Festivals 2023

Comedian John Bishop learns British Sign Language with partially deaf son Joe to improve communication. He aims to perform stand-up comedy routine in BSL for deaf audience, exploring Deaf community and bridging gap where words failed.

Follow Red Guy, Yellow Guy, and Green Duck as they learn about family, electricity, and death. Beware the strange and dangerous twists that come their way as their seemingly-safe house reveals that they live in an actual nightmare.

Investigates the relationship among authors and critics over the history of Italian cinema, following the development of the Union of Italian Film Critics since its creation in 1971.

What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy.

Based in part on true stories, this short form series is filled with all the humour, awkwardness and emotion of our teenage years.

Four young children in Kabul, Afghanistan whose lives have changed dramatically since U.S. troops completed their withdrawal from the country last summer and the Taliban swept to power.

Set on Labour Ward with all its hilarity and heart-lifting highs but also its gut-wrenching lows, the show delivers a brutally honest depiction of life as a junior doctor on the wards, and the toll the job can take back home.

In the early 70s, after leaving their troubled hometown in Haiti, a young boy and his mother settle in a small rural village in Quebec where the boy counts on his invisible friend to understand the new world around him.

Based on the New York Times bestseller, this sweeping saga chronicles the hopes and dreams of a Korean immigrant family across four generations as they leave their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive.

Argentina, 1985, at the trial of the last dictatorship's military juntas. On the stand, the six judges; on one side, the prosecution, and on the other, the military personnel accused of genocide.

In the world high school mariachi, musicians from South Texas reigns supreme. Under guidance of coach Abel Acuña, the Edinburg North High School team must turn shoestring and diverse inexperienced musicians into state champions.

A documentary on the legendary film composer Ennio Morricone.

It explores the tradition of arranged marriage in rural India, where a girl's marriage overshadows the very sustenance of life. Narrated from the perspective of a young girl, Savita, it highlights the patriarchy rooted in society.

The story of several families as they attempt to escape oppression in North Korea, revealing a world most of us have never seen.

When the Muscogee Nation suddenly begins censoring its free press, a rogue reporter fights to expose her government's corruption in a historic battle that will have ramifications for all of Indian country.

Newly-discovered archive footage and witness accounts to lay bare the tragedy and heroic efforts made to prevent another explosion.

Documentary about performance artist and "song and dance man" Andy Kaufman.

A mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely.

Just before the secession of South Sudan, a married former singer from the north seeks redemption for causing the death of a southern man by hiring his oblivious wife as her maid.

A teacher in a Mexican border town full of neglect, corruption, and violence, tries a radical new method to unlock their students' curiosity, potential - and maybe even their genius.

A young teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after four years of mandatory service in a remote village, but is accused of inappropriate contact by two students. After losing hope, a colleague offers him new perspectives on life.

Follows a female student in Tehran who was hanged for murder. She had acted in self-defense against a rapist. For a pardon and after seven years in prison, she would have had to retract her testimony.

The movie is set in 1794 and follows General Kosciuszko's rebellion plan against the Russians in Poland. Ignac's encounter with Domingo brings him to Kosciuszko's hideout, where he must make a difficult decision.

Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi's house, offering residents a comfortable escape to nature.

Academic virtuoso turned filmmaker Paul B. Preciado's Berlin Film Festival award-winning doc tells his and others' stories of transition through unique reenactments and visual interpretations of Virginia Woolf's Orlando: A Biography.