Spotlight on homegrown cinema
CANADA | 78 minutes | 2017
Delicate and heartrending portrait of a young woman and her tumultuous relationship with her mother. While preparing for a career-making performance, a 22-year-old musician is thrown for a loop when her eccentric yet fragile mother makes a reappearance. After a series of short films, Kristina Wagenbauer delivers a funny yet painful debut feature that packs an emotional wallop magnified by Jean-Sébastien Williams’s haunting score.IN THE PRESENCE OF THE TEAM
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A warm, compassionate story of female emancipation set in Vancouver’s Chinese community is well served by two talented actresses. Twenty-three years...
Feature film , Drama
A sensitive coming-of-age story from a director who resolutely strips all clichés from her rendering of the heightened emotions of youth. Tellingly,...
Post-relationship blues and family dynamics are deftly handled in this first feature from Chinese-Quebecoise director Xiaodan He. After a violent breakup...
CANADA , China | 78 minutes | 2017
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