UNFINISHED SENTENCES | Canadian Premiere
Mariel Brown | Feature | 95 mins | Trinidad & Tobago | 2018 | English |PG
A filmmaker daughter and her writer father navigate the conflicting issues of their relationship: race and art, adoration and disappointment, success and failure. Until he dies and in her grief, she discovers that his poetry and prose transcend death, allowing her to hear his voice again and find a way back to herself.
The Haircut
Maya Annik Bedvard | short film | 11 mins | Canada | 2017 | English
Marvin came to Canada from Jamaica in the early 1950s. With no Black barbers in his new neighbourhood, he endured many painful haircuts as a child. At 65, he still hates to get his haircut.
A funny and refreshing take on the classic immigrant story, The Haircut is an exploration of assimilation and resistance through the portrait of one man’s refusal to cut his hair.
Sin Ayo
Elizabeth Francisco | short film | 12 mins | Curaçao | 2018 | English
We are immediately drawn to the humming of a young girl. We see her uncovering the past through old memorabilia belonging to our protagonist Flor Marie. This work of fiction takes us on a reflective journey around the true events on the morning of November 6th of 1967 in Curacao.