Sebastian Hill-Esbrand | CANADA
13 min | Art & Agency: Short Series
Supported by Art Not Shame
Maryam Tsegaye, a young woman from Fort McMurray, Alberta, enters a global competition for highschool students meant to inspire creative communication in science, and unexpectedly wins—defying the odds. Tsegaye reflects on her family, community and sense of self, before leaving home to start a new life far from home.
DIRECTOR BIO
Sebastian Hill-Esbrand is a Caribbean/Australian filmmaker based in Vancouver BC. Through his international upbringing he has learnt that there is power in diversity, as well as an importance of having intersectionality portrayed on screen. He believes filmmaking has the potential to showcase heroic role models, which is exactly what the world needs right now.
