TORONTO PALESTINE FILM FESTIVAL INVITES YOU TO THE TORONTO PREMIERE OF "33 DAYS" BY MAI MASRI

Sat. July 12, 2008 at 7:00 pm || Bloor Cinema - 506 Bloor Street West (Bathurst Street Subway) || 416-516-2331 || Tickets $10 / $5 seniors students unwaged || "33 days"is a documentary on life in Lebanon under the Israeli bombardment of July - August 2006. Award winning Palestinian filmmaker Mai Masri follows the efforts of several dedicated humanitarians to keep their communities strong in the midst of destruction: from a woman reporting from the rubble as rockets jet past her, to a young man who keeps his neighborhood's children entertained with improvised games in his local theatre while bombs fall in the distance. The film is full of compassion and humanity even as it records the devastation of war.

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Advance tickets available:
-online at http://www.tpff.ca/33-days.htm
-Toronto Women's Bookstore: 73 Harbord Street
-Palestine House: 3195 Erindale Station Rd Mississauga, 905 270 3622
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ABOUT THE FILM MAKER
Mai Masri is a Palestinian director born in Amman Jordan. Soon after graduating from San Francisco State University Film Department in 1981 she moved to Beirut and began making films. Her films focus on Palestine and the Middle East and have won awards at film festivals throughout the world.

ABOUT TPFF:
The inaugural Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) will take place from October 25 to November 1, 2008 at various locations throughout the GTA. TPFF welcomes audiences of all backgrounds to experience the vibrant heritage, resilience and collective identity of the Palestinian people while celebrating film as an art form and means of expression.