Space Race

Treasure! When a penniless Seadog named Aria fails to give an offering of treasure at the seasonal ceremony of the Sea Serpent, she finds an unlikely friend in the generous Catfish pirate Sweet. Together, the unlikely duo tries to solve the mystery of treasure that went missing from the ceremony!

Free Land Free Land is a personal historical documentary that examines what it means to be constantly looking for opportunity in America. Using family history of homelessness and displacement, Martin examines the unfulfilled promise of "The Land Of The Free" and reveals how the search for free land has geographically and psychically uprooted people, created social inequalities, and left legacies of emptiness.

Spawning Hope Coral biologists are concerned about the genetic health of many endangered coral. This short film follows a team of Smithsonian scientists as they attempt to use cryopreserved coral sperm to introduce DNA to new populations of elkhorn coral. If this technique works, it could have lasting impacts on how we are able to protect and restore endangered coral species from near extinction.

Incidence or Reflection Projecting the real on the imaginary. This single channel video installation explores notions of perception and reflection when juxtaposing the self and its empty image. A rhythmic mixture between stop-motion and cubism.

Juana's Grammar "Created, directed, and edited by two of the most talented independent Latino filmmakers in Canada, Juana's Grammar is an ambitious exploration of diasporic identity that literally puts the body of a new generation of transfrontera women in this country on the cross-cultural epistemological battlefront. Structurally complex, technically daring, and with a wide emotional range, Awad and Lozano's striking experimental short draws freely upon a variety of global art traditions: from Chico Buarque's Brazilian compositions to Frida Kahlo's sketches to Heiner Müller's "Hamletmachine", without losing sight of their immediate social, political and cultural contexts." - Elena Feder

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Powerlands A young Navajo filmmaker investigates displacement of Indigenous people and devastation of the environment caused by the same chemical companies that have exploited the land where she was born. On this personal and political journey she learns from Indigenous activists across three continents.

In Deep Skin "In Deep Skin" is an experimental music video, which travels through narrative and non-narrative scenarios while presenting a lesbian encounter. Rhythmic editing, and musical and visual complexity bring the viewer/listener on a voyage from ice storms to deserted beaches to the lonely body.

Ssitkim: Talking to the ... An investigation into the military involvement of South Korea in the Vietnam War is as much digging as exorcism.

Time Remapping "My father died four years ago. Over a period of 16 years, he wrote me several letters that he never gave me and that I got when I went back to Colombia to bury him. I've kept the letters but have not been able to read any of them. So I asked Lorena to read them to me while I videotape her." - Juana Awad