Short Film Program: LIVING IN TWO WORLDS
Coming of age, marriage, commitment to family and to love. A pastiche of themes, LIVING IN TWO WORLDS creates an intersection that allows audiences to better understand the duality of humanity vs nature, identity vs blood quantum, authenticity vs celebrity — a self discovery through film. Film viewing availability during the online Festival (June 9-15, 2025): Kin (available worldwide) Wind Rabbit (available worldwide) Regalia (available worldwide) Sweetgrass Rings (only in Canada) Anywhere (Nooj Goji) (available worldwide) Amplified (only in Canada) The Light Before the Sun (available worldwide)
In-Person
TIFF Lightbox - Cinema 2
Jun 05
Virtual
Virtual
Jun 09
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Presented in Multiple Parts
Kin
A man is beckoned by the spirit of the earth in a plea to reconnect with his own spirit....
3 min | Bruce Thomas Miller | Toronto Premiere | English
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Wind Rabbit
Wind Rabbit is based on an original poem written by January Rogers while taking a long train trip. Original so...
6120 min | January Rogers | English
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Regalia
A male Chicken Dancer leaves a powwow and goes into the city, where he doesn’t quite fit in....
8 min | Farrah Murdock | Ontario Premiere | English
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Sweetgrass Rings
On the day of her wedding, a young Ojibwe woman contemplates the consequences of her decision to marry a non-I...
13 min | Hector Jenkins | World Premiere | Anishinaabemowin, English
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Anywhere (Nooj Goji)
While the pandemic rages on and regulations are abandoned, immunocompromised lovers George and Eileen struggle...
19 min | Evelyn Pakinewatik | Toronto Premiere | Anishinaabemowin, English
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Amplified
Hind, a charming young karate athlete with a hearing disability, faces a violating incident that distorts her ...
18 min | Dina Naser | Canadian Premiere | Arabic
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The Light Before the Sun
After a book tour, self-help guru Daniel Wolf battles loneliness and anxiety. Reconnecting with an estranged f...
33 min | Michael Greyeyes | Toronto Premiere | English
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