Shapes in Between: Norman Takeuchi’s Journey
Displaced with his Japanese Canadian family during the Second World War, artist Norman Takeuchi spent decades distancing himself from his heritage. Later in life, he turned to art to confront this painful history, reclaim his identity, and transform memory and trauma into powerful creative expression.
Presented as Part Of Program #6 – DOCUMENTARY SHORTS – West Coast Tales+
Fragile Flow
Told through the waters of diitiida/the Jordan River, this documentary explores the intricate connections be...
12 min | Bill Jones, Jordan River Watershed Awareness, Jillian Wilkes | Vancouver Premiere | English
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Light Through the Blindfold
Maryam Salehizadeh, a nearly blind Iranian-Canadian goalball player, considers a sight-restoring surgery, st...
25 min | Alireza Kazemipour | Farsi, English
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1910: The Uncovering
For many years the
only transportation links across Canada were railway lines. Ribbons of steel
were built...
27 min | Chad Townsend | English and Japanese
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The Dying Sky
As Basant approaches in Bathinda, Punjab, Bajrangi prepares for the day he waits for all year. Against a bac...
16 min | Sohil Chhabra | World Premiere | Hindi
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After, Still
In 2019, Taiwan became the first place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. After, Still goes beyond the l...
31 min | Jordan Chang, Jake Sajko, Valeria Widjaja | Western Canada Premiere | English
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