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The Click Trap

The Click Trap exposes the dark side of online advertising: a lucrative
business with a human cost.

Hello Anson

Hello Anson is about Anson Ng, a chef-turned-contemporary artist in Toronto.

Standing Above the Clouds

When the massive Thirty Meter Telescope is proposed to be built on Mauna Kea, an uprising of kiaʻi (protectors) in Hawaiʻi and around the world dedicate their lives to protecting the sacred mountain from destruction. Through the lens of mothers and daughters in three Native Hawaiian families, Standing Above the Clouds explores intergenerational healing and the impacts of safeguarding cultural traditions.

The Night Visitors

In large and small fragments, through a critical lens that is by turns social and personal, The Night Visitors closely examines moths as aesthetic beings and as carriers of meaning.

Preconceived

Preconceived explores the pervasive presence of crisis pregnancy centers throughout the US, and their role in furthering the anti-abortion movement.

Home is 1117 km away

It’s Maria from Kyiv. Seeking a female roommate in downtown Budapest! Cozy apartment, shared bathroom, close to amenities. Rent: 400€ + bills. Drop by to check out:)

The Backwoodsman

The tale of an Ontario folk song, and the truth it still tells.

Lights of Hope

Each Sunday, a diverse group of determined demonstrators in Belleville stand in support the Palestinian People who are suffering and dying under occupation of the state of Israel.

Red Fever (Opening Night Film)

Red Fever follows Cree co-director Neil Diamond on his journey to find out why the world is so fascinated with the stereotypical imagery of Native people that is all over pop culture.

Opening Night festivities begin at 6PM with a catered pre-show reception downstairs in Showplace’s Cogeco Studio.  At 7PM on the main stage ReFrame and celebrated artist Alice Olsen Williams will officially open the 2025 festival. Following the screening of Red Fever, director Catherine Bainbridge and producer Ernest Webb, co-founders of Rezolution Pictures, will join audiences for a livestreamed Q&A. The evening will end with live musical performances by Missy Knott (Singing Wild Rice Girl) and James Mixemong. 

Dis-Ease

An archival documentary about the real consequences of how we imagine disease.

My Dad’s Tapes

A trove of home video tapes spurs a filmmaker to investigate repressed parts of his past and come to terms with his own identity. A search for the cause of his father’s sudden suicide turns into a cathartic journey of reconnection and healing.

Toy Hospital

In Edinburgh’s Toy Hospital, a “toy doctor” brings childhood memories back to life, restoring beloved, worn-out toys with care and dedication.

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