Shelby Lisk | CANADA
6 min | Short

In partnership with OPIRG Guelph

This short film follows the creation of the "Passing the Seeds" wampum belt. Wampum belts, Quahog shell beads bound on strings, in intricate patterns, are used as a guide to narrate Haudenosaunee history, traditions, laws and treaties or agreements between groups.

Rebecca Thomassie | CANADA
5 min | Short | Full Subtitles

Follow Rebecca Thomassie, an Inuk woman, around Kangirsuk as she learns the 52 Inuktitut words for snow in this visually compelling short documentary.

Greta Riondato and Tobin J Stewart | Canada
14 min | Short | Full Subtitles – World Premiere

Ilario's existence is devoid of the riches most commonly associated with a successful life, yet the passion and love that compels him to work his farm every day, voluntarily, at the age of 81, is undeniable and contagious.

Slts’lani (Banchi Hanuse) | CANADA
5 min | Short | Partial Subtitles

In partnership with CFRU 93.3 FM

A day in the life of 91.1, Nuxalk Radio, a radio station built to help keep the Nuxalkmc language alive, broadcasting the laws of the lands and waters.

Sandi Rankaduwa | CANADA
15 min | Short

Josh Crooks is a young, gifted African-Canadian hockey player in an overwhelmingly white sport. In its intimate story of transgenerational identity, Ice Breakers reveals the buried history of how Black athletes helped pioneer modern hockey, as Crooks discovers that his passion is tied to a remarkable heritage.

Theola Ross | CANADA
11 min | Short | Partial Subtitles

In partnership with OPIRG Guelph

A Cree filmmaker and her white partner document their pregnancy and journey to parenthood. From the search for an Indigenous donor and midwife to their concerns about raising a child as an interracial queer couple, the joy of having a child together gives them the courage to overcome any obstacle.

Verena Fels & Marc Angele | GERMANY
8 min | Animated Short

You fly with no seat! That's the rule in the Turbobus. It's a hard day on the Turbobus for one young wolf pup on his turbo-journey to find real friendship.

Various Filmmakers | CANADA
Various lengths | Shorts

In partnership with Our Food Futures

In partnership with Our Food Future, Guelph-Wellington’s initiative to create Canada’s first circular food economy, we are proud to present a series of local-kid-made mini-documentaries about food (and other topics).

Sarah Wray & Ben Wilson | CANADA
12 min | Short

Canada’s native grasslands are disappearing at an alarming rate. In fact, they are one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world. Canada’s grasslands protect our soil and mitigate climate change by storing carbon. They are also complex ecosystems that support hundreds of species. Sustainable grazing is essential to the preservation of this ecosystem, with cattle replacing bison as the historic keystone species. Guardians of the Grasslands explores how cattle can create hope for these native grasslands and for the plants and animals that call them home.

Victoria Anderson-Gardner | CANADA
12 min | Short

In partnership with Guelph Museums

More than a year has passed since meeting at the Oceti Sakowin camp during the NoDAPL resistance movement at Standing Rock, when five Indigenous Water Protectors reunite in Toronto, Ontario to share in how the “spirit of the camp” created a family from shared passion and action. Brought together by a calling to protect and defend their first family—the land and water—the experience at Standing Rock has moved them to further elevate their voices in solidarity with the global Indigenous community, ultimately transforming their lives forever.