Nur El Qulub
Nur Al Qulub is an exploration of the spiritual dimension of shadow and light.
Drawing from the director's experiences as the end-of-life support person for many near and dear people in her life, this project seeks to ask questions about spiritual truth, transitions, and the unknown.
Dwelling on the threshold of spaces of darkness leading to the light, shadow work and discomfort, and the material and the spiritual, Nur Al Qulub references AlSaraf's deepest realizations around the meaning of life - and death.
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Sawsan AlsarafDirector
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Sawsan AlsarafWriter
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Sawsan AlsarafProducer
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Sawsan AlsarafKey Cast
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Project Type:Experimental, Short, Other
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Runtime:7 minutes 53 seconds
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Completion Date:July 1, 2021
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Country of Origin:Canada
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Language:Arabic
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Sawsan AlSaraf (Canadian, b. Iraq) is a visual and multimedia artist and filmmaker who lives and works in Montreal, Canada, AlSaraf has moved between the Middle East and North America since 1977. In her work, she draws her references from her life experiences as an expatriate Iraqi woman
AlSaraf’s artwork traverses multiple media, from her acclaimed photo-collage paintings in the “Sufi Path” series, to her experimental films in her “Rihla” series. Her work was exhibited in a three woman show alongside her two daughters in the award winning exhibition “Generation” which opened at Telfair Museums in Savannah, GA in May 2017. AlSaraf’s work has been screened and exhibited in Beijing, Beirut, Amman, Abu Dhabi, Baghdad, Montreal, Savannah, Vermont and Wisconsin.
AlSaraf has also given artist talks and lectures at multiple conferences and universities on pilgrimage and diaspora.
She holds a BFA in Studio Arts from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada and an MFA in Visual Arts from Vermont College of Fine Arts.