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Sutures not only mend tissue; they also weave together memory, pain, and affection. A tactile form of storytelling created during a prolonged process of physical and emotional recovery following brain tumor surgery. The wounded body finds in fabric a means to resist, reorganize itself, and speak.
Hala Alyan performs her poem “Light Ghazal” to her reflection on a street in New York City.
A Black poet haunted by the sound of fingers snapping seeks therapy to address the source of his hallucinations.
An existentialist exploration of boundaries driven by nostalgia, and the derealization in searching for fragments of the past to imagine the future.
In an intimate conversation about the poem “Snow,” written by the filmmaker’s deceased aunt, the filmmaker and her mother reveal a portrait of a splintered family, a messy immigration journey, and the varied threads of the Chinese diaspora bound together by a shared image of snow.
The winner of the Racso award arrives home after the ceremony. What he didn't expect was that the statuette would haunt him.
A foreign kid is fascinated with livestreaming when one day, his dad creates a domain named after his son "Milo.TV". Originally used to help promote his construction company in the United States. Colsen, a music producer in Milo's class who's deep into online forums encourages Milo to keep going, believing livestreaming is "the future".
Jack Mumford stars in the latest music video film as a weirdo with a bowtie, no further questions asked.
Alma’s return to Italy becomes a search for belonging and reconciliation.
Medium Rare is a story of a man who prepares a piece of meat in the usual way: seasoning it, cooking it, and finally enjoying it.
Put Your Records on is a student documentary about the state of physical media in our modern digital world. Diving deep into our personal relationships with physical media.
A short essay film about dealing with mental illness in the family and the role of the body as a container of experience. With associative images projected in a half-empty apartment, the two filmmakers enter into a dialogue in which personal memories merge with dreams and stories. The result is a sensual space that speaks of intimacy and vulnerability.
A woman races through the night. Her nerves frayed by the pain of a breakup and excessive drinking, she can barely make out what’s happening behind the rain-streaked windshield. Bang! What was that? Was there a child? Bewildered and assuming she has injured someone, the confused woman gets out of the car, only to find herself in a world of horror. Mirages and apparitions of female ghosts cloud her vision. Her search for a mechanic ends in sheer horror.
No matter what happens. No matter what terror she’s subjected to. Is this still authentic, or is it already voyeurism?
Berta and Nora, sisters, spend one last weekend together at the family house on the Costa Brava. The silence between them reveals what neither knows how to say.
Though Felipe resists having a wound "open up" in his abdomen, it will inevitably do so, revealing a Christmas gathering in which he burns.
Animated short about a curious young girl who must confront her greatest fear: the dark and mysterious storage room. When her beloved cat is captured by the monsters in the storage room, she has no choice but to face her fear. By using her imagination, she transforms her fear into courage and sets out on a daring rescue mission.
This film is the result of conversations between Blackfoot artists, youth and Elders and the Southern Alberta Art Gallery to stand as a visualization of the Gallery's Blackfoot name, Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin, the new making of images, related to the telling of Blackfoot peoples' stories.
