Aida Returns

Aida Returns – Ottawa Premiere screening on November 22!

Advance tickets now available for Aida Returns!

The first screening in Ottawa of Aida Returns, a 2023–2024 documentary by Lebanese-Canadian filmmaker Carol Mansour, will take place on November 22 at 11:30 AM at the Mayfair Theatre. Organized by students from Carleton University’s Migration and Diaspora Studies program and Students for Justice in Palestine, the screening will be followed by a discussion. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Ghassan Abu Sittah Children’s Fund.

*This event is a rental. Normal Mayfair prices and memberships do not apply.

*Please take note that doors open 30 minutes before showtimes. We encourage people to arrive early. We have a small box office, a small candy bar, and a single-screen cinema, meaning that when most of an audience shows up a few minutes before showtime, it causes a bottleneck. If possible, we appreciate you arriving a little bit early to pick out your seat and get your popcorn. Thanks for your help!

Sun Nov 22 11:30 am

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A poignant, sometimes sad, sometimes painful, sometimes humorous, often absurd story of a multiple journey: the journey of loss as the director’s mother Aida struggled with losing herself to Alzheimer’s disease, but finding solace in her repeated “returning” to the Yafa and Palestine of her youth; the journey of the loss of a parent; and the ultimate return journey back to Yafa where Aida would finally find rest and be herself once more.
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