
Canada
2022
Without dialogue
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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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Chez Jolie Coiffure
Having immigrated to Belgium from Cameroon, Sabine manages Chez Jolie Coiffure. Her salon patrons, many of them undocumented immigrants, are not only be made to feel beautiful but can also escape the daily difficulties and harsh realities of their lives.
No Other Land
Deemed by many critics one of the essential films of 2024, a multiple festival award winner and a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Documentary, No Other Land is a reminder that mass expulsion is by no means a new reality for Palestinians.
Atlantics
In Dakar, Ada loves Souleiman but has been promised to another man. One night, Souleiman and his co-workers leave the country by sea. Several days later, a fire ruins Ada's wedding and a mysterious fever starts to spread. It seems Souleiman has returned.
Credits
ANIM
Ashleigh Vaillancourt
Director

Ashleigh Vaillancourt
Ashleigh Vaillancourt is a multimedia artist and filmmaker working on the unceded and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəyəm (Musqueam)̓ Nation (Vancouver, Canada). She studied art and animation at Emily Carr University, and has shown her films and digital projections in film festivals and galleries internationally. Her work explores themes of personal resilience and social empathy, as well as the interplay of analog painting and generative digital art.