Shorts from Canada, Hungary, Iran, Japan, Macau, Taiwan, and USA.
Sept 29 & 30: Q&A with filmmakers
This short film program includes the following films:
Jane’s in the Freezer
Caleb Joye, USA (13 min)
A day in the life of Jane, a single middle-aged woman who searches for connection while hiding from the past.
My Dog is Dead
Tasuku Matsunaga & Takehiro Senda, Japan (9 min)
Riko and her boyfriend Yoshiki go visit her mom after the death of their family dog.
Shoes and Hooves
Viktória Traub, Hungary (15 min)
Paula the centaur-girl falls in love with Arnold the crocodile man.
Nemo 1
Albéric Aurtenèche, Canada (12 min)
On the coastline of Chittagong, Bangladesh, cargo ships wait to be recycled.
Tayal Forest Club
Laha Mebow, Taiwan (19 min)
Two teens lose their way during a hike in the dense and mountainous Atayal homelands, crossing paths with a man who at first appears to be the town drunk.
Chuff Chuff Chuff
Chao Koi Wang, Taiwan (7 min)
Asleep on a train, a man awakes in a dream inside his apartment.
Nietzschean Suicide
Payam Kurdistani, Iran (18 min)
A pharmacy owner attempts to delay the suicide of the only midwife in town until after his pregnant wife gives birth.
Darker
Matazi Weathers, USA (19 min)
In a dystopian Los Angeles, a coalition of Black insurgents, trans hackers, and their POC allies prepare for an uprising.
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Various
Various
2023-2024
Various with English subtitles
Sexual violence
Book Tickets
Indigenous & Community Access
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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.
Night Moves: Street Photography, Poetry and Music with Rodney DeCroo
To mark the publication of Night Moves, his first book of street photography (shot in and around Commercial Drive), singer-songwriter, poet and playwright Rodney DeCroo shares his images, stories and music, along with his band The Wise Blood.
Secret Mall Apartment
The stranger-than-fiction true story of a group of artists who built and furnished a hidden apartment inside a mall, remaining undetected for years. This is an absurdly fun and surprisingly profound film about gentrification and art.
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.