Growing up is hard to do, often harder as we get older.
Q&A Oct 5 & Oct 9
This short film program includes the following films:
Reste
Ginger Le Pêcheur, QC (8 min)
Alone in a messy home, a young girl spends the day playing by herself.
Pro Pool
Alec Pronovost, QC (8 min)
Charles-Olivier, a recent graduate who had majored in Viking history, begins a new job at a pool shop.
Agony
Arnaud Beaudoux, QC (13 min)
Over the course of 15 days on a commercial trawler, a hyper-intimate portrayal of life and death on the high seas is documented.
The Faraway Place
Kenny Welsh, BC (14 min)
A young woman and her father, both of whom have horns, flee from a violent cult on a mission to eradicate their kind.
I Empower as a Mother
Inder Nirwan, Dani Barker, BC (11 min)
Patricia Massy, the founder and director of Massy Arts Society and co-founder of Indigenous Brilliance collective, shares aspects of her life, work, and business, Massy Books.
Brasier
Amélia Raposo, Tiago Freire Brosseau, QC (19 min)
After joining a high school soccer team made up of older girls, 11-year-old Pierre-Amelia is exposed to teenager sex talk. This precipitates her sexual awakening, and she develops an unexpected, taboo crush.
The Passing
Jackson Harvey, QC (6 min)
A dairy farmer searches for one of his cows that has wandered off in a blizzard.
Rocket Fuel
Jessie Posthumus, ON (12 min)
Three siblings decide to collect the cans and bottles left over from they backyard party their parents hosted the previous night. On their journey to the bottling depot, obstacles arise.
Heartbeat of a Nation
Eric Janvier, AB (21 min)
Honouring the Dene Drum, this documentary celebrates the healing of a community and nation through the reclamation and passing down of traditional teachings within a Dene family.
Supported by
Community Broadcast Partner
Community Partner
Various
Canada
2021-2022
Various with English subtitles
Incest
Open to youth!
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Nuisance Bear
Winner of the highly coveted Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Documentary, Nuisance Bear follows a polar bear through Churchill, Manitoba, where the town profits from bears as spectacle while treating their arrival as a problem.
Whatcha Want
Whatcha Want, a hip-hop-infused drama from award-winning Vancouverite Mina Shum (Meditation Park), sees a restless trophy wife from Hong Kong rise above her wealthy husband’s infidelity by rekindling her passion for dance.
The Flight
The Flight follows three Iranian-Canadian families seeking justice after Flight PS752 was shot down, offering a compassionate and forceful tribute to grief, resilience, and community advocacy.
Midnight Momo
Kunga, a waiter at a Queens momo shop, finds himself trapped in a loop of the final minutes of his shift. Midnight Momo is a frenetic, distinctly Tibetan American indie comedy that puts a working-class spin on the Buddhist cycle of suffering and rebirth.
WOLF
Narrated by Tilda Swinton, WOLF contrasts the chaotic wilderness of musician Patrick Wolf’s early career with his current cultivation of a more contemplative life. This is a tender portrait of an artist rediscovering himself to prevail against the odds.