Escorpiônikas is a daring exploration of resistance and defiance that spans three continents, weaving together the lives of those who stand at the intersections of gender, race, and sexuality. The film follows a collective of trans women, sex workers, and racialized and gender-dissident voices as they challenge the… ⊕

The title Am I Mourning What I Never Lost? refers to the mundanities of living with a permanent hearing loss from birth, therefore never having technically “lost” anything. Artist R. James Edwards documents his experience with the medical system and the ways his disability is viewed and grieved for by outsiders… ⊕

Serena is a mother’s mourning reflection on the birth and death of her 18-year-old Trans daughter. The video’s visuals document the emptying of an hourglass. The audio is a posthumous collaboration between Serena and her mother. A ten-year-old Serena provides the audio for the emptying of the hourglass with a vocal… ⊕

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 their first short film Cole and Dale give audiences a rare and candid look inside a private sex parlour during the height of Toronto’s mid-seventies body-rub industry. Their direct cinema approach blends cinéma vérité observation with probing interviews. We see customers come and go and hear the… ⊕