The Terry Lee Canoe Club from Sts'ailes First Nation began as a family-based crew, its history rich with culture and story. Today, a powerful resurgence is underway as the next generation carries the tradition forward. Cathrine and Devin Paul now guide the club, supported by knowledge keepers. Devin builds canoes, recently adding strip canoe building taught by Cathrine's father, a seventh-generation Sḵwx̱wú7mesh carver. From one generation to the next, the paddle never left our hands.
Regina Premiere
Light Through the Blindfold
Maryam Salehizadeh, a visually-impaired Paralympian, facing a life-changing surgery that may grant her the gift of sight.
Paper Trail
A filmmaker sets out to retrace her family’s journey as boat people refugees to Vancouver. Piecing together the fragments and unspoken memories of her family’s history 45 years in the making, she uncovers the mysteries that brought them to Canada that started with one paper and four names.
Our Monsters
"Our Monsters" is a short film set in the 80's that surrounds two young boys, Daniel and Peter, as they team up to defeat the monster in Daniel's closet. When the mission goes south, Daniel discovers that not all monsters are easy to fight.
Treasure of the Rice Terraces
Filipino Canadian filmmaker Kent Donguines travels back to the Philippines to reconnect with his roots. In a nation with over 134,000 years of history and centuries of colonization — under Spanish, American, and Japanese rule — Donguines notes a shared feeling of weakened traditional identity among many Filipinos he knows and meets. A vital part of their heritage, the centuries-old practice of tattooing, was banned by colonizers and even shunned by Filipinos.
The Lost Path
A local militant group from Northeast India assigned Longsing to recruit member in a
remote village. He meets School teacher who opposes their activities.The group order
longsing to kill him. He loses faith and leaves them and plans to change the path but his
dream never comes true.