This Doors Open, step into City Hall and experience a vibrant lineup of short films programmed by some of Toronto’s leading film festivals, including the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Inside Out, Regent Park Film Festival, Reelworld Screen Institute, Toronto Palestine Film Festival and Toronto Japanese Film Festival.
The screening explore themes of place, movement and connection, and highlights cultures, histories and perspectives that continue to shape the city.
Reel Asian is pleased to include Becoming Air as part of this Doors Open film presentation.
Becoming Air screens
Sat, May 23 at 1–1:30PM and 4–4:30PM
Sun, May 24 at 11:30AM–12PM and 2:30PM–3PM
Take a deep breath… As you exhale, imagine that in about three years, anywhere you would go on the planet you will find molecules that were inside you in this moment. In turn, the oxygen that you are inhaling right now and is now nourishing your body was once created by trees and oceans somewhere on the planet.
Alisi Telengut
Alisi Telengut is a Canadian artist of Mongolian origin, living between Berlin and Tiohti:áke/Montréal. Her work received multiple awards and has been screened and exhibited internationally, including at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Whitney Museum, Annecy, Sundance, TIFF, Videonale, among many others. Her films were nominated for the Canadian Screen Awards and for the German film critique awards.
Diego Galafassi
Diego Galafassi is a director, writer and producer of documentaries, experimental film, new media and participatory performance. Diego is a transdisciplinary artist from Brazil with a practice grounded at the interface of art, sciences and co-creative processes. Galafassi’s ‘Breathe’ is an awarded mixed-reality experience that premiered at the New Frontier Program at Sundance Film Festival 2020.
Sat, May 23–Sun, May 24, 2026
10AM–5PM
City Hall,
100 Queen St W,
Toronto, ON,
M5H 2N2
The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is Canada’s largest pan-Asian film festival, showcasing bold contemporary cinema by Asian and Asian diasporic artists from Canada, the U.S., Asia, and around the world. Held each November in Toronto, Reel Asian presents a dynamic lineup of film screenings, panels, and special events, with programming and education initiatives continuing throughout the year. Founded in 1996, Reel Asian celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2026, marking three decades of championing underrepresented voices and fostering dialogue through film and media arts.
401 Richmond Street West, The Commons (Suite 448)
Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3A8 Canada
(416) 703 – 9333
info@reelasian.com
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