Maryam Salehizadeh, a visually-impaired Paralympian, facing a life-changing surgery that may grant her the gift of sight.
Documentary Shorts
Paper Trail
A filmmaker sets out to retrace her family’s journey as boat people refugees to Vancouver. Piecing together the fragments and unspoken memories of her family’s history 45 years in the making, she uncovers the mysteries that brought them to Canada that started with one paper and four names.
Anchor Points
Anchor Points is a 25-minute art film with a documentary approach that traces the journey of Victor Quijada from street dancer to contemporary choreographer. Through archival footage and visual effects, the film explores his personal and artistic evolution while presenting the foundations of the RUBBERBAND Method. Blending documentary storytelling with an experimental aesthetic, Anchor Points offers a look into Quijada’s creative process and of his influential choreographic practice.
In the Morning Sun
In a quiet Toronto apartment, an immigrant mother finds comfort in her Alexa—weather updates, love songs, and the time back home become a lifeline to the Philippines, reminding her of the family she left behind. In the Morning Sun is a gentle portrait of aging, migration, and memory.
Motel Grand-Pre
In Gaspésie, a remote region of Quebec, a quirky Chinese motel owner navigates his quiet routines between fixing rooms and casting lines into the sea—until his filmmaker son visits for a week. What begins as an interruption gradually unfolds into an exploration of distance, care, and the delicate ways a father and son learn to share time together.
Living waters (ᐃᒪᕐᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᑦ )
Living Waters is a journey through the Inuit way of life, rooted in the Arctic. David Nanuk, an elder from the Taloyoak community, repairs a stone fishing dam and passes on his knowledge, just as he received it from his ancestors.