Quickening
Discovery
Directed and written by: Haya Waseem
Starring: Arooj Azeem, Ashir Azeem, Bushra Ashir Azeem
The debut feature from writer-director Haya Waseem explores the life of a young woman of colour navigating love, heartbreak, and family turmoil.
The Middle Man
Special Presentations
Directed by: Bent Hamer
Written by: Lars Saabye Christensen, Bent Hamer
Starring: Don McKellar, Kenneth Welsh, Paul Gross
In a town plagued by disaster, one man holds the job of breaking the worst news to its citizens, in director Bent Hamer’s latest oddball comedy.
Kicking Blood
Contemporary World Cinema
Blaine Thurier’s sultry, perma-stoned, ultra-modern spin on the vampire genre evokes cult-horror figures like George A. Romero and Stuart Gordon.
Snakehead
Discovery
Directed and written by: Evan Jackson Leong
Starring: Sung Kang, Devon Diep, Celia Au
A woman rises through the ranks of the gang that smuggled her into New York City, in Evan Jackson Leong’s fact-based debut feature.
