In a quiet Toronto apartment, an immigrant mother finds comfort in her Alexa—weather updates, love songs, and the time back home become a lifeline to the Philippines, reminding her of the family she left behind. In the Morning Sun is a gentle portrait of aging, migration, and memory.
PG
Beautiful Birds
When a widowed birdwatcher reluctantly teams up with her granddaughter for a local birdwatching competition on the Isle of Bute, their search for rare species becomes a heartfelt journey through grief, love, and letting go.
Give and Take
A schoolteacher and an artist, two newlyweds, leave their lives in Hong Kong and wrestle with the promise of freedom in Canada.
So He Grabbed the Knife
The boy takes the knife his father once gave him. Did what followed make him a “man”?
Tomoshibi
The 2011 Japan tsunami survivors. Walls stand as reminders, separating humanity from the sea. The film explores adaptation to life with these barriers, reflecting on the relationship between man and nature.
Like a spark
¨ Like a spark ¨ follows Mathis, a fourteen-year-old boy who moves in with his estranged grandmother after his mother’s death. When he tries on his mother’s chemotherapy wig, grief becomes a tender passage toward self-expression, transformation, and connection.