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Square Peg film image, director Christian Bunea

Square Peg

World Premiere

The countdown is on as a freshman international student tries to print their essay before heading in to an exam.

 

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Director
Cast

April Park, Sina Salimi, Egan Yi

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2022

Language

In English and Korean with English subtitles

Film Contact
G
8 min

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Credits

Producer

Christian Bunea, Karan Boparai

Screenwriter

Christian Bunea, April Park

Cinematography

Karan Boparai

Editor

Taylor Ness, Christian Bunea

Director

Christian Bunea headshot, Square Peg 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.