CANADA | USA
79 min

Co-presented by MT Space

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Short, sweet, and strong, this series of short docs delves into the diverse experiences and influential stories of indigenous peoples in Canada and the United States. 

Shift (Kelly Milner | CANADA)

Three Thousand (Asinnajaq | CANADA)

Turning Tables (Chrisann Hessing | CANADA)

Holy Angels (Jay Cardinal Villeneuve | CANADA)

dukʷibəɫ swatixʷtəd (Changer’s Land) (Tracy Rector | USA)

Diego Pascal Panarello | ITALY/GERMANY
90 min, Presented by EXCLAIM! and in partnership with the Guelph Jazz Festival and International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation

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In this strange and beautiful film, a dumped, jobless musician returns home to Sicily looking for purpose. After a melodic vision of the mouth harp—one of the world's oldest instruments—he scours the Siberian wilderness to study under its master in this funny, fantastical midlife crisis.

EVENT: Mouth harp centered performance by Boing (Ben Grossman, Colin Couch, Jeff Wilson, and Michael Mucci) presented by International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation.

Yana Winkler & Tina Brown | USA
86 min, Presented in partnership with Taste Real, the Guelph Black Heritage Society and Royal City Roller Derby

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When America’s last standing roller rinks are threatened with closure, a community of thousands battle in a racially charged environment to save an underground subculture and demand their right to roll.

CANADA
88 min

Co-presented by Art Not Shame

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Short, sweet, and inspiring, this series of short docs explores how art impacts our lives and informs our relationships. 

Why I’m Here (João França | CANADA)

Prince’s Tale (Jamie Miller | CANADA)

Coe Hill (Matt Greyson & Adam Crosby | CANADA)

The Song and the Sorrow (Millefiore Clarkes | CANADA)

CAN | UK
86 min

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Short, sweet, and thought provoking, this series of short docs explores questions of who we are, how we engage with our worlds, and where/when/how we feel like we belong. 

Black Sheep (Ed Perkins | UK)

Suzanne Gauthier: One Thing Leads to Another (Ariella Pahlke | CANADA)

Salaam B’y (Amar Wala | CANADA)

Beauty (Christina Willings | CANADA)

Christina D. King & Elizabeth A. Castle | USA
64 min

Presented in partnership with The Wooly Pub

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Following the story of Madonna Thunder Hawk and her decades fighting for Native rights both in the American Indian Movement of the 1970s and against the Dakota Access Pipeline with her daughter Marcy at her side. This film unveils not only a female perspective of history, but also examines the impact political struggles have on the children who bear witness.

+ The Short Film

Nuuca

An evocative meditation on Indigenous women’s integral connection to land and the ways in which the extractive industry’s rape of the earth is directly linked to the violence perpetrated against Indigenous women and girls. 

Michelle Latimer ⋅ CANADA/USA ⋅
12 min