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Image credit: Lloyd Wong Unfinished, by Lesley Loski Chan (2025)
Mandaeans by Water is a micro-short documenting the voice of my grandmother who is one of the few remaining indigenous Iraqi-Mandaeans still practicing the religion today. Baptisms and water are a vital part of the community as they are associated with accessing heavenly realms and act as a bridge between the earth and the… ⊕
Meteor is a visually stunning piece that employs animated surrealist imagery to delve into the narrator's profound grief over losing her best friend within the repressive Islamic Republic of Iran. Meteor juxtaposes the international "women, life, freedom" protest movement with the challenges faced by the LGBTQ+… ⊕
1976, 10:53 minutes, colour
tapecode 2162.06
Cole and Dale’s second student film is a tribute to their friends living alternative lifestyles in downtown Toronto during the 1970’s. We meet a transexual, homosexual, streetwalker and trio of drag performers. The filmmakers structure their film to bring the audience into their world, relate to them, breakdown… ⊕
In 1972, visual artist/filmmaker Peter Dudar and dancer/ choreographer Lily Eng formed a multimedia partnership named MISSING ASSOCIATES. INVENT A NEW VOCABULARY. START FROM ZERO. OBSERVE AND INCORPORATE INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT. MISSING ASSOCIATES [NOTES 1972] MISSING ASSOCIATES started the first wave of performance art and… ⊕
MisTik follows Cree twins who carry the last of the healthy trees on their backs in hopes of saving the world they once knew.