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FILM PROGRAM​

SUNDAY, JULY 30

​DAY FIVE

World Premiere (WP), North American Premiere (NAP); Canadian Premiere (CP), Ontario Premiere (OP), Toronto Premiere (TP).

VIP CLOSING BRUNCH

AND AWARDS CEREMONY

Film and Screenplay Awards 2023!

 SUNDAY - JULY 30

9 AM – 12 PM

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Directors and screenwriters (participants of  FeFF's Script Development Program) are complimentary guests.

All others guests $20 - Must purchase ticket by Tues. July 25 (EOD)

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SOLD OUT 

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​The Annex Hotel Wine Bar

296 Brunswick Ave., M5S 2M7

FOREIGN SHORT AND CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY

SEXUAL RIGHTS & LIBERTY
FOREIGN SHORT​S
AND CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY

 SUNDAY, JULY 30
12 PM - 2 PM

Total running time: 92 minutes.

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Followed by audience Q & A. Hosted by Elizabeth Lazebnik.

SHORT

DANCING AMID FIRE, 
RISING ABOVE RUINS

Directed by Essmat Sophie (Asima)

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North American Premiere (NAP)

 

​Life and death are intertwined for Tara, a little girl from Iran’s Kurdish ethnic group. Mothers visit the graves of loved ones, victims of Iran’s revolution in 1979, as Tara and her friends play hide and seek among the graves. Amidst the chaos of the intensifying conflict, Tara receives a fantastic gift of red shoes on New Year’s.
 
(NAP, Animation, 6:00, 2023, Norway)

MAYBE WE ARE 
ALL THE SAME

Directed by Amina Seoudi

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Toronto Premiere (TP)

 

Individual narratives of Egyptian women reveal how lack of sexual education, shame, and fear triggered by their society have led to tragic consequences and oppression. The visual language investigates the representation of Middle Eastern women, through archival and original footage.

 

(TP, Experimental Documentary, 10:46, 2021, Austria/Egypt/UK)

FEATURE

KOROMOUSSO: BIG SISTER

Directed by Habibata Ouarme and Jim Donovan

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Toronto Premiere (TP)

 

KOROMOUSSO: BIG SISTER, directed by Habibata Ouarme and Jim Donovan. With candour, humour, and courage, a group of African-Canadian women challenge cultural taboos surrounding female sexuality and fight to reclaim their bodies. By interweaving different personal accounts, Koromousso: Big Sister explores the phenomenon of female genital mutilation (FGM) from the perspective of those who’ve experienced it. In their quest for individual and collective healing, the film’s main characters support each other in a journey that helps them to overcome their trauma and rebuild their self-esteem. With great sensitivity, the film examines the shame felt by women who’ve been subjected to FGM and now live in Canada, a country largely unresponsive to their experience because while it has banned the practice, it does not offer the reconstructive surgery that could lead to better sexual health.

 

(TP, Documentary, 1:15:00, 2022, Canada)

INTERNATIONAL SHORTS

LOVE, SEX & IDENTITY
INTERNATIONAL SHORTS

 SUNDAY, JULY 30
3 PM - 4:30 PM

Total running time: 69 minutes

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Followed by audience Q & A. Hosted by Edie Steiner.

SEWING LOVE

Directed by Xu Yuan

 

North American Premiere (NAP)

 

The expression of emotional desire called love. Everyone is an individual whose spirit and soul cannot be bound. The emotion between people leads to good and bad results, happiness or misery. Two very strong individuals, whether they are right or not – in the end, death, rebirth, corruption are all part of the river of natural life.

 

(NAP, Animation, 8:33, 2023, Japan)

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IN SOMNIE

Directed by Caro Bruchmann

 

North American Premiere (NAP)

 

After M loses his first love W, night by night he finds himself trapped in an intermediate-world-like dream in which she haunts him. M must face her loss and his pain in order to let go and heal.

 

(NAP, Experimental/Drama, 6:06, 2023, Germany)

LISTEN TO HER

Directed by Yajing Wang

 

North American Premiere (NAP)

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During the birthday of the gods in the temple in town, a scarred teenager flees the correction centre and hides in an empty house with only one bed and a faint, strange red light. His mother keeps asking him to appear. When he discovers the secret of the former tenant, his own story finally surfaces.

 

(NAP, Drama, 14:39, 2022, China)

HONEY & MILK

Directed by Dash Donato

 

Canadian Premiere (CP)

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Grayson and Alice spend a final weekend together to dismantle their domestic life as Grayson embarks on a journey of gender expansion.

 

(CP, Short 14:16, 2023, USA)

MY OLD GALS

Directed by Natasza Parzymies

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North American Premiere (NAP)

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Two elderly women reunite after 50 years and fight for the feelings they once shared.

 

(NAP, Romantic Short, 24:28, 2023, Poland)

FOREIGN SHORT AND FEATURE

PERCEPTION
FOREIGN SHORT AND FEATURE

 SUNDAY, JULY 30
5.30 PM - 7.30 PM

Total running time: 96 minutes.

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Followed by audience Q & A. Hosted by Nikita Helewa.

SHORT

I C

Directed by Helene Moltke-Leth

 

Ontario Premiere (OP)

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A thought-provoking con amore art film that questions the challenges we as humans face, I c will take you on a special journey through rich imagery, soundscapes, and reflections.

 

(OP, Experimental, 8:43, 2022, Denmark)

FEATURE

BEYOND 
THE LIGHT BARRIER

Directed by Uga Carlini

 

North American Premiere (NAP)

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Based on the true story of South African meteorologist Elizabeth Klarer, who spent her days convincing the world that her alien lover from an advanced human race existed and held the solutions to all our problems here on Earth. Science or fiction? Definitely, one of the greatest science-fiction love stories of all time.

 

(NAP, Documentary, 01:27:02, 2023, Italy/South Africa/Ukraine)

CLOSING GALA

CLOSING GALA

 SUNDAY, JULY 30
8.30 PM - 11 PM

Total running time: 120 minutes.

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Followed by audience Q & A. Hosted by Leslie-Ann Coles.

SHORT

Celle qui n'avait pas vu Friends
The One Who Never Watched Friends

Directed by Charlotte Gabris

 

Toronto Premiere (TP)

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Rachel’s about to get married when her husband-to-be references a joke from the TV series Friends and a crisis erupts.

 

(TP, Comedy, 12:00, 2022, France)

FEATURE

MY LOVE AFFAIR 
WITH MARRIAGE

Directed by Signe Baumane

 

Ontario Premiere (OP)

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A bold and brilliant animated feminist feature. Hungry for love and acceptance, Zelma feels incomplete. Hounded by a Greek chorus, she sets out on a 23-year quest for perfect love and a lasting marriage, unaware that her own biology is the force to be reckoned with.

 

(OP, Animated Musical Comedy, 1:48:00, 202​2, Latvia/USA)

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