Films
a tangled web drowning in honey
Tara Hakim & Hannah Hull
“a tangled web drowning in honey” is an experiential and textural short film that invites viewers into the inner workings of a mind to ponder the ways in which we love and unlove ourselves.
Atmospheric Arrivals
Ayo Tsalithaba
“Atmospheric Arrivals” is about home and the (im)possibility of return. An “atmospheric arrival” captures a means of coming into being through memory and imagination, by reaching across spacetimes to “fetch” parts of the self that may exist elsewhere.
First Months of Freedom
Kriss Li
“First Months of Freedom” follows a woman’s first months off parole in the Coronavirus pandemic.
The Landmarks of Memory
Christina Hajjar
A tattoo ritual and hookah session memorializes a pre-war flower shop. After seeing its storefront in archival footage of the Lebanese Civil War, a first-generation daughter seeks information and connection to place.
Homegrown
James Dixon
“Homegrown” is an experimental documentary that explores the complicated process of decolonization and reveals how our memory and history are ingrained in our sense of identification.
sway/pull
Morgan Sears-Williams
As the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to the disappearance of queer spaces across Toronto, “sway / pull” offers a meditation on the erosion of Hanlan’s Point Beach in both literal and figurative senses.
Çås¢a∂ing €®r0r Win∂0ws
erψn temp3st
“Çås¢a∂ing €®r0r Win∂0ws” is a project about love, death, connection, the future, and the afterlife. It is an exploration of artificial intelligence, human consciousness, and embodiment that troubles deeply held convictions about what it means to be alive, to be a person, and to be in conversation with another.