrol agents and a Texas borderland rancher to explore the nation’s most pressing border and immigration issues. Project Links  Website  Facebook  Twitter Film Type: Documentary Runtime: 26 minutes 43 seconds Completion Date:… Continue reading Short Film: BEYOND THE WALL, 26min., USA, Documentary

Director BIO: Arsen Martyrosian (HEARING FILMS)

Director Biography – Arsen Martyrosian Arsen Martyrosian is a 22-year-old filmmaker from Toronto. He was born in Kiev, Ukraine, and moved to Canada in 2013 to study film at Humber College. To date he has written and directed two short films Arthur Books (2014) and Silence, Please! (2015). His most recent film is short documentary Hearing… Continue reading Director BIO: Arsen Martyrosian (HEARING FILMS)

Short Film: HAART KENYA, 13min., Kenya, Documentary

PWB Photographer Matilde Simas documents HAART Kenya, an organization dedicated to ending modern slavery (human trafficking) against women and children in Kenya and East Africa. Simas spent two weeks photographing their workshops, community, and grief-stricken survival stories. HAART Kenya CEO Radoslaw Malinowski, outlines the organization’s mandate to eradicate human trafficking not only in Kenya but… Continue reading Short Film: HAART KENYA, 13min., Kenya, Documentary

Director BIO: Farman Abdalrahman Karim (ISIS WAS HERE)

Director Biography – FARMAN ABDALRAHMAN KARIM He was working as Journalist since 1999, in 2007 he takes a course about Directing and Producing Documentary Film in Aljazeera Channel, after that he worked in the TV Documentary Film making. He has 35 TV Documentary Film, and he has 6 Local Festival Awards From 2010 to 2015 he… Continue reading Director BIO: Farman Abdalrahman Karim (ISIS WAS HERE)

Short Film: ISIS WAS HERE, 25min, Iraq, Documentary

In 2014 the ISIS controlled Qayyarah Town, It Is near from the Mousll City in north Iraq. In 27 Aug 2016 Iraqi Army freedom the Qayyarah Town, after that every one Shocked when they see the tragedy stories in Qayyarah What differentiate Qayyarah from other areas under the control of ISIS throughout the past two… Continue reading Short Film: ISIS WAS HERE, 25min, Iraq, Documentary

Director BIO: Jonathan Harris (WEEKEND WARRIOR)

Director Biography – Jonathan Harris Jonathan began perusing film to share his interest in action sports and nature with others. After serving as flight crew in the US Coast Guard where he procured his own equipment to document his missions, he attended the University of North Carolina Wilmington where he acquired his BA in Film Studies.… Continue reading Director BIO: Jonathan Harris (WEEKEND WARRIOR)