MATIN travels to HECare FF 2025
Sam Soleimani’s short documentary, MATIN, participates in the 6th edition of HECare Film Festival (Human-Environment Care Film Festival HECFF), to be held from October 3rd to 6th, 2025 in Markham, Ontario, Canada.
In MATIN, relying on an observational approach, Soleimani depicts the lives of the illegal immigrant and the dogs, in a deserted shelter. This way, he alters the initial portrayal of violence into the impressive images of marginalization, affection, friendship, loneliness and absence.
The film has been already selected in Kobani IFF 2025 (Quarter-finalist) and DokuBaku 2025 (DokuShorts).