Solidarity Film Camp (SFC) is a film camp that aims to educate, empower, and inspire marginalized youth in the Edmonton community to share their stories and change the world through storytelling and film. (In this context, “marginalized youth” refers to femme, trans*, non-binary, BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+ identifying, and disabled youth, ages 14-24.) This film captures the pilot year of SFC, and focuses on why representation is so important in the film industry.
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Pacaroni
A teenage boy must cope with the loss of his mother as he eats her final plate of home cooked pasta.
Eeb Allay Ooo!
Eeb Allay Ooo! follows the absurd, and at times outright farcical journey of Anjani, a young migrant who is hired to shoo away rampaging monkeys from Government offices by mimicking aggressive langurs- their natural enemies. The struggles and misadventures of Anjani become the lens to examine the realities and contradictions of contemporary India. The underside of a farce, after all, is its involuntary participants.
No Visible Trauma
In the midst of a global uprising against police brutality and systemic racism, NO VISIBLE TRAUMA is a searing investigation of the deeply troubled Calgary Police Service, which shot and killed more people than the New York or Chicago police departments in 2018. From the kidnapping and beating of a young African immigrant, to the fatal shooting of an unarmed man during a “wellness check”, the film exposes extreme police brutality and a justice system that refuses to hold officers accountable.
Nolan: Here Nor There
Nolan: Here Nor There is the coming-of-age tale of a young man growing up on a reserve in the throes of a suicide epidemic. His mother, fearing for his life, sends him to live with family in Ft. Qu’Appelle. He meets a quirky girl and a residential school survivor who become supports as he navigates his personal grief and finds his place in history and the treaty relationship.
The Scent
Sarah faces discrimination in her workplace and is subject to her boyfriend’s fetishistic obsession. She needs to break free and move on.