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Tortured by toxic beauty standards, thirteen-year-old Rein discovers an unconventional and disturbing way to lose weight. She thinks she’s found a fast track to perfection…but ends up biting off more than she can chew.
Aug 2022
An isolated young woman recovering from her past begins to experience sleep paralysis and must determine whether the phenomena is simply a part of her healing process – or if something otherworldly is waiting in the dark...
Oct 2024
A woman desperate for affection and love has signed up for an unconventional dating service that utilizes a combination of dark magic and science to summon a shapeshifting entity to please any person it encounters.
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Two astro-biologists take care of a flowering pink magnolia on the moon. A renaissance romance grows between them until they receive notice of an incoming solar storm that threatens their secret affair with fire, lust and broken hearts. In the flames, desire and reality blend to revive the memory of the beloved.
Set in 2004, Iranian immigrant Yasamin aka Yasi is the new girl at a Canadian school. Her high school experience is daunting, as she tries to improve her English by watching her favorite sitcom and befriends a trio of pastel-clad girls who feed Yasi’s need to fit in. Desperate for acceptance, she dyes her hair blonde and, in doing so, also attracts a demonic force.
Jul 2025
Earthly and spiritual guides are a young Vietnamese woman’s allies as she decides whether to enter an arranged marriage in Solara Thanh Bình Đặng’s ethereal drama steeped in sensual rhythms of the land.
Sep 2025
Sophia, a newly arrived refugee from Ukraine, is trying her best to assimilate to her new life in Vancouver. She is faced with her fears and disturbing memories from back home as she tries to learn the ropes during her trial shift at a classy restaurant.
What’s the best way to train an athlete? It’s a question the star player of her varsity team is forced to confront. A film about the need to win, ARE YOU HUNGRY? explores the wounds and crisis of this pursuit through the relationship between a player and her coach.
Jun 2023
Powerful waves of grief threaten to shatter the confidence of a South Asian bodybuilder in this bold and insightful character study by director Ian Bawa.
Sep 2024
A young Vietnamese woman reclaims her name and ponders a violent revenge on her controlling in-law family.
Captivated by the town's whispers of a witch, a young woman places herself in an impetuous position seeking power over her fate.
A young Iranian-Canadian man comes to terms with his sexuality, and contends with the disconnection from his culture, while inadvertently cohabitating with an ancient Persian Spirit of Chaos.
A man returns home after a restraining order from his ex times out. She has been waiting for this moment to reconcile, but her idea of making amends is a little twisted.