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A young black queer woman struggles with her own identity while imagining herself as her favourite superhero. Paladin is a beautiful and fierce warrior who shows no fear in the face of danger, representing a means of escape for the young conflicted Sam. As Sam is bombarded with traumatic memories, and unable to run from her life anymore, she faces her greatest villain.

TOE THE LINE follows Gloria Chau, a closeted teenage hockey player. When she's not on the ice, she's got a guitar in her hands and a snapback on her head. Her mother Nancy, a stylish Hong Kong woman, spends sleepless nights worrying about Gloria's failing grades.
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Gloria is torn between two worlds: the fun but cutthroat world of hockey where she gets to be loud and proud in her queerness, and the one at home where she's a recluse, using music to cope with being forced into becoming someone she's not. Underlying these tensions is a deep racial divide.

She learns to use the power of her ancestors to seek new purpose and redefine success for herself.

The Ceremony
Taina Da Silva & Becca Redden / 16’ / Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) / English subs

150 years from now, two warrior siblings document their community, who survived climate change, and become the focus of an event that will change them forever.

Dreams Untold

Genre: Surrealist, Experimental
Running Time: 6 minutes

A distressed woman is urged by an encounter with a sleep paralysis demon to confront her deepest horror. Driven deep into her subconscious, she must choose to save herself or be eaten.