Blink and You’ll Miss Us

Khaled Hosseini

Blink and You’ll Miss Us

Khaled Hosseini

8:30pm

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

60 mins

Inspired by our partnership with Canadian Stage, presenting The Elements of Story: Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns, Blink and You’ll Miss Us is an original series of micro-film poems by Afghan and Canadian filmmakers featuring bursts of exquisite poetry. These films will be both an international conversation and a unique artistic collaboration. Filmed in Kabul and Toronto from 1 to 15 October, 2020, each micro-film then had to be completed, using only a smartphone, within 18 hours, eliciting spontaneous and visceral responses to the poetry.

Poems by Aria Aber
Directed by Shahrbanoo Sadat & Baqir Tawakoli
Produced by Golden Hour Productions

Commissioned in 2020 by Canadian Stage and Toronto International Festival of Authors as part of the Elements of Story: Khaled Hosseini, exploring the captivating bestselling novel A Thousand Splendid Suns.

We extend our deepest gratitude for the exceptional generosity of Alexandra and Charles Baillie.

 

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Inspired by our partnership with Canadian Stage, presenting The Elements of Story: Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns, Blink and You’ll Miss Us is an original series of micro-film poems by Afghan and Canadian filmmakers featuring bursts of exquisite poetry. These films will be both an international conversation and a unique artistic collaboration. Filmed in Kabul and Toronto from 1 to 15 October, 2020, each micro-film then had to be completed, using only a smartphone, within 18 hours, eliciting spontaneous and visceral responses to the poetry.

Poems by Aria Aber
Directed by Shahrbanoo Sadat & Baqir Tawakoli
Produced by Golden Hour Productions

Commissioned in 2020 by Canadian Stage and Toronto International Festival of Authors as part of the Elements of Story: Khaled Hosseini, exploring the captivating bestselling novel A Thousand Splendid Suns.

We extend our deepest gratitude for the exceptional generosity of Alexandra and Charles Baillie.

 

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Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and moved to the United States in 1980. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed. Hosseini is also a U.S. Goodwill Envoy to the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a nonprofit that provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan.

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8:30pm

Tuesday, October 27

60 mins

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