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Talk to Me |
Talk to Me is a film about not fitting in, in an over-the-top kind of way.
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Director: Jules de Niverville |
Country: Canada |
Province: QC |
Language: English |
Runtime: 14 minutes |
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Big Touch |
An Afro-Surrealist story about a giant woman and a tiny man who, through the power of touch, experience an unexpected transformation.
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Director: Christopher Tenzis |
Country: USA |
Language: English |
Runtime: 3 minutes |
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Strong Son |
An endearing portrait of a South Asian father as he attempts to give life and marital advice to his bodybuilding and image-obsessed son. This deeply touching, comedic short film is an autobiographical piece that stars the director's own father.
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Director: Ian Bawa |
Country: Canada |
Province: MB |
Language: English |
Runtime: 3 minutes |
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The Hairdresser (La coiffeuse) |
For the last 31 years, Kathleen has done the hair of the terminally ill in palliative care. In this short, poetic documentary, Kathleen reflects on her experience as we bear witness to her unusual work.
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Director: Lorraine Price |
Country: Canada |
Province: QC |
Language: French |
Subtitle: English |
Runtime: 13 minutes |
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Me |
For our hero, every day looks the same: the same routines repeated over and over again. One day, a simple board that says "Park" will change everything.
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Director: Begoña Arostegui |
Country: Spain |
Language: Spanish |
Subtitle: English |
Runtime: 13 minutes |
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Flowing Home (Nhu môt dòng sông) |
Two sisters grow up in Vietnam and are separated by the war between North and South. After the fall of Saigon in 1975, Thao, in her teens, must leave the country with her uncle. Her sister Saoi Maï, only a little older, remains with their parents, hoping they will soon be reunited. Thao and Sao Maï write about their everyday lives, their memories, the war, and its ghosts.
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Director: Sandra Desmazières |
Country: Canada |
Language: French |
Subtitle: English |
Runtime: 15 minutes |
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Al-Sit |
In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman living abroad. Nafisa's grandmother, the powerful village matriarch Al-Sit, has her own plans for Nafisa's future. But can Nafisa choose for herself?
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Director: Suzannah Mirghani |
Country: Qatar, Sudan |
Language: Arabic |
Subtitle: English |
Runtime: 20 minutes |
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Feeling Through |
A late-night encounter on a New York City street leads to a profound connection between a teen in need and a deaf-blind man.
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Director: Doug Roland |
Country: USA |
Language: English |
Runtime: 18 minutes |
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