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Join us November 8 for the world premiere of new short documentaries created by local filmmakers. Gimme 10 in 30! is a documentary incubator challenge wherein participants chosen via random lottery draw were tasked with completing a new documentary film in 30 days.

Through temporal, geographic and ecological modes of perception, Concrete Turned to Sand represents various scales of the biosphere, considering the adaptations and transformations of landscapes as well as the intertwined livelihoods within them. Plays November 8

Following a collective of oyster farmers on Cortes Island, British Columbia, Concrete Turned to Sand traces the changing intertidal zone as it endures the effects of ocean warming and acidification. Concrete Turned to Sand plays November 8.

Blending performance, intimate personal moments, and a view from inside the creative process, this documentary is a portrait of three artists shaping contemporary Indigenous culture. Turtle Island Rap plays November 8.

Blending performance, intimate personal moments, and a view from inside the creative process, this documentary is a portrait of three artists shaping contemporary Indigenous culture. Turtle Island Rap plays November 8.

With sound and cinematography that lets the birds speak for themselves, The Inheritors is a sensory experience which invites us to contemplate new ways of living and dying on a planet haunted by mass consumption and pollution. The Inheritors plays November 7.

The Inheritors offers an intimately arresting observation of the daily life of a colony of ring-billed gulls which nest alongside Canada’s largest landfill to feed their young. The Inheritors plays November 7.

Trapped in museum archives, Ancestors bend time and space to find their way home. AANIKOOBIJIGAN [ANCESTOR/GREAT-GRANDPARENT/GREAT-GRANDCHILD] plays November 7.

The films in this collection are first-person narratives that attempt to unravel the filmmakers’, and loved ones’, interior worlds out in the open. Shorts Program #2: ‘Connective Unravelling’ plays November 7.

Set in the warm yet bustling environment of a daycare center, Kindergarten explores early childhood from a child’s perspective. By following the development of various children aged 1 to 5, the film captures the transition from “I” to “We. ” Kindergarten plays November 7.

Set in the warm yet bustling environment of a daycare center, Kindergarten explores early childhood from a child’s perspective. By following the development of various children aged 1 to 5, the film captures the transition from “I” to “We. ” Kindergarten plays November 7.

Shot on dreamy Super 8 by directors Ruth Leitman and Carol Weaks Cassidy with an all-women crew, Wildwood, NJ shines a light on the lives of women from the last great American carnival town. Plays November 6. Join us for a virtual post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Ruth Leitman

Shot on dreamy Super 8 by directors Ruth Leitman and Carol Weaks Cassidy with an all-women crew, Wildwood, NJ shines a light on the lives of women from the last great American carnival town. Plays November 6. Join us for a virtual post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Ruth Leitman

A mandala for falling monuments, for falling into relation, for opening the மனசு – meaning both heart and mind in Tamil – to the frequency of love in revolt transmitted from Minneapolis. Surrendur plays November 6. Join us for a post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Karthik Pandian

A mandala for falling monuments, for falling into relation, for opening the மனசு – meaning both heart and mind in Tamil – to the frequency of love in revolt transmitted from Minneapolis. Surrendur plays November 6. Join us for a post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Karthik Pandian

Using analogue, single channel video, and paper scanner techniques, the films in this program explore the ultrasonic sounds, echoes, and haunting energies reverberating from the natural world. Shorts Program #1: 'Flowers Flicker' plays November 6.

Partition fuses archival footage from the British occupation of Palestine with audio recorded of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Silent films gathered in imperial collections hold histories that have barely been told. Partition plays November 5.

Partition fuses archival footage from the British occupation of Palestine with audio recorded of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Silent films gathered in imperial collections hold histories that have barely been told. Partition plays November 5.

In her most personal work yet, filmmaker Carol Nguyen chronicles her family’s first gathering since her uncle’s mysterious death over a decade ago. Still Night, Burning House plays November 5. Join us for a virtual post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Carol Nguyen