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All Films & Events

Listed here are all the Festival film and events, in alphabetical order.


Mixed-media art of a paper cutout person lying on tangled blue yarn, surrounded by scattered candy wrappers and paper scraps. Animation

Ocean In My Box

Film Ocean In My Box Directed by Isaac Kau When a weathered box arrives from Taiwan, a young man must choose whether or not to dive into…
Animation

Ordinary Life

Film Ordinary Life Directed by Yoriko MIZUSHIRI Ordinary life repeats itself every day while the succession of moments that we repeat over and over again…

Oscar’s Return

Film Oscar’s Return Directed by Steven Raven Liang Recently released from prison, Oscar strives to become a dog trainer while wrestling with the constraints of returning…
Animation

Out of Eden

Film Out of Eden Directed by Siege Ledesma In search of deliverance in a post-apocalyptic Philippines, a distraught mother takes her reluctant daughter on a secret…
Close-up black-and-white portrait of a young person looking upward, with a stark shadow cast diagonally across their face. Pacific Cinewaves, Shorts

Pacific Cinewaves: Every Body of Water is a Mirror

Program Pacific Cinewaves: Every Body of Water is a Mirror From the perspectives of women and children across the Pacific Islands, these six narrative shorts offer an absorbing…
Animation

Paper Daughter

Film Paper Daughter Directed by Cami Kwan A young Chinese woman grapples with the guilt of using the identity of a deceased girl to immigrate…

Parhelio

Film Parhelio Directed by Karla Vargas Gastélum The future of an undocumented woman and her teenage son is jeopardized after a chance encounter with a…
Shorts

Photogénie

Program Photogénie There are certain things in life only the medium of cinema can achieve. Something felt in the grain…

Pigeon Soup

Film Pigeon Soup Directed by Lynn Liu In a rural village, a paralyzed grandmother and her pigeon-raising husband move through slow days shaped by quiet…
Extreme close-up of a person looking directly into the lens, with their face in focus against a blurred, bright background. Narrative Features

PINCH

Film PINCH Directed by Uttera Singh One misstep. One lie. A neighbourhood ready to erupt.
As a woman battles harassment and hush-hush hypocrisy,
In a world…

PÓPO

Film PÓPO Directed by Jingyi Li In a quiet Boston home, a Hong Kong immigrant family navigates the final days of a loved one's…
VC Presents

Popo Fights Back

Film Popo Fights Back Directed by Fran Ito At 94 Fran have learned to defend herself.