Film Lineup
Lineup 2025
Saturday 6 September
Saturday 6 Sept ... (1 - 2:30 pm)
- Hatch/Alireza Kazemipour, Panta Mosleh/ 11 min/ fiction/ Canada
- Shakespeare For All Ages/Hannes Rall/ 3 min/ animation/ Germany
- Unfamily/Siddharth Sharma, Paul Persic/ 18 min/ fiction/Canada
Go Back To The Sky/ Nina Zarabi/ 15 min/ Fiction/ Canada
Sheepskin/Ethan Wingrove / 5 min/ Fiction/ Canada
- Sara/ Ariana Andrade Castro/ 18 min/ Peru
- Shaping Our Future/ Steve Sxwithultxw/ 23 min/ Indigenous Documentary/ Canada
Hatch
Alireza Kazemipour, Panta Mosleh/ 11 min/ fiction/ Canada
Naaji, a young afghan boy, hides with his mother inside a moving water truck, trying to cross a border station. But they get caught by the border patrol.
Shakespear For All Ages
Hannes Rall/ 3 min/ animation/ Germany
Shakespeare’s works are timeless – this film proves it!
Unfamily
Siddharth Sharma, Paul Persic/ 18 min/ fiction/Canada
When Sukhi’s efforts to resolve his deportation notice fail, he is forced to connect with Pal, a distant family member. With support from his girlfriend, Sky, Sukhi attempts to confront a complicated relationship before the pressures of his family obligations—and the law—catch up to him.
Raha, a young woman with a rare neurological condition that flips her world upside down, must adapt to a new reality when forced to wear corrective goggles, threatening to upend her fragile happiness and confront the dark past she’s been trying to escape
Sheepskin
Ethan Wingrove / 5 min/ Fiction/ Canada
3 young criminals must keep the location of their boss a secret, because it’s only the tip of a deadly iceberg.
Sara
Ariana Andrade Castro/ 18 min/ Peru
A solitary and inquisitive 9-year-old girl uncovers that
her father, a truck driver journeying across the country
transporting fruit, is carrying more than just goods.
Shaping Our Future
Steve Sxwithultxw/ 23 min/ Indigenous Documentary/ Canada
Carving a 40 ft totem pole takes time and patience. Doing it from a Victoria BC jail … this is their story.
Saturday 6 September
Screening 2
Saturday 6 Sept ... (3:30 - 5 pm)
- Phoenix/ Mohsen Nabavi/ 13 min/ Fiction/ Iran
- Bathtub, Birds, and Chopin/ Joe Chang/ 13 min/ Fiction/ Canada
- Sisters/ Justine Guichen/ 14 min/ Fiction/ France
- Triage/ David Rendal/ 14 min/ Fiction/ Canada
- Meditations Between Us/ Ashleigh Vaillancourt/ 6 min/ Animation/ Canada
- Be A Fake Tortoise/ Xiu Wen Wang/ 17 min/ Student, Experimental/ China
Screening 2
Saturday 6 Sept ... (3:30 - 5 pm)
- Phoenix/ Mohsen Nabavi/ 13 min/ Fiction/ Iran
- Bathtub, Birds, and Chopin/ Joe Chang/ 13 min/ Fiction/ Canada
- Sisters/ Justine Guichen/ 14 min/ Fiction/ France
- Triage/ David Rendal/ 14 min/ Fiction/ Canada
- Meditations Between Us/ Ashleigh Vaillancourt/ 6 min/ Animation/ Canada
- Be A Fake Tortoise/ Xiu Wen Wang/ 17 min/ Student, Experimental/ China
Phoenix
Mohsen Nabavi/ 13 min/ Fiction/ Iran
Farough, an Afghani 45 years old man, wants to fulfill his father’s will by burring his corps in Afghanistan. However, due to the Taliban’s invasion, he was forced to carry the deceased father‘s corpse from out of the way and mountains to his motherland.
Bathtub, Birds, and Chopin
Joe Chang/ 13 min/ Fiction/ Canada
This experimental animated short film expresses a brief wisp of a woman’s thoughts in a bathtub, which through Chopin’s piano melody becomes a soulful message of intercommunication between mankind and nature.
Sisters
Justine Guichen/ 14 min/ Fiction/ France
Pauline and Annette, two sisters, find themselves at the bedside of their dying mothers.
Triage
David Rendal/ 14 min/ Fiction/ Canada
For Gemma and James, a simple car ride to the vet escalates into a full-blown crisis, exposing hard truths beneath the surface of their relationship. Set in the early days of the pandemic, TRIAGE is a claustrophobic pressure cooker and exploration of who we truly love when our worlds fall apart.
Meditations Between Us
Ashleigh Vaillancourt/ 6 min/ Animation/ Canada
A lesbian couple grapples with challenges posed by schizophrenia upon their relationship. One, ensnared by delusions, leaves the other behind.
Animated and projected onto a forest background.
Saturday 6 September
The Cinema of
Panah Rezaei:
2 Movies + Q&A
Saturday, 6 Sept ... (6 - 9pm)
- A Light In The Fog … 76 min
- Eyes and Arms … 52 min
A Light In The Fog
Panah Rezaee
76 min
An exclusive cinematic journey into the poetic minimalism of Panah Rezaee two screenings, one evening, and a conversation revealing the heart of his craft.
Panah Rezaee is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning film director, screenwriter, and producer.
His first acclaimed 35mm feature film, A Light in the Fog, won the Golden Aphrodite, Love is Folly, at the International Film Festival in Bulgaria in 2010. It also received the Best Director Award, Best Director of Photography Award, and Best Actress Award at the Kazan International Film Festival in 2009. Additional achievements include the Best Director of Photography Award and Festival Trophy at the Roshd International Film Festival in Iran in 2010. The film was also nominated for the New Talent Grand Prix at CPH PIX Copenhagen International Film Festival, Denmark (2009), the Achievement in Cinematography at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia (2009), and the New Currents Award at the Pusan International Film Festival (2008).
Eyes & Arms
Panah Rezaee
54 min
Discover the quiet power of Panah Rezaee’s cinema where poetry, minimalism, and humanity meet on the screen, followed by an intimate conversation with the filmmaker.
Panah Rezaee is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning film director,
screenwriter, and producer. His documentary, Eyes and Arms (2020), won the Honorable Mention Award at the Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival, Canada, and the Best Feature Documentary Award at the Oslo International Film Festival, Norway (2021).
Sunday 7 September
Screening 1
Sunday 7 Sept ... (3:30 - 5 pm)
- Hatch/Alireza Kazemipour, Panta Mosleh/ 11 min/ fiction/ Canada
- Shakespeare For All Ages/Hannes Rall/ 3 min/ animation/ Germany
- Unfamily/Siddharth Sharma, Paul Persic/ 18 min/ fiction/Canada
Go Back To The Sky/ Nina Zarabi/ 15 min/ Fiction/ Canada
Sheepskin/Ethan Wingrove / 5 min/ Fiction/ Canada
- Sara/ Ariana Andrade Castro/ 18 min/ Peru
- Shaping Our Future/ Steve Sxwithultxw/ 23 min/ Indigenous Documentary/ Canada
Hatch
Alireza Kazemipour, Panta Mosleh/ 11 min/ fiction/ Canada
Naaji, a young afghan boy, hides with his mother inside a moving water truck, trying to cross a border station. But they get caught by the border patrol.
Shakespear For All Ages
Hannes Rall/ 3 min/ animation/ Germany
Shakespeare’s works are timeless – this film proves it!
Unfamily
Siddharth Sharma, Paul Persic/ 18 min/ fiction/Canada
When Sukhi’s efforts to resolve his deportation notice fail, he is forced to connect with Pal, a distant family member. With support from his girlfriend, Sky, Sukhi attempts to confront a complicated relationship before the pressures of his family obligations—and the law—catch up to him.
Raha, a young woman with a rare neurological condition that flips her world upside down, must adapt to a new reality when forced to wear corrective goggles, threatening to upend her fragile happiness and confront the dark past she’s been trying to escape
Sheepskin
Ethan Wingrove / 5 min/ Fiction/ Canada
3 young criminals must keep the location of their boss a secret, because it’s only the tip of a deadly iceberg.
Sara
Ariana Andrade Castro/ 18 min/ Peru
A solitary and inquisitive 9-year-old girl uncovers that
her father, a truck driver journeying across the country
transporting fruit, is carrying more than just goods.
Shaping Our Future
Steve Sxwithultxw/ 23 min/ Indigenous Documentary/ Canada
Carving a 40 ft totem pole takes time and patience. Doing it from a Victoria BC jail … this is their story.
Sunday 7 September
Sunday 7 Sept ... (6 - 7:30 pm)
- Phoenix/ Mohsen Nabavi/ 13 min/ Fiction/ Iran
- Bathtub, Birds, and Chopin/ Joe Chang/ 13 min/ Fiction/ Canada
- Sisters/ Justine Guichen/ 14 min/ Fiction/ France
- Triage/ David Rendal/ 14 min/ Fiction/ Canada
- Meditations Between Us/ Ashleigh Vaillancourt/ 6 min/ Animation/ Canada
- Be A Fake Tortoise/ Xiu Wen Wang/ 17 min/ Student, Experimental/ China
Phoenix
Mohsen Nabavi/ 13 min/ Fiction/ Iran
Farough, an Afghani 45 years old man, wants to fulfill his father’s will by burring his corps in Afghanistan. However, due to the Taliban’s invasion, he was forced to carry the deceased father‘s corpse from out of the way and mountains to his motherland.
Bathtub, Birds, and Chopin
Joe Chang/ 13 min/ Fiction/ Canada
This experimental animated short film expresses a brief wisp of a woman’s thoughts in a bathtub, which through Chopin’s piano melody becomes a soulful message of intercommunication between mankind and nature.
Sisters
Justine Guichen/ 14 min/ Fiction/ France
Pauline and Annette, two sisters, find themselves at the bedside of their dying mothers.
Triage
David Rendal/ 14 min/ Fiction/ Canada
For Gemma and James, a simple car ride to the vet escalates into a full-blown crisis, exposing hard truths beneath the surface of their relationship. Set in the early days of the pandemic, TRIAGE is a claustrophobic pressure cooker and exploration of who we truly love when our worlds fall apart.
Meditations Between Us
Ashleigh Vaillancourt/ 6 min/ Animation/ Canada
A lesbian couple grapples with challenges posed by schizophrenia upon their relationship. One, ensnared by delusions, leaves the other behind.
Animated and projected onto a forest background.