Fearless first-time filmmakers embarked on an intensive summer-long video production workshop and now show their work in the world premiere of Unsung Voices 8
All filmmakers in attendance
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FAMILY STYLE
Angela Feng • Canada • 2019 • 8:00 • English, Cantonese & Mandarin w/ English subtitles
A student bends the truth of her home life in order to nail her anthropology presentation.
When Angela Feng was five years old, she played “Thursday – Jambalaya” in a locally-televised elementary school play. This has been her greatest accomplishment thus far.
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Shubhi Sahni • Canada • 2019 • 8:00 • English
When gaming online one must choose their battles carefully especially when an all-night session leads to a questionable encounter.
Shubhi Sahni is an aspiring filmmaker. She recently graduated from the University of Toronto where she double majored in English and Book & Media Studies.
THE ROOMMATE
Ciwing Wang • Canada • 2019 • 8:00 • English, Korean w/ English subtitles
For international students, roommates come and go through their rooming houses. But a fleeting moment of connection might be possible.
Ciwing Wang studied at the University of Windsor and would like to present more stories about international students in future films.
HOME AWAY
Nancy Yu • Canada • 2019 • 8:30 • English
Renata is crushed by the conflict of sublimating her cultural identity for a writing job in this stylistic ode to 90’s cable dramas.
Nancy Yu is from a small, South-Western town named Kingsville, ON. She moved to Toronto seven years ago and she hopes to share her contemporary Asian-Canadian experience through her writing and filmmaking.
NAI NAI’S LETTER
Aimee Wu • Canada • 2019 • 8:00 • English, Mandarin w/ English subtitles
A We Chat video call, a birthday, and a hand-written letter bring out the subtle differences between three generations of Chinese women.
Aimee Wu is an interdisciplinary artist and designer from Toronto.
KAR
Sahar Golshan • Canada • 2019 • 8:00 • English
A weekend drive around Scarborough between father and daughter prompts reflection on cars, labour, and family.
Sahar Golshan 杜秀秀 سحر گلشن is a Teochew-Persian writer and language learner living as a guest on Turtle Island. She is a Creative Writing MFA candidate at the University of Guelph.
LITTLE RED
Jacqueline Shi • Canada • 2019 • 8:00 • English, Mandarin w/ English subtitles
As a country song says, “If this old house could talk / What a story it would tell /
It would tell about the good times / And the bad times as well”
Jacqueline Shi is a second year film and business student at Western University. Besides film, her passions include traveling, photography, and binge watching crime or dystopian dramas.