‘Beity’
The 2021 Toronto International Film Festival will premiere student Isabelle Mecattaf’s Second Year Film Beity in its Short Cuts program.
As described by TIFF, “in this astutely played and beautifully shot drama by Isabelle Mecattaf, a look at an anxious day in a wealthy Beirut household becomes a moving rumination on the pain felt by parents of grown children seeking better lives far from home.” The short was shot by student Melanie Akoka, and was a recipient of The Black Family Film Prize for Second Year Curricular Short Films.
The festival runs from September 9–18, 2021
Find the full lineup at TIFF.