Humboldt: The New Season is a documentary that follows some of the survivors of the tragic 2018 Humboldt Broncos crash. Two survivors return to play for the 2018-2019 Broncos, while others continue their recovery while still trying to pursue their love for hockey in new avenues. The film also follows some of the families of the 16 people who passed away in the accident as they grapple with their new reality while still supporting the survivors and the Broncos.
Regina Premiere
In The Rumbling Belly of Motherland
In the Rumbling Belly of Motherland provides a sharp look into Zan TV, Kabul’s female-operated, female-oriented news agency. Filmmaker Brishkay Ahmed, returns to Afghanistan to document this simultaneously harrowing and inspiring work environment. The film pulls us into the Afghan political climate and highlights the existential current events that threaten both Zan TV as a media outlet and the livelihoods of the women at its heart.
Kalla Nottam(The False Eye)
Vincent, a 10 year old boy steals a GoPro Camera kept for surveillance in a local provision store aspiring
to make a cinema. Along with his friends Rosy & Kishore, Vincent begins shooting. But soon Rosy gets
into an argument with the boys as they mock her looks. She leaves the shoot midway leaving Vincent’s
plans astray. A sense of guilt takes over Vincent and he decides to return or abandon the camera.
Maadathy, an unfairy tale
India is a land of Subaltern deities. Each deity has an unique legend and these legends are often interwoven with socio-historic tropes of India.
Puthirai vannaar is an 'unseeable' Dalit caste group, in southern India.Their forced-occupation is to wash clothes of other Dalits, the dead and the menstruating women. This film is a tale about a young girl who grew up in Puthirai vannaar caste group and how she came to be immortalised as their local deity, Maadathy.
Visible
At Aginview Secondary School, Sharon, Mo, and Lee are in their final year of high school. When Mo’s brother, Abdi, is hurt in what seems to be a xenophobic attack, the seniors team up to seek justice from the school administration, but quickly realize that getting justice in their community isn’t as easy as it seems.
Idam (Abode)
Life is a mixture of reality, dreams, thoughts and hallucinations. An aged lady living alone in a remote village is prone to all this.
After the early demise of her husband, the protagonist of the story Bhanu brought up her two sons all by herself. When the sons got married they moved out leaving Bhanu alone in her husband's ancestral house. Film moves on through the day of her 70th birthday when her sons decide to sell the ancestral property and further unfolding events.