CIFF 2023

SHORTS: A BETTER TOMORROW

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8 films in package
TINY
‘Nakwaxda’xw Elder Colleen Hemphill reflects on her time as a young girl growing up on a float-house in the wild and unpredictable Pacific Northwest and its...
PACIFIC BELL
Two brothers attempt the perilous crossing of a strange desert. Just when they think they won't make it out alive, a phone booth appears.
BEAUTY VISA
A young female foreigner discovers the ugly truth of the immigration process.
KOLAJ
Identity, how it's formed, and how to deal with the collage it's made of.
6 MINUTES PER KILOMETER
In rhythm with the footsteps of her Atikamekws ancestors, Catherine immerses us in the dreamlike universe of her morning runs.
I HAVE NO TEARS, AND I MUST CRY
Maria Luisa is ready to escape immigration limbo but when her green card interview takes an unexpected turn, she faces the anxiety of losing the life she had...
DETOUR
As the Hong Kong government is gradually easing its border restrictions, Xu travels from overseas in hopes of making it home to mainland China.
PALM SUNDAY
A southern gothic drama about a young Black Caribbean immigrant who attempts to assimilate into an all-white church in 1970s Raleigh, North Carolina.
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A selection of shorts about looking for hope when it might not be so obvious. Sometimes life is all about finding your way home or finding what home means to you.



Accompanied by his older brother, Carlos, young Adam is engaged in a perilous journey across the desert on the Mexican-American border. Abandoned by their guide, who was supposed to help them, the brothers risk it all to reach their mother, who is waiting for them in Long Beach, California. Just as the desert is about to swallow them alive, a telephone booth appears like a mirage.


PACIFIC BELL will be screened as a part of the SHORTS: A BETTER TOMORROW package.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    22 minutes
  • Language
    Spanish
  • Country
    Canada
  • Premiere
    Alberta
  • Subtitle Language
    English
  • Director
    Sandrine Béchade
  • Screenwriter
    Sandrine Béchade, Julie Hétu
  • Producer
    Serge Desrosiers
  • Cast
    Gadiel Luka Leza, Eric Vega
  • Cinematographer
    Serge Desrosiers
  • Editor
    Amélie Labrèche
  • Music
    Erika Angell & Simon Angell (Thus Owls)
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