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19 min • 2019 • Canada • English • Short Documentary
But You’re Not Black opens on Toronto’s Caribana, a festival Danielle Ayow has attended for most of her life. The festival represents her parents’ Trinidadian culture, but Danielle is also visibly Chinese. With heart and humour, she struggles with how people see her background and how she sees herself.
LOOK I N G BA C K 11 min • 2020 • Canada • English, No subtitle • Drama, Musical
A lonely mother and an angry daughter are forced to come to terms with their individual regrets within their relationship. Will they ever be able to forgive themselves, or each other?
DANIELLE AYOW is a Toronto-based writer, actor and comedian. As a writer, she focuses primarily on stand-up and sketch comedy drawing from her personal life. Her dry wit and humour played an integral role in writing BUT YOU’RE NOT BLACK. This is her first time directing and writing a documentary. DIRECTOR Danielle Ayow WRITER Danielle Ayow PRODUCERS Danielle Ayow, Emma Ward
ANNA ANAKA is a Filipina-Canadian writer and director and a graduate of Emily Carr University of Art + Design, where she received the Chancellor Emeritus Award for Excellence in Media Arts. With a cinematic style that plays with space and time, her character-driven stories explore themes of identity, memory and morality. DIRECTOR Anna Anaka WRITER Lyrics & Screenplay by Anna Anaka, Music by Shane Raman PRODUCER Anna Anaka
T HE G OD D A R D K I T 6 min • 2021 • Canada • English • N/A
VANCOUVER PREMIERE
In the hospital waiting for her rape kit test, Ellie disassociates and finds herself trapped in one of Marty Goddard’s dioramas. There, she finds clues left by Marty, the true creator of the rape kit whose work went unrecognized, while deciding whether to file the police report or not.
M R J A ME S I S D E A D 15 min • 2021 • Canada • English • Action, Comedy
Tom attends his estranged father's funeral only to find out that his father was a spy all along, and that his funeral is full of villains — of all shapes and sizes — from his past.
ALICE WANG is a Chinese-Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter based in Toronto. Keeping their parents happy with a degree in psychology, they have now transitioned to filmmaking, and enjoy writing stories she has always wanted to tell. Passionate about representation in media, she gravitates towards stories about loss, acceptance, and belonging. DIRECTOR | WRITER Alice Wang PRODUCERS Niko Acob, Alice Wang, Amanda Ariganello-Araujo
DANIEL IRVING is a Vancouver director hailing from Salt Spring Island. His comedy and drama films explore physical and visual movement, and refuse to stand still. JOSH ARIES is a Filipino-Canadian director who creates audiencefavourite films. Originally from Thailand, Josh’s appreciation for martial arts, dance, and comedy shines in his kinetic work. DIRECTOR Daniel Irving, Josh Aries WRITERS Peter Hoskins PRODUCER Luisa Muniz
RECLAIM YOUR NAME CAMPAIGN: FUAD
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"Fuad" is a depiction of Fuad Ahmed’s acting career in a post 9/11 world, challenges he faced with his name in the Film industry, the success that came after changing it to Gabe Grey, and what made him decide to reclaim his name.
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