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Ghost Rhooster Collective (Canada) EMERGING

Vancouver Premiere

Duration: 13:19

Multidisciplinary disability arts group Ghost Rooster Collective’s short film Dreamscapes is a genre-blurring experimental film exploring mental health, alternate realities, and the complexities of healing. Rooted in an intimate interview with Amelia Rose Griffin, the film integrates surreal visuals, layered soundscapes, and embodied movement to capture the complexity of existing within shifting mental landscapes. By inviting viewers into Amelia’s unique reality, Dreamscapes challenges conventional, medicalized narratives of disability, offering a deeply personal perspective.

Created by Ghost Rooster Collective: Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson, Rachel Gray, Amelia Rose Griffin, Jess Huggett, Liz Winkelaar

Director: Rachel Gray

Cinematography: Pixie Cram

Music and Composition Director: Pierre-Luc Clément

Cast: Amelia - Amelia Rose Griffin, Lead Demon - Elizabeth Winkelaar, Thé Glass Woman - Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson, Glamour Witch -Jess Huggett, Amelia 1 - Rachel Gray, Amelia 2 - Elizabeth Winkelaar, Amelia 3 - Jess Huggett, Amelia 4 - Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson

Videography: Ganganpreet Singh, Rachel Gray, Pixie Cram

Time Lapse Photography: Matthieu Hallé

Grip: Bem Parmington

Production Assistance: Julie-Anne Ryan, Nancy Huggett, Milie Veronneau, Olivia Kashul

Access Advisor: Nancy Huggett

Composers: Pierre-Luc Clément, Jack Hui Litster, King Kimbit

Vocal Performance: Rachel Gray, King Kimbit

Sound Design: Pierre-Luc Clément

Recording Technician: Pierre-Luc Clément

Mixing: Pierre-Luc Clément

Costume Design: Rachel Gray

Costume Construction: Cathy Gray, Rachel Gray

Headdress: Tanya Kimishni

Glamour Witch Makeup: Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson 

Demon Hair and Makeup: Abigail Kashul, Olivia Kashul, Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson 

Performing Amelia Ticket: David Sims

Editor: Rachel Gray

Editing Mentor: Laura Taler

Post Production Services: Space Tigers

Audio Descriptions: Kim Kilpatrick

ASL Interpretation: Asign Translation

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the City of Ottawa

Joshua Brad-Lee Garrido (Canada) EMERGING

Canadian Premiere

Duration: 17:00

Two Taekwondo fighters, lifelong friends turned rivals, spend a night at the local dojang before their eventual match.

Starring: Adrián Hoz, Ethan Aaron White, Master DJ Keates

Writer & Director: Joshua Brad-Lee Garrido

Producer: Stella Merkel

Cinematographer: Gabriel Sanchez

Editor: James Zhang

Sound & Music: Mungo McLaggan

1st AD: Keesay Wang

Script Supervisor: Alma Gracia

Production Assistant: Tasha Mackenzie

1st Assistant Camera: Gabriel Porath

2nd Assistant Camera: Win He

Digital Image Technician: Kiran Lilani

Production Designer: Nina Yu

Art Directors: Cooper Mortimer & Jules Sassi

Gaffer: Annie Liu

Lamp Operator: Berkeley Reyes

Key Grip: Emmi Tsiapalis

Grips: Castiel Radivojevic, Aryan Kurungode, & James Zhang

Sound Mixers: Sarah Shahab & Benjamin Mouland

Boom Operators: Carol Zhou & James Zhang

Make Up & Costume: Penny J Gullion

Wardrobe Assistant: Syndio Chun

1st Assistant Editor: Kup Xin Guan

2nd Assistant Editor: Kiran Lilani

Additional Editing: Joshua Brad-Lee Garrido

Dialogue Editor: Tooba Rahim

Colourist: Joshua Brad-Lee Garrido

Colour Assistant: Stephanie van Wijk

BTS Photography: Adolfo Bermudez Fernandez

BTS Videography: Harmela

Catering: Caveman Catering

Additional Music by: M!CHEAL

Shantavia Smith (USA) EMERGING

Vancouver Premiere

Duration: 03:00

Life is stressful. Lucid just got a terrible message from a loved one and all she wants to do is sleep it off, maybe the next day will be better. When she falls asleep, she enters a dream that she can’t escape. She doesn’t know if she should be scared or in blissful joy. She’s moving her way through the motions. Hopefully that trigger her to wake up again.

Director: Tae the Artist and Lady Ryat 

Cinematographer: Nathan Tomzack 

Dancer: Tae the Artist

Deniz Somuncuoglu (Canada) YOUTH

Duration: 11:00

Exploring the inner and outer worlds of a martial art. Beginning from the dojo, through the inside of the mind, and projecting itself out into the real world, this short documentary is a dive into the Morihei Ueshiba's creation: Aikido.

Directed by: Deniz Somuncuoglu

Produced by / 1st AD: Aries Ceta

Executive Producer: Deniz Somuncuoglu

Director of Photography: Isaac Sanchez

Edited by Nathan Young

Featuring: Masaru Kiyota, Takeshi Shimomura, Kostya Zolotarov

With Thanks to Vancouver Shomonkai Dojo Members

Colored by Patrick Gong

Sound Design Andres Valero

VFX by Harshid Harshid

Location Sound Ayana Madi

Gaffer Theo Christianson

Key Grip Kenneth Martinez

Grip Patrick Gong

B Camera Operator / 2nd Assistant Camera Thomas Mai

1st Assistant Camera Carter Heintz

BTS Photography Bruce Yan

Interpreter / Subtitles Hiromu Yamawaki

Creative Director for the Title Card: Roxanne Yang

PA Arda Biçer

Special Thanks: Luana Hoffmeier-Xi, Momoko Cuesta, Colin Williscroft, Emirhan Yalti, Muge Senerman, PoChun Chen, Sybil Xyshen

Filmed at: Franklin Studios, Nikkei Cultural Center

Thanks to Our Sponsors: Brightside Cinema, Enlarge Vision, Birns and sawyer

Speaker 66 & Tamara Khoury (Canada) YOUTH

Duration: 03:57

Content warning: strobe lighting 

The City of Moose Jaw is devastated at the death of Bernard. His friends gather to mourn his passing with one last rave and a heartfelt eulogy sung by his best friend Craig. But the wake may have been more powerful than they intended…

Cast: Christina Kim, Mateus Barbosa, Benedict Weetman, Matthew Hesketh

Dancers: Jamie Samoyloff, Bree Castle, Jordan Samuel, Sila Yildiz, Miguel Tsai, Sebastian Isaac-Gooden, Eli Kitching

Director & Editor: Tamara Khoury

Producer: Kat Sawatzky 

Executive Producer: Benedict Weetman

1st Assistant Director: Khazina Quershi

Director of Photography: Jason Yueh

Production Design: Chloe Chan 

Choreography: Akaisha Dhawan

Lighting: Andrew Lee

Grip: Sebastian Isaac-Gooden

Zombie Makeup & Hair: Carolina Gomez

Zombie Costume: Diego Camacho & Naina Sharma

Swing: Rebecca Jaimes Jaspe

Special Thanks: Rachelle Rutherford, Sage Laing, Berkeley Reyes, Jacky Yueh, Amine Ben

Denbert M. Tiamson (Philippines) YOUTH

World Premiere

Duration: 09:00

Content warning: intense strobe lighting 

In a VTR profiling, the BODY stands before the CAMERA—nervous, smiling, presenting themself to YOU. Time ticks. Pressure builds. Tick. Tick. The BODY performs in three chapters: One – THE BODY AND ITS RESTRICTIONS. Forced to perform in heavy flowy curtains, flickering lights resist its motion. Soon after, they dance in straight lines, rewarded with medals that soon become burdens, anchoring its freedom. Two – THE BODY IN THE STREET. Amid concrete and chaos, the BODY navigates forms and fractures. It resists. It adapts. In fleeting moments of disorder, it finds joy. Three – THE BODY WITH OTHER BODIES. Surrounded now—by warm bodies, by memory, by movement, by cinema. In this kaleidoscope of presence, the BODY is empowered. Together, they perform. Tick. The BODY comes back to the VTR profiling, where it said that the results will soon be given through their email.

Director, Producer: Denbert M. Tiamson

Producer, Cinematographer: Jay-r Julio

Choreographer: Debie Rose M. Tiamson

Creative Producer, Assistant Director: Miles Jewel A. Santos

Production Designer: Lou Rodriguez

Editor: Gab Rosique

Colorist: Kit Munsayac

Production Manager: Miko Biong

Dancers: Denbert M. Tiamson, Debie Rose M. Tiamson, Sean Carl Canuto