Short Series: Be/longing

Co-presented by RahrBSG

Short Series: Be/longing

A collection of artful short docs on being, longing, and belonging. 

Venue: artBar

Tickets: $12/PWYW

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying

Natalie Baird & Toby Gillies ⋅ CANADA ⋅ 7 min

A meditation on love, grief, and imagination. This poetic short celebrates life and the transformative ability of art to elevate and transcend us. Through vivid drawings and Edith’s simple yet magical words, the film explores our enduring bond with loved ones who have passed. In honouring her son’s life within the cosmos, Edith’s artworks embody colours, shapes and metaphors that remind us of the timeless power of love, gravity, and grace until our final breaths.

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Iranmehr Salimi ⋅ IRAN ⋅ 13  min

Zainab supports her family financially through a career in women’s volleyball, but knows that they are trans and wants to transition. With limited gender rights in Iran, the decision has many personal, social, financial, and cultural implications that they must wade through to claim their identity. If they transition, will they be accepted as a man and be able to continue to compete in the sport that they love professionally? 

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Big Moves 

Sarah Grant ⋅ UK ⋅ 14 min

A lifetime of being told that she, as a fat person, can’t dance—and believing it—leads Glaswegian filmmaker Sarah Grant to expose the big fat lies that exclude bigger bodies from the dance floor.  Through re-enacting iconic dance sequences from Friends, Pulp Fiction, Dirty Dancing, and Britney Spears, Grant challenges the cultural obsession with perfection and the deception that goes with it. Every body can dance, and deserves to. 

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I'll Tell You When I'm Ready

Hayley Morin ⋅ CANADA ⋅ 14 min

jaye simpson, an Oji-Cree-Saulteaux indigiqueer writer, poet, activist and drag queen, navigates the complexities of their multifaceted artistic expressions while grappling with the loss of their mother and reflecting on their experiences in the Canadian child services system.

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What Ales Us?

Cathy van Ingen ⋅ CANADA ⋅ 22 min

A #MeToo-style reckoning unfolds in the craft beer industry in Canada when Erin Brandson and Ren Navarro begin sharing experiences of sexual harassment, assault, homophobia, and racism, leading a movement for change. No longer will they allow brewing to be a dangerous bros’ club, especially when beer making was once dominated by women. 

Post Screening Event: Talkback with Cathy van Ingen (director), Erin Brandson, and Ren Navarro from What Ales Us?