The Middle is a short experimental drama that tells the story of Maggie, a young woman who moves to Toronto to make a life for herself. The Middle is an exploration of memory. Through a split screen, the film intends to examine the moments in one’s life that are remembered together.
Drama
Currents
Emma, a young actress, is stuck working odd jobs to make ends meet while waiting for her career to take off. For the next few weeks, she is housesitting for a rich couple, in the suburbs of Geneva, who are gone on a ski trip.
Her days are far from full. Little by little, the house seems to take an unexpected effect on her.
Islands
A coming-of-middle-age film about a timid Filipino immigrant struggling with the care of an elderly parent while managing his first experience of puppy love.
The Girl from Dak Lak
Sương, a young girl from rural Vietnam, migrates to the bustling city of Saigon to work in a local eatery with two other migrant workers. Within the caging, barren walls of the eatery, their mornings are filled with repetitive tasks, and the rest of the day with vacuous, tedious hours. However, behind her veil of apathy, Suong battles a dilemma that she soon has to face with her family.
Qazi
Qazi is the story of a young Pakistani refugee who is forced by economic and family circumstances to seek his fortune in Europe. As a rickshaw driver he has limited skills but winds up in Germany driving tourists around town in a bicycle rickshaw and selling flowers to anyone. After his arrival in Germany, he applies for asylum but is rejected. Misfortune never comes singly, and Qazi finds out that his mother is need of a kidney operation.
O Ovo (The egg)
In a dystopian Brazil, where the entire population is infertile and ruled by a populist dictatorship, a married couple a maid and a baker can’t agree on how to name their daughter, exposing structural problems in their marriage and in society.