Winner: Rogers Audience Award Animated reenactments tell the story of a group of activists hijacking the TV signal in China in Eternal Spring. In March 2002, members of the Buddist spiritual group Falun Gong hacked the signal of the state TV station in Changchun City, in response to the Chinese government banning the practice and […]
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A man tried to find out how his grandfather died in Bernie Langille Wants to Know What Happened to Bernie Langille. Bernie Langille is a man who never met his namesake grandfather, who died under mysterious circumstances in 1968, 15 years before Bernie was even born. One day Bernie feels compelled to find out what
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Explore the various ways junk is reutilized in Scrap. When everyday objects reach the end of their lifespan, they are discarded and are left to decay for decades. However, in many ways, old objects become much more unique than when they were new and people around the world have utilized ways to bring new life
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A group of 11 LQBTQ+ Vancouverites sponsor a refugee from Uganda in Someone Like Me. Canada is the only country in the world with legislation in place to allow LGBTQ refugees from around the globe into the country. Rainbow Refugee is a private sponsorship group in Vancouver, which is currently sponsoring Drake, a queer refugee
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The substance-use crisis and drug-poisoning epidemic among the Kainai First Nation in southern Alberta is explored in KÃmmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy. Since 2014, the opioid crisis has cost hundreds of lives to members of the Kainai First Nation, which is on top of the ongoing issue of alcoholism and other substance abuse crises. Filmmaker
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The growing Transhumanist movement is examined in A.rtificial I.mmortality. Humanity has been trying to fight death since the beginning of our existence and there is a growing movement of transhumanists, who believe that the future of humanity lies in artificial intelligence, in the form of eternal digital selves. Filmmaker Ann Shin explores this possibility and
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