During the riots of 2005, four young suburban college students hear about an old urban legend: that of Paupaul, "the rapist of the woods", who would attack young people from poor neighborhoods to keep them away from wealthy neighborhoods. As the All Saints' Day holidays loom, they set themselves a challenge: to cross the woods to verify its existence.

There, in a dilapidated city like Baghdad, we find a 15-year-old girl practicing ballet, and she has gone through many events, the last of which was the October Revolution, and then her life changes after her participation in this event.

The last dance

“On The Fence” follows several intertwined conversations with a group of multicultural individuals and their struggle with identity.

On The Fence

At the age of six, director Kent Donguines’ mother left him and his family to become a nanny. Years later, his film Kalinga (Care) shares the stories of several Filipina caregivers and nannies in Vancouver, bearing witness to their sacrifices as they struggle to reunite with their children and families.

Kalinga (Care)

Oxtail explores cultural differences and dialect in a light-hearted comical way; embracing Caribbean culture and vibes.

Oxtail

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Two friends Mike and Kwesi take a journey to Ghana to seek pastures new.  While en-route to complete a lucrative land deal, they encounter an array of issues.

Living in a new country, Joyce, a young Filipino nanny, has a deep desire and passion for rap music - regularly dreaming of being a successful rapper. However, her extreme shyness prevents her from being able to perform in front of others. Already faced with the challenges of adjusting to a new country, things become harder for her when news from her homeland reveal that her father has had a heart attack, requiring unaffordable medicine. Feeling helpless and lost, Joyce's only escape is through her lyrics.

Joyce

An 80-year-old Woman Airforce Service Pilot remembers her audacious attempt to fight for military status and for a flag to be placed on her fellow pilot’s coffin near the end of WWII. After flying a collective 60 million miles in service with 1078 other women pilots between 1942-1944 in a specialized training program designed to free the male pilots for battle, she and the Lost Last Class of Avenger Field are abruptly disbanded, shamed for taking the jobs of men, denied military status and forced to pay their own way home.

Boundless

For Los Angeles natives living in the early 1900’s, bicycles and streetcars shared the road as our primary modes of transportation. But the arrival of the freeway effectively wiped them out. Today, a collective of cycling communities fight for protected bike lanes and road safety; determined to bring a new era of mobility justice to the city.

Spokespeople

For Los Angeles natives living in the early 1900’s, bicycles and streetcars shared the road as our primary modes of transportation. But the arrival of the freeway effectively wiped them out. Today, a collective of cycling communities fight for protected bike lanes and road safety; determined to bring a new era of mobility justice to the city.

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