Redefining Intimacy - Nov 26 to Dec 2
Grainy images and a woman’s voice relate her exploration of the body and sexuality at three times of life. A captivating celebration of intimacy and femininity.
TANDIS QUE JE RESPIRE ENCORE
- Laure Giappiconi, La Fille Renne, Elisa Monteil
- 2020
- France
- s.t. English
- 13 min
Redefining Intimacy - Nov 26 to Dec 2
Inspired by interviews with immigrants, this dystopian short denounces the state violence inflicted by UK immigration officials.
Contemplating Dystopia - Nov 19 to Nov 25
How do you build something that can stand up to the worst nature has to offer? A melancholy engineer travels Europe in search of the perfect structure.
TENSION STRUCTURES
- Feargal Ward, Adrian Duncan
- 2019
- Ireland, France
- s.t. English
- 47 min
Redefining Intimacy - Nov 26 to Dec 2
In this animated short combining reality and supernatural poetry, a woman who lost her beloved sister tries to reconnect with her by becoming an end-of-life caregiver.
THANADOULA
- Robin McKenna
- 2020
- Canada
- s.t. French
- 7 min
Disrupting History - Nov 12 to Nov 18
Fragments of the Berlin Wall exhibited across the USA raise questions about the meaning of the fall of the Wall for people thousands of kilometres from Germany.
THE AMERICAN SECTOR
- Pacho Velez, Courtney Stephens
- 2020
- United States
- s.t. English
- 68 min
8 x Wapikoni mobile
After leaving a toxic relationship, filmmaker and former athlete Lyne-Sue Kistabish decides to go home to the village of Pikogan, where she reconnects with her Anishinaabe roots while training for a triathlon.
THE COMEBACK
- Lyne-Sue Kistabish
- 2020
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. English
- 6 min
Surviving Violence - Nov 26 to Dec 2
In the Donbass war zone, a mother and her children bond through their shared passion for film. A poignant work, full of hope despite a grim context.
THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE
- Iryna Tsilyk
- 2020
- Ukraine, Lithuania
- s.t. French or English
- 74 min
Contemplating Dystopia - Nov 19 to Nov 25
Online videos of Russians appealing to Vladimir Putin become, through skillful editing, a caustic and kaleidoscopic portrait of a country on the edge of the abyss.
THE FOUNDATION PIT
- Andrey Gryazev
- 2020
- Russia
- s.t. English
- 71 min
8 x Wapikoni mobile
Filming closely and attentively, director Dinah Sam shows us the craftsmanship and knowledge of Cree elders.
THE HANDS OF AN ELDER
- Dinah Sam
- 2019
- Canada (Quebec)
- s.t. French
- 5 min
Exploring Nature - Nov 12 to Nov 18
A global, polyphonic mosaic of breathtaking images. We meet indigenous peoples and activists experiencing and fighting climate change.
THE MAGNITUDE OF ALL THINGS
- Jennifer Abbott
- 2020
- Canada
- s.t. French
- 85 min
Redefining Intimacy - Nov 26 to Dec 2
This sublime first feature is a fiction-documentary hybrid in the form of a multigenerational self-portrait of a Portuguese family.
THE METAMORPHOSIS OF BIRDS
- Catarina Vasconcelos
- 2020
- Portugal
- s.t. English
- 101 min
Disrupting History - Nov 12 to Nov 18
Using a variety of materials, stories and narrative forms, the filmmaker’s grandfather is the gateway to an exploration of Nigeria’s colonial past. A creative and captivating essay.
THE NAMES HAVE CHANGED, INCLUDING MY OWN AND TRUTHS HAVE BEEN ALTERED
- Onyeka Igwe
- 2019
- United Kingdom
- s.t. English
- 26 min