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Paivand is pleased to partner with Remai Modern to present the Saskatoon iteration of the Diaspora Film Festival. (DFF), founded in Toronto by Shahram Tabe.​
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Past Events
March 7, 2025
Women, Art and the Collective Movement for Liberation.
Art exhibition and reception in celebration of International Women’s Day
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November 15-17th 2024
Paivand is pleased to partner with Remai Modern to present the Saskatoon iteration of the Diaspora Film Festival. (DFF), founded in Toronto by Shahram Tabe.​
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October 4th 2024
A look at the unwavering resilience of Iranian women as their fight for freedom continues to inspire the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, two years on:
Special screening, followed by conversations with the director Jeff Kaufman.
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July 17th 2024
This bilingual event is organized by a group of activists in Canada to honor the Global Day of International Justice. The first half of the program will feature narratives presented by individuals who have personally experienced injustice during three major turning points in recent Iranian history.
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March 8th 2024
Third Woman Life Freedom conference, with panel discussion and art exhibition on impact of the movement on feminists movements of the region, to be held on March 8th at Remai Modern Museum, with sponsorship of SK Arts, Canadian Race Relations Foundation, and Saskatoon Open Doors society and in
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November 3-4th 2023
Paivand is pleased to partner with Remai Modern to present the Saskatoon iteration of the Diaspora Film Festival. (DFF), founded in Toronto by Shahram Tabe.
DFF-Saskatoon will have its opening screening at 7 PM on Friday, November 3, followed by three screenings on Saturday, November 4.
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September 2023
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Second “Woman Life Freedom” seminar to commemorate the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death, which also marked the beginning of the latest wave of feminism movements in Iran. It is intended to provide insight into the history of women’s movements in Iran through discussion and interviews with women’s rights scholars and activists, as well as presenting first hand personal stories of victims, protagonists and witnesses. Read more…
April 2023
A featured screening of Farhadi's Oscar winning film "The Salesman” in partnership with Remai Modern as part of the musuem’s inaugural community film screening. It was followed by a live QA with film critic and Toronto Diaspora Film festival founding member and Director Shahram Tabe. Read more…
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February 2023
A special screening of the movie “752 Is Not A Number” at the Roxy Theater, which was followed by a live QA session with the film’s award winning director and producer Babak Payami.
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November 2022
One-day seminar in partnership with the Canadian International Council and the University of Saskatchewan Department of Political Studies. The colloquium, which featured guest speakers from the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Alberta, and the Sandgate Women's Shelter of York Region Inc., offered a perspective on how the current uprising in Iran is inspiring a paradigm shift in the struggle for a better world.
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