Canada20247 minEnglishWorld PremiereAvailable Online, Drama, Experimental

A burgeoning artist reckons with the struggle to find an audience for his art and his desire to reconnect with his mother in the afterlife.

IN PERSON: This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated)

ONLINE: This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated)

Directors Bio

*Liam Ma

Liam Ma (he/him) is an award-winning actor and filmmaker currently based on the unceded and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tseil-Waututh) peoples, known as Vancouver.

Canada20205 minNo Dialogue2slgbtq+, Aboriginal + Indigenous, Available Online, Directed By Women, Experimental, Music, Romance, Science Fiction

This experimental examination of threshold states moves through deep space time in underwater realms. Mirrored bodies spiral, suspend, and dance through Te Reo Māori and nêhiyawêwin lamentations.

IN PERSON & ONLINE: No dialogue (no audio + visual descriptions)

Directors Bio

Moe Clark, Victoria Hunt, James Brown

Weather Beings is a Two-Spirit/takatâpui collaborative performance between Victoria Hunt (Maori dancer, choreographer) and Moe Clark (Métis sound designer, vocalist) that explores the connections between Mâori whakapapa and Métis wâhkôhtowin (the kinship system).

Canada, Germany, Sweden20246 minEnglishAboriginal + Indigenous, Animation, Available Online, Directed By Women, Documentary, Experimental

Take a deep breath. As you exhale, imagine that in about three years, anywhere you went on the planet, you found the molecules that are inside of you in this moment.

IN PERSON: This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated)

This title is available digitally only in Ontario.

Directors Bio

Alisi Telengut, Diego Galafassi

Alisi Telengut is a Canadian artist of Mongolian origin, living between Berlin and Tiohti:áke/Montréal. Her work has received multiple awards and has been screened and exhibited internationally.

Diego Galafassi is a director, writer, and producer of documentaries, experimental film, new media, and participatory performance.

Myanmar202310 minBurmeseAnimation, Available Online, Directed By Women, Experimental

Photographic sequences painted with golds and greys animate the guilt from a childhood incident of killing an ant while washing hands in the sink, reflecting the realms of cosmos, power, guilt, prayers, and existence.

IN PERSON: This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated)

ONLINE: This film is scheduled to be presented with subtitles for all spoken dialogue (no sound cues indicated)

Directors Bio

Moe Myat May Zarchi

Moe Myat May Zarchi is a filmmaker, cultural practitioner, and audiovisual artist from Myanmar whose practice spans 10 years.

Canada202410 MinEnglish2slgbtq+, Available Online, Directed By Women, Documentary, Experimental

This experiential and textural short film invites viewers into the inner workings of a mind, to ponder how we love and unlove ourselves.

IN PERSON & ONLINE: this film is scheduled to be presented with subtitles for all spoken dialogue (no sound cues indicated)

Directors Bio

*Tara Hakim & Hannah Hull

Tara Hakim is a Palestinian Jordanian multidisciplinary artist whose public displays of vulnerability invite the viewer to meditate on notions of self, multicultural identities, and spaces in between — both physically and mentally.

Hannah Hull (they/them) is an artist and musician, also known as Burning Salt. The ancient practice of “burning salt” is an act of expulsion, purification or protection.

USA202414 MinFarsi, EnglishAvailable Online, Directed By Women, Drama, Experimental, Romance

On a seemingly prosaic day, Bita, an Iranian woman with terminal cancer, comes to grips with her changing relationships with her family as life transforms and slips away.

This film is scheduled to be presented with subtitles for all spoken dialogue (no sound cues indicated)

Directors Bio

*Sara Boutorabi

Sara Boutorabi is an Iranian American filmmaker based in New York City, and originally from California. She graduated from UC Berkeley and is an MFA candidate in screenwriting at Columbia University.

USA202414 MinEnglish, Korean, Spanish, Mandarin2slgbtq+, Available Online, Directed By Women, Drama, Experimental

Today is Parents' Day at the Sweetwater Boarding School for English Learners. When A, B, C, and D discover that none of their families are coming, they decide to hatch a different plan.

IN PERSON: This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated)

ONLINE : This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated)

Directors Bio

Yvonne Zhang

Yvonne Zhang is a British Chinese director and writer who uses fables, dream logic, and digital worlds to explore the diasporic experience.

Canada202315 MinEnglishAvailable Online, Directed By Women, Documentary, Experimental

Follow filmmaker Anna Quon as she journeys from her childhood conviction regarding her own specialness, symbolized by her “perfect” teeth, into the throes of mental unwellness.

 IN PERSON & ONLINE: this film is scheduled to be presented with subtitles for all spoken dialogue (no sound cues indicated)

Directors Bio

Anna Quon

Mad, mixed-race, and middle-aged, Anna Quon is a novellist, poem-film maker, and current poet laureate for Halifax. She works in mental health as a creativity connector for a local not-for-profit.

Indonesia202311 minNo DialogueAction, Animation, Available Online, Comedy, Experimental

After losing faith, a senior in an instant noodle cult wanders in search of the true taste of MSG.

 IN PERSON & ONLINE: this film is scheduled to be presented with subtitles for all spoken dialogue (no sound cues indicated)

Directors Bio

Gugun Arief

Through his production house Javora Studio, Gugun Arief writes stories, and produces and directs short films, often with small crews using semi-guerrilla techniques. Arief built a film community in his hometown to educate more people about cinema literacy.

Canada202418 minEnglish, Indonesian2slgbtq+, Available Online, Directed By Women, Drama, Experimental

In 1998 Indonesia, two girls promise to stay friends forever. Twenty-five years later, after experiencing a traumatic event, Emily dreams about Rosa, her childhood friend.

IN PERSON: This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated)

ONLINE: This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated)

Directors Bio

*Amanda Ann-Min Wong

Amanda Ann-Min Wong (they/she) is a Toronto-based filmmaker. Originally from Southeast Asia, their work often explores memory, nostalgia, and community from a tenderly crafted diasporic perspective.