Messages for a mitochondrial Eve are transmitted through time, connecting choices made in the past to renditions of our future selves. Works of reinvention, correction, and augmentation explore the construction of identity through archetypes, ancestral mythologies, and matrilineal lines.
Program:
Je m'appelle Mariia (2024, FI, 26’)
Juho Reinikainen
Texas Switch (2024, CA, 9’)
Darren Dominique Heroux
*not available virtually in Canada
Some Kind of Japanese (2025, US, 18’)
Robyn Tomiko
AUGMENTED (2025, US, 9’)
Raymond Rea
marratein, marratein (2025, US/LB, 25’)
Julia Yezbick
Letters to a maternal ancestor reflect on ethnic heritage while embracing notions of family beyond bloodlines. Weaving images and sounds from two cities—Detroit and Beirut—the film poses the central question: how do we belong to each other?
- Year2025
- Runtime25 minutes
- CountryUnited States, Lebanon
- DirectorJulia Yezbick
Messages for a mitochondrial Eve are transmitted through time, connecting choices made in the past to renditions of our future selves. Works of reinvention, correction, and augmentation explore the construction of identity through archetypes, ancestral mythologies, and matrilineal lines.
Program:
Je m'appelle Mariia (2024, FI, 26’)
Juho Reinikainen
Texas Switch (2024, CA, 9’)
Darren Dominique Heroux
*not available virtually in Canada
Some Kind of Japanese (2025, US, 18’)
Robyn Tomiko
AUGMENTED (2025, US, 9’)
Raymond Rea
marratein, marratein (2025, US/LB, 25’)
Julia Yezbick
Letters to a maternal ancestor reflect on ethnic heritage while embracing notions of family beyond bloodlines. Weaving images and sounds from two cities—Detroit and Beirut—the film poses the central question: how do we belong to each other?
- Year2025
- Runtime25 minutes
- CountryUnited States, Lebanon
- DirectorJulia Yezbick