This program of short films offers a range of LGBTQ2S+ lives and experience stories, from youthful romance to estranged seniors.
October 2 & 4: Q&A with the film teams
This short film program includes the following films:
Beyond the Sea
Hippolyte Leibovici, Belgium/France (25 min)
When older drag queen is about to go on stage at her cabaret for the last time her estranged son unexpectedly shows up threatening to derail the evening.
An Ordinary Day
Ju-yeon Gim, South Korea (20 min)
On a day when a comet is about to strike the Earth two young women who do not know each other well, one blind and one paraplegic, decide to spend their last hours together.
Almost Fall
Margot Pouppeville, France (23 min)
Love for the same woman tore a sister and brother apart, now in old age they reconnect but is reconciliation possible?
Headdress
Taietsarón:sere ‘Tai’ Leclaire, USA (10 min)
When a Queer Native person sees a Non-Native person wearing a ceremonial headdress, they retreat into their mind to find the perfect response.
Youssou & Malek
Simon Frenay, France (28 min)
Two late teen boys are in love with each other and the utopian world they live in, but tomorrow heartbreak looms as one is leaving for university.
Community Partner
Various
Various
2022-2023
International Shorts
Various with English subtitles
Book Tickets
Indigenous & Community Access
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Living Together
Halima Elkhatabi’s delightful documentary feature takes us to 15 apartments in Montreal, where a diverse assortment of potential roommates interview each other as they search for compatibility, authentic connections, and a place to call home.
Emilia Pérez
When a defence attorney (Zoe Saldana) is enlisted to tend to the affairs of a notorious drug lord (Karla Sofía Gascón) completing gender affirmation surgery, there will be blood, ballads, and dance numbers. A maximalist musical from Jacques Audiard.
Vermiglio
Delperro's exquisitely photographed movie -- Italy's submission for the Academy Awards -- recreates the austere and harsh lifestyle in an Alpine village at the tail end of WWII with revelatory care and compassion.
A New Kind of Wilderness
An idyllic life on a family farm in Norway becomes an impossible task when Nik's wife dies from cancer. This quietly affecting film follows his struggles to do right by his kids, himself, and his late wife's wishes.
Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back
Bob Dylan is captured on-screen as he never would be again in this groundbreaking film from D. A. Pennebaker. The legendary documentarian finds Dylan in England during his 1965 tour, which would be his last as an acoustic artist.