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Although wildly different in tone and subject matter, the films in the Grades 9-12 program are connected by a willingness to pose questions and inspire conversation without spoon feeding answers. These films also deal with some of the most current topics with ingenuity and grace. From conflicts in the middle east, black-female identity, sexuality and social media, the program is meant to challenge student’s critical analysis of the issues at the centre in each story.
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Ali, a sensitive teenage boy, is the sole Palestinian-Israeli in a radical activist youth group. He is in love with Yael and plans on revealing his feelings towards her at the upcoming group meeting. When a series of political outbursts in the west bank occur, the group is lead towards a violent act. Ali, struggling to impress Yael, finds himself in a dangerous position.
Omri Burstyn was born in Israel. He is politically involved in human rights and peace movements which continue to inspire his work.
Using wit and humour to resist communication of Indigenous oral culture, Awashish takes her lived experience and family wisdom to charm and challenge us with a story that can’t be told.
Eden Mallina Awashishis a Director from Quebec. She is interested in putting a spotlight on the Atikamekw nation and its issues.
Reluctantly dragged to a house party, Toronto’s hottest social media celebrity tries to impress his friends with stories about his many girlfriends. In the process, he gets some humanity knocked into him.
Known to her colleagues as “Chief,” Nancy Asiamah-Yeboah is a Canadian filmmaker. POOP EMOJI marks her directorial debut.
A conversation with five women, hyphen-nation looks at what it means to be a black woman in Canada after growing up in a culturally-steeped home, both domestically and internationally, and how it influences one’s identity.
Samah Ali’s work specializes on topics of diaspora, black womanhood and identity conceptualization.
In 2012, transgender filmmaker Chase Joynt sat down with Benton (12), Madeleine (10) and Dexter (6) to talk about gender, puberty, school, and parents. Four years later, he revisited the kids to see what’s changed — but not before the kids flipped the camera on the adults to ask some questions of their own.
Chase Joynt is an international award-winning filmmaker and writer.
Zachary Greenleaf, a young Mi’gmaq from Gesgapegiag, tries to reintroduce the «three sisters» (the traditional white corn, squash and beans used in Native gardens) in his community with the help of others youngs.
Where the River Widens is Zach Greenleaf’s directorial debut.
Andy, a young Métis woman, encounters sweet grass for the first time.
Jessie Short is a curator, writer, and multi-disciplinary artist and emerging filmmaker whose work involves memory, multi-faceted existence, Métis history and visual culture.