Shorts from: Canada, China, UK.
Oct 3 & 4: Q&A
This short film program includes the following films:
Le Tour De Canada
John Hollands, Canada (6 min)
Rivals go head to head in a cross-country cycling race.
Weekend One
Mykea Fairweather Perry, UK (15 min)
After his divorce, a father’s first weekend with his sons proves challenging.
No Matter the Weather
Florence Lafond, Canada (15)
Lafond documents her relationship with her grandmother Renée, who is recovering from a broken ankle.
Paradaïz
Matea Radic, Canada (10 min)
Through absurdist animation and archival images, a young woman visits her slippery and surreal homeland.
A Soft Touch
Heather Young, Canada (20 min)
After a friend stops replying to her messages, 81-year-old Ellen must find a way to recover the money she loaned them.
No One Knows I Disappeared
Hanxiong Bo, China (17 min)
Systemic issues of state surveillance and migrant labour exploitation collide when the sudden disappearance of an elderly woman sends her caregiver, Lin, on a relentless search.
Winkie
Daniel Duranleau, Canada (24 min)
Upon discovering a young orphaned girl, a caring monster decides to raise the child as his own.
Supported by
Community Partner
Various
Various
2024 & 2025
Various
Racist language
Book Tickets
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The Executioner
Regularly cited as the greatest Spanish film ever made, Berlanga's masterpiece is a pitch black comedy about an undertaker lined up by the state executioner to marry his beautiful daughter -- but he'll also have to inherit the old man's job.
The Mother and the Bear
Johnny Ma’s film stars Kim Ho-jung as a Korean woman who flies to Winnipeg when her immigrant daughter is hospitalized there. This crowd-pleaser plays up cultural differences to hilarious effect and offers a touching take on mother-daughter tension.
The Plague
At a water polo camp, Ben is plunged into the deep end of toxic peer pressure. Terrified of incurring his campmates’ wrath, he joins them in tormenting a kid whose skin rash has been branded “the plague”. But then he experiences a breakout of his own...
The Flamenco Guitar of Yerai Cortés + Por Derecho (For the Right) Live
Winner of the Goya Award for Best Documentary, this is an exquisite and surprisingly intimate portrait of the brilliant young guitarist Yerai Cortés, preceded by an hour of passionate flamenco music, song and dance performed by Flamenco Rosario.