
Briar Mosher, Rhiannon Morgan, Joel Thomas Hynes
Canada
2022
English
Domestic Violence; nudity
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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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No Other Land
Deemed by many critics one of the essential films of 2024, a multiple festival award winner and Academy Award winner for Best Documentary, No Other Land is a reminder that mass expulsion is by no means a new reality for Palestinians.
The Way, My Way
All manner of pilgrims flock to France and Spain to walk the 800 km Camino de Santiago. One such is Bill, a stroppy sexagenarian Australian filmmaker who's determined to do the Camino with minimal prep, a dickey leg, and no firm idea why.
Resident Orca
Captured in Puget Sound in 1970, killer whale Lolita spent the next half century in a cramped tank in Seaquarium, Miami. The film follows a coalition of Lummi elders, animal lovers and philanthropists on a rescue mission to return her to the ocean.
Misericordia
Edgy, eccentric, and unapologetically queer, this film goes from drama to comedy without putting a foot wrong. Sex and murder are the subjects, and writer-director Alain Guiraudie (Stranger by the Lake) mines them for suspense and outrageous laughs.
The Stand
This rousing doc explores a 1985 dispute over logging in the Haida Gwaii. Taking us from canny retrospective commentary to the thick of the action, director Chris Auchter employs animation and a wealth of archival footage to riveting effect.
Credits
Producer
Leah Johnston, Jason Buxton
Screenwriter
Leah Johnston
Cinematography
Jason Buxton
Editor
Leah Johnston
Director

Leah Johnston
Leah Johnston is an award-winning filmmaker from Nova Scotia. Her most recent short film, Ingrid and the Black Hole (2016), premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival and was showcased at over 20 film festivals, winning eight awards, including Best Canadian Short at the Edmonton International Film Festival. She is the recipient of the Corus Fearless Female Filmmaker Award, the Bravofact/WIFT Prize, and the National Screen Institute Drama Prize. She has a BFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.