
April Park, Sina Salimi, Egan Yi
Canada
2022
In English and Korean with English subtitles
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VIFF Short Forum: Program 3
The camera eye knows no bounds in these stories that push the limits of gravity and grace.
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The Teacher
In this potent thriller, English teacher Basem witnesses the murder of a teenager by a Israeli settler. While the subsequent investigation rolls slowly towards a foregone conclusion, the teacher is caught up in a parallel kidnapping case...
Bob Trevino Likes It
When her toxic, narcissistic dad cuts her out of his life, Lily Trevino looks him up on Facebook and happens across his namesake, Bob (John Leguizamo), a gentle, genial contractor who lives nearby, and who proves an altogether better dad...
The Encampments
When pro-Palestine protests took hold of Columbia last year, the filmmakers were there from the beginning. This documentary charts the mounting tensions between students and the administration, as the protests were picked up across North America.
Shepherds
Mathyas quits his marketing job in Montreal and goes to France with the romantic notion of becoming a shepherd. He's in for a rude awakening... Based on a true story, Deraspe's stirring film plays spiritual uplift off against some 3000 sheep and a donkey.
Our Lady of the Nile
Veronica and Virginia are inseparable friends at an elite Catholic boarding school, Our Lady of the Nile, but what binds them together is the very thing that separates them forever. We are in Rwanda, 1973, and tribal tensions are simmering ominously.
Faces
Ten years after his landmark debut, Shadows, John Cassavetes returned to the indie model, self-financing this wrenching portrait of the sexual mores and miseries of American middle class. Gena Rowlands is luminous as Jeannie, the film's emotional barometer.
Credits
Producer
Christian Bunea, Karan Boparai
Screenwriter
Christian Bunea, April Park
Cinematography
Karan Boparai
Editor
Taylor Ness, Christian Bunea
Director

Christian Bunea
Christian Bunea is a Toronto-based filmmaker who holds a keen interest in exploring evocative stories found within the cracks of everyday life. His previous works, As Niagara Falls (2017), The Walrus Whisperer (2017), and Pacaroni (2020) have toured festivals internationally before reaching acclaim with large audiences online. Several of his upcoming projects will be entering the festival circuit, starting with Square Peg (2022), which will make its world premiere at VIFF.