ROVER is a screendance that follows a dancer’s transformational journey through the cyclical nature of belonging. As she expands her world through new encounters, she uncovers a shifting identity—proving that “home” isn’t a place you inhabit, but a state of being you carry with you.
Canada
Illustrated Legacies: Graveyard of the Pacific
Illustrated Legacies reveals a thriving world of trade routes and complex coastal alliances along the BC coast before Canada, blending animation and oral history to tell the story of a region reshaped by contact, conflict, and colonial ambition.
Moon Noonk Edouard
In this intimate portrait that blends archival footage and dreamlike reenactments, the family of Edouard Beaupré—also known as “the Willow Bunch Giant”—takes back ownership of his story. Beaupré’s great-grandniece Jessie Ray Short retraces the Giant’s journey from his hometown in Saskatchewan to his tragic death at the St. Louis World’s Fair, and his body’s bizarre posthumous voyage. But the film is above all an act of healing in which his loved ones share emotional memories and stories, seeking
Before The Sun
Between night and dawn, a 200-year-old vampire’s confession unfolds. Through handcrafted performance, haunted production design, and shifting light, Before the Sun explores the moment self-awareness becomes unavoidable, a quiet reckoning with the past, and a choice to step into the light.
A Cree Approach – nêhiyawîhtwâwin
A Cree Approach follows Tristin Greyeyes to understand why Cree was not her first language, unraveling the story of her late grandmother, Freda Ahenakew. Freda, a single mother of 12 and a high school dropout, witnessed a generational divide in her family—half of her children learned Cree as their first language, while the rest grew up without it. Through interviews, archival footage, and personal reflection, Tristin delves into Freda’s legacy, uncovering the complex history behind her work and
The Human Under the Bed
AJ, a little monster awake past their bedtime, has found a human under their bed! But humans, it turns out, aren’t actually all that scary. The two become fast friends, and while they have very different perspectives, they may have more in common than they think.