Films

On the eve of the Vietnam War, America is cornered in Thailand while Laos crumbles and its citizens flee under Communist victory. Beneath the surface, another conflict brews — a psychic arms race to uncover hidden powers in the region. Eccentric and drug addicted neuropsychiatrist Dr. Waylan Taylor usually works alone, so he is not thrilled when he is paired up with stubborn, intense Laotian agent Emerson Vang — a trained torturer who has her own agenda for being there.

Trina, a stubborn and rebellious 20-something has gone to the motherland as an aid worker during the war. Once there, she finds herself overwhelmed by the traumas she witnesses and turns to partying hard as a way to cope. One night during a drunken foray, she encounters another version of herself as a paramilitary fighter for the Tamil Tigers — and her sense of western privilege collides with the reality of her ancestors.

Written and directed by Maya Bastian, ‘Air Show’ is a short narrative film that interrogates the experience of newly-arrived Toronto refugees who experience the Canadian Air Show for the first time. The film aims to explore the intersection of Canadian culture and tradition with our ever-evolving climate of diversity.

Two families, similar identities. Fleeing violence, they sought refuge in Canada and began a new life. This is the experience of thousands of people in our country and yet these stories go mostly untold. Arrival Archives is an artful exploration of newcomer arrival stories, told through a multi-generational viewpoint.

The first in a series about six people who have all experienced radical racism. Kizito Musabimana is a half-Tutsi, half-Hutu Rwandan who survived the Rwandan genocide. He wrote this piece entitled ‘I Am’.