International Shorts
This program has 6 films.
International short films include: Apayauq, Christopher at Sea, Gianna, GORDITX, Unless We Dance, YA BENTI
Director: Zeppelin Zeerip, Tom CJ Brown, Kait Schuster, Malik Ever, Hanz Rippe Gabriele, Anissa Allali
Sat Oct 07, 2023 11:30am
Ottawa Art Gallery
50 Mackenzie King Bridge
Ottawa, ON
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Apayauq
Zeppelin Zeerip
Director
Apayauq Reitan’s journey to become the first out transgender woman to complete the legendary Iditarod sled dog race.
Country
United States
Year
2022
Duration
16 mins
Christopher at Sea
Tom CJ Brown
Director
After checking in as a passenger onboard a cargo ship, Christopher begins to question his sanity and his perception of time.
Country
France
Year
2022
Duration
20 mins 17 secs
Gianna
Kait Schuster
Director
Gina, a Filipina Gemini who is just doing her best, takes the advice of her sliding scale therapist to spend a day with her inner saboteur. Enter Gianna.
Country
United States
Year
2023
Duration
11 mins
GORDITX
Malik Ever
Director
With her summer camp golf tournament looming, outcast Ursula hopes to win and prove her worth with the help of Chef Cormac, the transmasculine former ladies golf pro.
Country
United States
Year
2022
Duration
14 mins 55 secs
Unless We Dance
Fernanda Pineda Palencia
Director
Hanz Rippe Gabriel
Director
A portrait of dance as the greatest expression of shielding the Afro community in Quibdó. A tribute to their act of resilience and to all the lives that have been lost along the way.
Country
Colombia
Year
2023
Duration
14 mins 34 secs
YA BENTI
Anissa Allali
Sabrina is about to marry Younes, a wedding that’s everything for her mother and grandmother. But the day before the ceremony, Sabrina steps back.
Country
France
Year
2022
Duration
23 mins 37 secs
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Summer Qamp
Buried within the woods of Alberta sits camp fYrefly, a haven for 2SLGBTQ+ teens, far away from the fierce political battle currently being waged against queer expression and gender identity.
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Opening Night: The Queen of My Dreams
When her father suddenly dies on a trip home to Pakistan, Azra finds herself on a Bollywood-inspired journey through memories, both real and imagined;
Canadian Shorts
This program has 9 films.
Canadian Short films include: Adore, Collective Resistance, Fursona, Once in a Red Moon, Once Upon a Time in the Bay, Shedding, Soap, Testing, The Left Hand
Director: Beth Warrian, Isak Vaillancourt, Aly Labbé-Hervieux, Yi Shi, Tziara Reyes, Lulu Wei, Andy Reid, Maxime Robin
Sun Oct 08, 11:30am
Ottawa Art Gallery
50 Mackenzie King Bridge
Ottawa, ON
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Screening Sponsors
Leadership Circle – Tammy Dopson
Adore
Beth Warrian
Director
Luci, a queer Peruvian Canadian woman, gives her beloved nephew the Christmas gift of his dreams: a beautiful sequined dress.
Country
Canada
Year
2022
Duration
11 mins
Collective Resistance
Isak Vaillancourt
Director
Told from the perspectives of 2SLGBTQ+ Afro-Indigenous leaders and activists, this short documentary reimagines new possibilities in the relationship between Blackness and Indigeneity, which is rooted in solidarity and joy.
Country
Canada
Year
2023
Duration
17 mins 7 secs
Fursona
Aly Labbé-Hervieux
Director
Fursona is an incursion into the universe of Aly, a member of the Furry community.
Country
Canada
Year
2022
Duration
5 mins
月出几时 (Once in a Red Moon)
Yi Shi
Director
As Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, a lonesome young Chinese immigrant finds comfort in a whirlwind romance with a mysterious hometown queer crush who seems too good to be true.
Country
Canada
Year
2022
Duration
9 mins 45 secs
Once Upon a Time in the Bay
Judith Kanatahawi Schuyler
Director
After a year living in a very straight New Zealand beach town, First Nations lesbian Tallulah can stand it no longer – she’s going back to Toronto where the rainbows fly. Or is she?
Country
Canada
Year
2022
Duration
10 mins
Shedding
Tziara Reyes
This short documentary follows an individual’s journey of shaving their head for the first time; exploring the complex relationship between hair and identity.
Country
Canada
Year
2022
Duration
5 mins
Soap
Lulu Wei
Inspired by past heartbreaks and present friendship, this short find two queer best friends going on a romantic getaway after being dumped.
Country
Canada
Year
2022
Duration
12 mins 39 secs
Testing
Andy Reid
When a young gay man suspects he has an STI, he goes in for testing and discovers the older man he recently slept with is a doctor at the clinic.
Country
Canada
Year
2022
Duration
9 mins 10 secs
La Main Gauche (The Left Hand)
Maxime Robin
Young Maxime’s mother starts worrying about him when his 2nd grade teacher declares him “abnormal.”
Country
Canada
Year
2022
Duration
13 mins 34 secs
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Commitment To Life
In the early 1980s, a young doctor at UCLA reports a strange immune disorder among gay men — the world’s first warning sign of the epidemic to come.
