Interest: Global Experiences
Baba (Drama)
Director
Jay Kamal
Genre
Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Global Experiences
Original Languages
English, Other Language
Comme un fleuve (Flowing Home)
Over the course of 20 years, two sisters try to remain connected through a series of letters after their family is pulled apart by the Vietnam War.
Content note: Depictions of war and violence (in animation)
Director
Sandra Desmazières
Writer
Sandra Desmazières
Cast
Linh Dan Pham, Sara Martins
Producers
Julie Roy, Dora Benousilio
Genre
Animation
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences, Newcomer Stories
Original Language
French
The Drop In
Director
Naledi Jackson
Writer
Naledi Jackson
Cast
Mouna Traoré, Oluniké Adeliyi
Producer
Priscilla Galvez
Genres
Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences
Original Language
English
Yesterday In Rwanda
Director
Davina Pardo
Cast
Marie Claire Wihogora
Producer
Davina Pardo
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Discrimination, Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
Found
Director
Paramita Nath
Writers
Souvankham Thammavongsa, Paramita Nath
Cast
Souvankham Thammavongsa
Producers
Paramita Nath, Ted Biggs
Genre
Experimental
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences, History, Newcomer Stories
Original Language
English
Leftover
Director
Eui Yong Zong
Writer
Eui Yong Zong
Producer
Andy Kloske
Genre
Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Family Relationships, Global Experiences, Newcomer Stories
Original Language
Other Language
Sophie and Jacob
A moving animation based on the true story of two young Romanian Jews fleeing the Holocaust, who help each other survive when their ship is turned away from Palestine and then denied entry by country after country.
Director
Max Shoham
Writer
Max Shoham
Genre
Drama
Interests
Discrimination, Global Experiences, History
Original Language
English
Sketchi
Director
Lily Sun
Genres
Animation, Drama
Interests
Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences
Original Language
English
Requiem pour une romance (Requiem For Romance)
Director
Jonathan Ng
Writer
Jonathan Ng
Producer
Jonathan Ng
Genres
Animation, Drama
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Global Experiences
Original Language
French
Me, Mom and Mona
Director
Mina Shum
Vancouver-based Shum is best known for her feature films Double Happiness and Meditation Park, both starring Sandra Oh. Her documentary Ninth Floor was on TIFF’s 2015 list of Canada’s top ten films. Other features include Long Life; Happiness and Prosperity; Drive She Said; and One (Nine). She has also directed episodes of Frankie Drake Mysteries, Murdoch Mysteries, The Good Doctor, and October Faction.
Writer
Mina Shum
Cast
Mina Shum
Producers
Stephen Hegyes, Mina Shum
Genre
Documentary
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, Global Experiences
Original Language
English