Na Ma Na Cinema

12/03/2025

🎬 NaMaNa Film Club – Special Saturday Event
An Evening with Iranian Cinema & a Live Panel Discussion

This Saturday, NaMaNa Film Club is proud to welcome a very special guest:

🌟 Babak Karimi
Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival
for A Separation by Asghar Farhadi.

🎭 Join us as we explore Babak Karimi’s remarkable journey, his memorable performances, and his impact on contemporary world cinema.

🎤 Panelists & Presenters:

Ali Dehbashi – Bukhara (Bokhara)
Dr. Khatereh Sheibani – York University

Location: University of Toronto – OISE Building Room 5230
5th floor, 252 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1V6

Date: Saturday December 6th From 5:00-8:00 pm EST

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439307/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

To join our discussion, you can zoom with us this Saturday December 6th From 5:30pm

11/21/2025

Dear Members,

We’re back!

Join us next week for our First Public Screening of the new season as we kick things off with One Battle After Another (2025).

This marks the launch of our exciting new program: “The Best Movies of 2025.”

Don’t miss the opening night!

When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue the daughter of one of their own.

Location: University of Toronto – OISE Building Room 5230
5th floor, 252 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1V6

Date: Saturday November 29th From 4:30-9:00 pm EST

Film Screening: 4:30 – 7:30pm
Film Discussion 7:30 – 9:00pm
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30144839/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

To join our discussion, you can zoom with us this Saturday November 29th From 7:45pm

11/01/2025

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQhUilFALP8/?igsh=MW8yb3Z0eGRzamM4bQ==

10/24/2025

Dear friends,

I am pleased to remind you that my book launch will take place at the North York Memorial Community Hall on 26 October 2025 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

The venue is located on the ground floor at 5110 Yonge Street, North York, ON M2N 6M1, directly beneath North York Central Library.

Regards,
Sirous

10/24/2025

10/14/2025

Our On-Line New Season will continue this Sunday with The Girl with the Needle (2024). This is the last movie from the season “The Best Movies 2024”.

Copenhagen 1919: A young worker finds herself unemployed and pregnant. She meets Dagmar, who runs an underground adoption agency. A strong connection grows but her world shatters when she stumbles on the shocking truth behind her work.



Location: Zoom Online Platform

Date: Sunday October 19th From 7:00-9:00 pm EST

Presenter: Nasim Naghavi

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10236164/



To join our discussion, you can zoom with us this Sunday October 19th From 7:00pm using the link below:

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://uvic.zoom.us/j/88617010796?pwd=DZraEow2dtJRCV82qSVqsSGNOFReCw.1



Meeting ID: 886 1701 0796

Password: namana

10/08/2025

Our On-Line New Season will continue this Sunday with Hard Truths (2024). This is the Fifth movie from the season “The Best Movies 2024”.

Ongoing exploration of the contemporary world with a tragicomic study of human strengths and weaknesses.
Director: Mike Leigh

Location: Zoom Online Platform
Date: Sunday October 12th From 7:00-9:00 pm EST
Presenters: Pershang Salehi
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11891850/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_hard%2520tru

To join our discussion, you can zoom with us this Sunday October 12th From 7:00pm using the link below:

Join Zoom Meeting:
https://uvic.zoom.us/j/88617010796?pwd=DZraEow2dtJRCV82qSVqsSGNOFReCw.1

Meeting ID: 886 1701 0796
Password: namana

09/29/2025

Our On-Line New Season will continue this Sunday with Sterben ( Dying 2024). This is the 5th movie from the season “The Best Movies 2024”.

Dying (German: Sterben) is a 2024 German comedy drama film. It is about an elderly couple on the brink of death and their two children who are too concerned with their own troubles to get involved.

Location: Zoom Online Platform

Date: Sunday October 5th From 7:00-9:00 pm EST

Presenters: Mehdi Mohasses

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27165281/?ref_=ttrel_ov_bk



To join our discussion, you can zoom with us this Sunday October 5th From 7:00pm using the link below:

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://uvic.zoom.us/j/88617010796?pwd=DZraEow2dtJRCV82qSVqsSGNOFReCw.1



Meeting ID: 886 1701 0796

Password: namana

09/26/2025

This Sunday Film Analysis @ NaMaNa Cinema Film Club!

Online Session via Zoom!
Sunday Sep 28th @ 7:00pm EST.

The lush and breathtaking beauty of the Alps, filmed with painterly grace under natural light from frigid winter to redemptive spring, provides the physical ...

09/24/2025

RIP! 🖤

Claudia Cardinale
1938-2025