{"id":2458,"date":"2018-08-06T09:25:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T09:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.harutheme.com\/formota\/?page_id=2458"},"modified":"2026-11-03T13:08:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T18:08:04","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saffm.centrekabir.com\/fr\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c0 PROPOS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00c9QUIPE FFASM<\/h2>\n

Passion du cin\u00e9ma,<\/span> qui r\u00e9unit des forces cr\u00e9atrices<\/span><\/h2>\n

Fond\u00e9 en 2011 sous la direction visionnaire de feu Mme Vijaya Mulay, \u00e9minente figure du cin\u00e9ma documentaire, de l'histoire du film et de l'\u00e9ducation, ainsi que de M. Thomas Waugh, le distingu\u00e9 professeur \u00e9m\u00e9rite d'\u00e9tudes cin\u00e9matographiques et d'\u00e9tudes interdisciplinaires sur la sexualit\u00e9 et le cin\u00e9ma \u00e0 l'Universit\u00e9 Concordia, notre festival est devenu un phare pour le cin\u00e9ma ind\u00e9pendant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Syeda Nayab Bukhari<\/h5>\n

Head of Programming and Festival Director – Researcher and educator with expertise in migration, gender, media and community development. Holds a doctorate from Simon Fraser University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at McGill University. Teaches at Concordia University and leads research and community-based initiatives focused on immigrant and marginalized communities in Canada.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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TK (Raghu) Raghunathan<\/h5>\n

Festival President – Associated with Kabir Cultural Centre and the film festival since their inception. With an education and career spanning three continents, Raghu brings vast experience in managing complex international projects to the sustenance and growth of the festival.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sukhpreet Kahlon<\/h5>\n

Artistic Director, Film Curator and Scholar – Writes on film history, independent films and Punjabi cinema. Co-translator of Sone Chandi Ke Buth: Writings on Cinema and Trustee of Khwaja Ahmed Abbas Memorial Trust.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dushyant Yajnik<\/h5>\n

Retired M.D.-Psychotherapist and psychoanalyst. Longtime film buff and SAFFM organizing team member for several years. Served as Festival Director in 2016 and 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Uzair Surhio<\/h5>\n

Festival Programmer & Coordinator – Filmmaker with a Master’s in Film, highlighting untold South Asian stories and social justice narratives. Received the Citizen Storytelling Award (2023) and a Solutions Storytelling Asia fellowship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SAFFM Team Cinematic Passion, Uniting Creative Forces. Founded in 2011 under the visionary guidance of the late Mrs. Vijaya Mulay, a luminary in documentary filmmaking, film history, and education, and Mr. Thomas Waugh, the esteemed Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Film Studies and Interdisciplinary Studies in Sexuality and Cinema at Concordia University, our festival has become […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2458","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saffm.centrekabir.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saffm.centrekabir.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saffm.centrekabir.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saffm.centrekabir.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saffm.centrekabir.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2458"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/saffm.centrekabir.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7235,"href":"https:\/\/saffm.centrekabir.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2458\/revisions\/7235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saffm.centrekabir.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}