Viento del este (East Wind)
Viento del este (East Wind)
Maia Gattás VargasIn Viento del este (East Wind), Maia Gattás Vargas brushes against the multiple collisions between the materiality of land and the territory of memory. Seeking her lost roots in Palestine, Maia investigates the mystery of her father’s disappearance in the La Plata River. The water, snow, rivers and roses of the Patagonian landscape of her home becomes a bridge if not the surrogate textures in recovering her family’s memory of Palestine. Navigating familial memorabilia, dreams, and bodies of water, her search leads her deeper into mystical epiphanies and existential queries of her diasporic Palestinian identity.
Traveling to the West Bank, despite the trauma of Israeli occupation, Maia’s refusal to forget and conviction to return to her father’s homeland, culminates in the moments she finds herself in the Jordan River, immersed in the deeper meaning of her ancestral name.
2 Sussex Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 1J5
Sidewalk-level entrance, elevator and ramp available, door width 32 inches, no automatic doors. No accessible parking on-site. Four wheelchair accessible seats in the cinema. 15 step-free seats in row 9. Accessible gender-neutral washroom located on the 2nd and 3rd floor.
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In Viento del este (East Wind), Maia Gattás Vargas brushes against the multiple collisions between the materiality of land and the territory of memory. Seeking her lost roots in Palestine, Maia investigates the mystery of her father’s disappearance in the La Plata River. The water, snow, rivers and roses of the Patagonian landscape of her home becomes a bridge if not the surrogate textures in recovering her family’s memory of Palestine. Navigating familial memorabilia, dreams, and bodies of water, her search leads her deeper into mystical epiphanies and existential queries of her diasporic Palestinian identity.
Traveling to the West Bank, despite the trauma of Israeli occupation, Maia’s refusal to forget and conviction to return to her father’s homeland, culminates in the moments she finds herself in the Jordan River, immersed in the deeper meaning of her ancestral name.
Please join us following the screening for a conversation between Annie Wong and Maia Gattás Vargas.
Maia Gattás Vargas
Maia Gattás Vargas is a visual artist, arts researcher, and professor. She holds a degree in Communication Sciences (UBA) and a PhD in Contemporary Latin American Art (UNLP). She works as a postdoctoral fellow at CONICET. In 2019, she was awarded a scholarship to attend the Di Tella University Film Program (2019). And in 2023, she participated in Talents Buenos Aires, BAFICI. She premiered her first feature documentary Viento del este (East wind) at Doc Buenos Aires Film Festival inAugust of 2023; the international premiere took place at Jihlava IDFF that October.
