Artist

Noor Gatih

Noor (she/her) is a filmmaker and arts facilitator. Her work explores gender and generational patterns, memory, her queerness, language and history through the lens of photography, family archives and film. Recent projects have included, revisiting archival photographs, experimenting with super 8mm and other analogue processes, as well as working on short documentaries. Her work often invites the viewer to reflect on these different modes of storytelling and the ways they reveal the complex relationships we hold with each other and ourselves.

Gatih’s work has been shown across Canada and internationally. She completed a mentorship program at Made In Her Image (hosted by Panavision). Her short film, Visions of Basra premiered at the Independent Iraqi Film Festival in 2021 and has gone on to screen in Vancouver, Toronto, LA and Florence. She was selected for the BIPOC 2021 Fall Photography Mentorship Program and was able to film a video essay entitled, Salam’s Archives. Her photography can be found in the Shine On exhibition, Gallery 44 Broadview magazine, Wave Art Collective, University of Toronto and MIMP Mag. Her latest short film, Khobs & Chai (2022) screened at TIFF Lightbox. She was part of the Arab Women’s Showcase organized by the Toronto Arab Film Festival in 2022.

Artist Code: 2167

Videography

POP

2024, 04:31 minutes, B&W, sound (no dialogue)

Mandaeans by Water

2023, 01:35 minutes, colour, Mandaean

Khobs & Chai

2022, 04:16 minutes, colour, Arabic (with subtitles in English)

Visions of Basra

2021, 04:38 minutes, colour, Arabic (with subtitles in English)