Fri Oct 3 | 7 PM
Rachel Browne Theatre
211 Bannatyne Ave, 2nd floor
In the same building as the Across the Board Game Cafe
Program duration: 79 mins
Followed by a filmmaker Q&A
Open Call 1: All Our Arms Have Held
What we felt when our hands touched the earth. This program features eight explorations of shapes we make while moving. Together, they speak for film as vessels for bodies, performance, and new corporeal timbres unknown.
Tuktuit (Caribou)
Lindsay McIntyre | BC
15:00 mins, digital file, 2025
⇥ REGIONAL PREMIERE
Filmed primarily on the land in Nunavut where caribou struggle amidst burn events and habitat disruption, Tuktuit explores the close and enduring connections between Inuit, caribou, lichens, and land use. Made with lichen film developers and a handmade film emulsion made from a caribou hide.
In My Head
Irina Tempea | Quebec
6:15 mins, digital file, 2024
In My Head deals with the multiple sclerosis that has affected the filmmaker for over eight years “Through my magnetic resonance images, my cervical slices and jerky sounds, everyday life unfolds. Life goes on. I’m fine, I’m not so fine.”
Canada in the 12th Century
Jack Parker | Alberta
10:00 mins, digital file, 2025
⇥ REGIONAL PREMIERE
Two Canadas from the 12th century. One real, one imaginary.
Time To Wake Up
Freya Björg Olafson | Manitoba
6:26 mins, digital file, 2025
⇥ REGIONAL PREMIERE
3D avatars of the filmmaker, animated via AI-generated motion capture, move through a virtual environment built from 3D LIDAR scans of two personal archives: the filmmaker’s former live/work space and performance materials from Tedd Robinson’s archive—a printed monologue on canvas and bells strung on ropes.
Sulfur
Miguel Seabra Lopes, Karen Akerman | Portugal
14:44 mins, digital file, 2025
⇥ CANADIAN PREMIERE
I am the dead. I am the living.
Marrow of my Bones
Karly McCloseky | Ontario
2:11 mins, digital file, 2024
⇥ WORLD PREMIERE
Through material-based exploration, Marrow of my Bones plays with the concept of post-humanism via the return to nature and the body. A self-portrait of the filmmaker, the film is a love letter to queerness and connection.
像 (Xiàng)
Yiran Guo | China
4:33 mins, digital file, 2025
⇥ INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
Influenced by mask dances from Tibetan Buddhism and traditional medical books from ancient China, 像 (Xiàng) reflects on cross-generational memories and the passing of time. The film is also inspired by stories from Daoism, with themes of transcending boundaries, spirit journeying, and acceptance of life changes.
Care & Tenderness
Jaye Kovach, Cat C. Haines | Saskatchewan
20:07 mins, digital file, 2025
⇥ MANITOBA PREMIERE
Two trans dykes interview one another about connection, community, kink, and sexuality.