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In this programme:

LES CORPS AQUEUX

FILEMON BRAULT-ARCHAMBEAULT | CANADA | 2024 | 5 MIN | FRENCH EST

LES CORPS AQUEUX is an experimental film that explores gender identity outside the binary. By constructing a theatrical space comprised of designed sets, staged radio interviews, found footage vignettes, and overlays, it explores the relationship between the body and the self. Inside that space, uncertainty is finally allowed to exist.

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UNCOMFY

JESSICA HINKSON | CANADA | 2024 | 6 MIN | ENGLISH

When her self-help podcast asks her what she wishes to manifest, our hero realizes her desires are outgrowing her current relationship. 

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(WEL)COMING IN

EMMANUELLE ROBERGE | CANADA | 2023 | 6 MIN | NO DIALOGUE

(Wel)Coming In is a dance video honouring the process of coming out for LGBT2SQ+ people while also extending an invitation to openness to others.

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DON’T FORGET ME

ALICE WANG | CANADA | 2023 | 19 MIN | CANTONESE + ENGLISH EST

While clearing out her grandmother’s home, Sophie finds a box of hidden love letters revealing a forbidden love story between her Nai Nai and mysterious Wen Jia, stretched across decades and continents. Wanting to meet the recipient and deliver her Nai Nai’s last letter, she sets off on a road trip with her girlfriend, Alisha, to find Wen Jia.

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HI ADING

DINALY TRAN | CANADA | 2023 | 2 MIN | ENGLISH EST

Speaking to their parents’ past selves, Dinaly asks and hopes that these past versions might help them realize that decisions they may not understand are still made out of love.

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L’ATELIER (THE REPAIR SHOP)

NAMAI KHAM PO | CANADA | 2022 | 12 MIN | FRENCH EST

Kathy Tran and Agnès Gaudreau work as auto mechanics at Bâtiment 7, a collective-run space that facilitates the integration of minorities. We get to know them through this inspiring place where they’re truly able to be themselves.

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PRIVATE FLOWERS

HAUI | CANADA | 2023 | 7 MIN | NO DIALOGUE

In 1832, a Canadian Infantryman was hanged for making love with another man. The victim’s rank was Private, and his name was Flowers. Created as part of Awakening with Toronto History Museum, Private Flowers is part of a series of art projects by BIPOC creators, operating under the principles of anti-oppression, anti-colonialism and anti-racism and is part of the city’s efforts to address anti-Black racism.

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I DO

ALEXANDER SELTZER | CANADA | 2023 | 20 MIN | ENGLISH + RUSSIAN

Faced with deportation after their visas expire, two Russian students in Canada must grapple with their conservative upbringings and feelings for each other as they try to find a way to stay.

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THE LESBIAN LOBSTER SONG

LISS PLATT | CANADA | 2023 | 4 MIN | ENGLISH

The rural lesbians of the north shore of Nova Scotia gather each spring to celebrate lobster season, and their voracious appetites, with feast and song.

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