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From Chile to Canada: Media Herstories film image, co-directors Sarah Shamash and Sonia Medel

From Chile to Canada: Media Herstories

World Premiere

Through feminist solidarities on unceded Coast Salish land, the contributions of Latinx women reveal an intergenerational network of media art genealogies.

 

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Directors
Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2022

Language

In English and Spanish with English subtitles

Film Contact
Content Warning

Violence

PG
17 min

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VIFF Short Forum: Program 1

What kind of alchemy occurs to transform hardship into fortune? Here, the extraordinary burn brightly.

 

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Perfect Days

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Credits

Producer

Sarah Shamash, Sonia Medel

Screenwriter

Sarah Shamash, Sonia Medel

Cinematography

Angie Rico

Editor

Sarah Shamash

Directors

Sonia Medel headshot, From Chile to Canada: Media Herstories co-director

Sonia Medel

Sonia Medel is currently a PhD Candidate in Education at the University of British Columbia and working as a lead on diverse curatorial and publishing projects. She has been promoting decolonial and intersectional feminist engagement with arts, culture, and education across the Americas for over a decade. A visibly racialized Indigenous-Afro-European descendant, Chilean-Peruvian Latina, Medel is grateful to the Coast Salish peoples and lands on which she was born and primarily develops her practices.

Sarah Shamash headshot, From Chile to Canada: Media Herstories co-director

Sarah Shamash

Sarah Shamash is an artist, educator, and media scholar living and raising her son on unsurrendered Indigenous lands in Vancouver. Her works have been shown in curated exhibitions and film festivals internationally. She currently teaches film studies and studio-based practices at the University of British Columbia and Emily Carr University of Art + Design.