School Program Grade 7-8

Nov 24 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm

Our in-person School Program is now full; local teachers within the Regent Park neighbourhood will have been contacted by our team.

Registration for the 2023 Online School Program is also now closed.

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Mind Check, 1-2, 1-2

Year: 2023
Genre: Documentary
Country: Canada
Language: English
Length: 10 min

With nearly three million followers on TikTok and several celebrity endorsements, 23-year-old Nigerian Canadian rapper Akintoye is an internet sensation. In his music, he is vulnerable and introspective about his mental health struggles. He inspires others to take their wellbeing seriously. As Akintoye climbs the music industry ladder, he still makes space to encourage young people to express themselves through art.

Directed by

Ian Keteku

Ian Keteku is a writer and multimedia artist. He’s directed projects for TVO, CBC, PBS and Sesame Street. An award-winning poet, Keteku is the 2010 World Poetry Slam Champion.

For Roy

Year: 2022
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: Canada
Language: English
Length: 12 min
Advisory: G
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Legend says, folding a thousand paper cranes will give a person one wish. For young Celeste, it was for her dying father to be there on her birthday. Using the power of imagination and the art of origami, she grapples with the reality of losing her father in the hospice.

Directed by

Vivian Cheung

Vivian Cheung is an emerging Chinese-Canadian filmmaker. She made her award-winning debut through VAFF’s Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon. She was a finalist in Regent Park Film Festival’s 2022 Emerging Filmmaker Pitch Competition, and was selected in Doc BC’s 2022 Science & Nature Filmmaking Workshop and VIFF’s 2023 Catalyst Mentorship Program.

Eid Mubarak

Year: 2022
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Pakistan
Language: Urdu
Length: 16 min

A privileged six-year-old Pakistani girl embarks on a mission to save her beloved pet goat from being eaten on the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Azha, only to learn the meaning of sacrifice.

Directed by

Mahnoor Euceph

Mahnoor Euceph is an award-winning Pakistani-American writer and director. Her work explores the South Asian diaspora through the female gaze and stories that decolonize the mind by empowering audiences to engage in radical self-love. She’s currently writing her feature film BROWN GIRL. Her short film EID MUBARAK is in consideration for the 95th Academy Awards.

First Down

Year: 2021
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Language: English
Length: 12 min
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A gripping documentary short film about an underdog team of girls playing tackle football while trying to overcome personal obstacles.

Directed by

Carrie Stett

Carrie is an award-winning filmmaker. She wrote and directed WNBA great Candace Parker’s feature documentary TITLE IX: 37 WORDS THAT CHANGED AMERICA for TBS. Her short film, FIRST DOWN, won Best Documentary Short at Cinequest Film Festival and premiered at Austin Film Festival, Outfest and Bentonville Film Festival.

Gaps

Year: 2023
Genre: Comedy, Kids, Family
Country: USA
Language: English
Length: 11 min
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A pubescent girl from a close-knit family finds herself at a crossroads between keeping her gapped front teeth or risking it all for the seemingly “perfect” smile.

Directed by

Jenn Shaw

Jenn Shaw is an DGA award-winning filmmaker specializing in sports, comedy and coming-of-age films. She has directed over 50 commercials, documentary films and over eight narrative shorts premiering at Hollyshorts, Pan African, Cannes Short Film Corner and Tribeca Film festivals. Her past Executive producers include Spike Lee and Queen Latifah.

Rachel

Year: 2022
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Language: English
Length: 3 min

Animator, Rachel Reid, exudes joy as she talks about being an animator, encouraging others to follow in her footsteps.

Directed by

Toko Shiiki

Born and raised in Japan, Toko Shiiki spent most of her life in Tokyo before moving to Michigan in 2005. Toko’s pursuit of using photography as a narrative medium inspired her to explore documentary filmmaking, where she delights in meeting fascinating people and sharing their stories with the world.