Echoes of the Tide
After wartime internment uproots a Japanese Canadian shipbuilder and his family, a handmade wooden boat becomes a symbol of survival—echoing decades later as a son returns to honour his father’s legacy.
Presented as Part Of Program #4 – ANIMATIONS BLOCK 1
Love & Strife
Born from cosmic flower, Love creates life and beautiful habitats in a celestial lab inside a great tree. Ho...
8 min | Jay Mehta and Isha Jambhale | Western Canada Premiere | N/A - Silent film
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Sky Maker
In a world where people dream of becoming “Color Stars,” a ten-year-old boy discovers his color is diffe...
9 min | I Ching Wang | World Premiere | Gibberish (no intelligible dialogue)
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The Windy Day
A single kite string ties four kids together through childhood, friendship, and loss. As their bond begins t...
8 min | Zong-Yi Xie & Shih-Chien Hsu | North American Premiere | English
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The Bird, the Girl and the Typhoon
An elder, migrant Filipino nurse, following the same routine for 40 years, wakes up in her now-grown daughte...
11 min | Angeline Marie Michael Meitzler | Canadian Premiere | English, Tagalog
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Rocketship Mai
Rocketship Mai follows a fearless six-year-old girl who battles Time to spend more moments with her ailing f...
8 min | Arlyn Nertomb, Nattasha Shrestha, Airin Budiman, Crystal Woo, Katie Winchester, Bec Cranswick, and Anastasia Walker | BC Premiere | English
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HEART-BIT DIM SUM FRIENDS!
‘A Little Heart Restaurant’ is a humble Dim Sum shop opened by Auntie and Uncle Yat, on the outskirts of...
9 min | VEDA LEE 李悅 | Chinese (Cantonese)
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