From Halifax to Vancouver, Canadian feminist storytellers of the 1970s to 1990s took hold of cutting-edge media technology to document everything from violence towards women to how to insert a diaphragm.
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Look At Me
A fictional autobiography about an insecure, awkward and lonely bisexual actor who goes on an unwitting journey of self-love in the midst of an eating disorder relapse.
Suffocation ( Bi Saro Seda )
Based on an occasional nightly basis, Zahra once again sneaks out of her house without her family’s permission. Zahra went to visit her partner mohammad, at his house. She must return back to her house before sunrise, so that she can put her father’s vehicle back. However, before leaving mohammad’s house she faces a huge obstacle.
Olga’s Eyes (Les yeux d’Olga)
Olga, a music-loving octogenarian, is tired of killing humans. Could it be the vampire blues? For her daughter Simone, she’s just being picky! Olga is placed in a care home where she can deal with those “who have one foot in the grave”…
Maifeld
In post-war Germany, Hannelore meets Marina, a young Italian. They develop a friendship for which the conservative townspeople, and above all their husbands, have little understanding. A friendship of symbolic character, based on the deep desire of two women for self-determination and mutual support and which has to fend off the constant influence of the other people's motives.
Our Last Day As Kids
A coming-of-age story set in the mid-2000s underground music scene, that follows quiet and naive punk, Casey, as he tries to piece together the broken memories recorded on his camcorder.