An Ordinary Dream
October 23, 2025 12:30 PM
At 19, Mohamad left his home in eastern Ghouta, Syria, to pursue his studies in Lebanon. He couldn’t have imagined that civil war would soon erupt—keeping him apart from his parents and sisters for over a decade. Preceded by the short film Qotzuñi: People of the lake.
An Ordinary Dream
Documentary / 64m, India / Italy / USA
Filmed in Egypt / Netherlands
Dir. Nirali Naik, Emma Sciantarelli
Thursday October 23rd, 12:30pm, $12
Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre, 357 Wilson St E.
Before the feature
Qotzuñi: People of the lake
Documentary / Argentina / 13m
Filmed in Bolivia
Dir. Gastón Zilberman, Michael Salama
Synopsis - An Ordinary Dream
At 19, Mohamad left his home in eastern Ghouta, Syria, to pursue his studies in Lebanon. He couldn’t have imagined that civil war would soon erupt—keeping him apart from his parents and sisters for over a decade.
Synopsis - Qotzuñi: People of the lake
After drought and diversions led to the disappearance of Lake Poopó’s once-vast waters in 2016, the Uru-Murato communities must face the cultural and economic consequences of what it means to be Qotzuñis, People of the Lake, when the lake ceases to exist.
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