Migrant Birds Fly is a multilingual and poetic film based on the poems of three legendary female poets, Anna Akhmatova, Forough Farokhzad, and Li Qinzhao. The film is a tale of exile, language barrier, love and identity. The Canadian feature consists of three chapters called "Migrant", "Birds" and "Fly" which will finally turn into "Migrant Birds Fly" when three women from Asia, Middle East and East Europe, end up together in a language classroom in Toronto.
Canadian Premiere
Lovaganza: The Great Illusion
In 2009, 2 Quebecers moved to Hollywood with an ambitious film project in mind. Lovaganza was to be a film trilogy with a humanitarian mission. More than a decade later, the film and the millions amassed for the production are nowhere to be found.
Ahu
Ahu is a short narrative film about Ahu – a studious international university student and a part-time bartender in Toronto – who must get the agreement of all the tenants to spray their bedbug-infested building while aching to help her neighbour trapped in an abusive relationship.
The Errand
When a young girl hitchhiking is picked up by a stranger, who ends up taking whom for a ride?
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.
The Stream XI
In episode 11 of The Stream, I consider why water streams are created. Water flowing through waterways is necessary for the cultivation of crops. Agricultural products are mainly produced for human consumption and are sold and distributed in the marketplace, where crops are cultivated again with the profits are earned. It is the economy and the distribution of goods that create the flow of water, which circulates in society through transportation and information networks.