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.
Canada
See The City
An Indigenous woman with dreams of leaving the safety of her small community says goodbye and heads to the big city.
After Closing
On a cold winter night, 18-year-old Chloé, the cashier at her family's convenience store, plans a fake robbery with her girlfriend Rosalie to steal the money from the store's safe. The late-night arrival of her uncle Marc, 47, whom she hasn't seen in two years, throws their plans into disarray. Marc is broke. He's penniless and ready to do anything to get his brother, David, the store's owner, to come and demand money.
Mama’s Voice (Holos mamy)
In the early days of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ganna and her family flee their homeland to seek shelter in Poland. There, they meet Kaja and her family. The profound bond that develops between the two mothers helps Ganna navigate trauma, loss, and displacement.
Seen through the eyes of a refugee, Mama’s Voice is an intimate portrait of a Ukrainian family torn apart by war and a universal story of women’s friendship, resilience, and the transformative power of human connection.
Mildlife
Lawrence just wants to drum his depression away in his hardcore band with his best friend. The only problem? He's introverted. They haven't booked a single show yet. And his girlfriend wants them to leave the only town he's ever known. A town where he struggles with the complicated, co-dependent relationship with his parents, who both live with cerebral palsy. Mildlife is a coming-of-age film that follows Lawrence, as he navigates every (not so?) simple decision… one scream at a time.
The Blueberry Blues
In Lac-Saint-Jean, summer means blueberry season. Once the fields paint themselves blue, fruit gatherers of all kinds rush to pick these precious boreal berries before the first frost. The Blueberry Blues celebrates a territory and the people who return to this hardy little fruit each summer, connecting generations and cultures. Together, like blueberries emerging from the ashes of a forest fire, they learn the power of resilience.