On the night of a high-profile gallery fundraiser, Noah—a 50-year-old queer painter—prepares to deliver a long-anticipated speech. In the hours before he takes the stage, he confides in Kai, his loyal companion, revisiting the stories behind his most haunting works. Together, they trace the arc of Noah’s life: a childhood scarred by trauma, a volatile relationship with his abusive mother, struggles with addiction, and the ache of a love lost. As the evening deepens, the boundaries between memory and reality begin to dissolve. When Noah finally steps into the spotlight, the weight of his past surges to the surface. Overwhelmed, he slips into a dreamlike trance, a final, surreal descent into the emotional landscape we’ve traversed with him.
What does it mean to belong to a place, a country? In a south Tel Aviv elementary school, that question is addressed head-on by a fourth-grade class and their teacher. The children are asylum seekers whose families mostly do not have a legal status in Israel, yet learn, sing and play in Hebrew all the while examining their identity and sense of belonging.
The struggle of someone who feels lost amidst the difficult choices facing them. They search for answers in everything they see, but are constantly pulled back and forth by white strings. Confusion, fear, and pressure combine into a chaotic storm of emotions—pushing them to the brink of resignation.
The work of Belfast composer Neil Martin has been performed across the globe, from Ground Zero to Mostar Bridge, from the Royal Albert Hall to the International Space Station.
Bella Sutra is a live cinematic performance about the messes we make as people, as a society, as families, and as humans. An honest and deeply personal essay about life as an innkeeper in Bella Coola, a remote mountain village in British Columbia, the film reflects on our current communication crisis, the rural/urban philosophical divide, and the myth of progress. A deeply personal essay on hand-developed 16mm films, this screening is accompanied by a live soundtrack and narration.
Kiran, a man secretly in love with his best friend, also named Kiran. When she suffers a heartbreak, he sees his chance to finally confess his feelings.
The final (?) days of the Cumberland Terrace mall in Toronto's central Yorkville neighbourhood, originally built in 1974 and announced in 2025 as being scheduled for closure/demolition.
Walenty, under the influence of severe stress related to problems at university, has a mysterious seizure which transports him to a magical world of hallucinations. During his journey, he meets an eccentric hallucination hunter, Hapi, who knows a way out from this strange land.