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My Queer Samsara

Country: Canada, Language: English, 11 mins

  • Director: Mazen Khaled
  • Writer: Mazen Khaled
  • Producer: Mazen Khaled

CGiii Comment

Arty-farty film school nonsense...

Split screen, coloured filters and a hideous soundtrack.

Total torture.


Trailer...

(TRAILER) My Queer Samsara from Mazen Khaled on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

"In My Queer Samsara, I set out to discover what is perceived, a stereotype, and to dig vertically down from that stereotype in order to uncover an underlying feeling about who we really are beneath the appearance in relation to that moment."

"My Queer Samsara is a critical look at a constructed social identity that hides underneath it a gnawing want; a need to 'go back home'..."

Cast & Characters

Sebastien Blais;
Marc Pelletier