ZIP
Meet Melody; at fifteen, she is outspoken, intelligent and creative. Melody enjoys hanging out with her friends, keeping up with 70s pop culture, and dreams of performing in her school talent show. The problem? Her strict father, a traditionalist who shakes Melody's world overnight after sewing a zipper onto her mouth on her sixteenth birthday.
Ava Maria Safai
Ava Maria Safai is a Canadian-Iranian artist hailing from Vancouver, Canada. Ava Maria is a Dean's List graduate from UBC's BFA in Acting program and the current artistic director of The Harlequin Theatre Society. She is also an accomplished musician and singer-songwriter with over 40 original songs in her catalogue. Recent direction/artistic leadership credits include: ZIP (Crazy8s & The Harlequin Theatre Society; first standing ovation in Crazy8s history), I Killed Maddie Forbes, Hamlet and INHUMAN/E (The Harlequin Theatre Society), The Girl Next Door (Painted Fern Productions). Recent performance credits include: I Killed Maddie Forbes (The Harlequin Theatre Society), King Lear (Promethean Theatre), INHUMAN/E (The Harlequin Theatre Society), Barefoot in Nightgown by Candlelight, The New Margo (Seeing Things Collective), and Revolt, She Said. Revolt Again. (UBC Theatre & Film). She is the proud recipient of many awards, including the Don S. Williams Grant and the Evelyn Jasiulko Harden Scholarship in Theatre.
Pendulum
11 MINUTES 16 SECONDS | ENGLISH | CANADA
A woman carries on her shoulders her most precious heritage: the liberation of our souls. This liberation comes with a spiritual choreography that underlines the complexities of our humanity.
Boat People
10 MINUTES | ENGLISH | CANADA
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As a child in Vietnam, Thao’s mother often rescued ants from bowls of sugar water. Years later they would return the favour. Boat People is an animated documentary that uses a striking metaphor to trace one family’s flight across the turbulent waters of history.
High End Dying
12 MINUTES | ENGLISH | CANADA
When elite level chef Eloise Vaughn receives a scathing review from famed critic Alistair Brown, she invites him back for a private dinner service aimed at redeeming her name. Alistair accepts, and as the service commences, the pairs shared history is revealed, as are the extreme lengths Eloise is willing to go to impress him.
Content Warning: This film contains depictions of blood and gore. Some viewers may be sensitive to this subject matter.
ZIP
15 MINUTES | ENGLISH, FARSI | CANADA
Meet Melody; at fifteen, she is outspoken, intelligent and creative. Melody enjoys hanging out with her friends, keeping up with 70s pop culture, and dreams of performing in her school talent show. The problem? Her strict father, a traditionalist who shakes Melody's world overnight after sewing a zipper onto her mouth on her sixteenth birthday.
Hope Is the Thing With Feathers
12 MINUTES | ENGLISH | CANADA
Four women connected through time and space come together to save a girl from a tragic end.