Anna, a twelve-year-old Ukrainian gymnast, has fled her war-torn country and recently settled in Montreal with her mother, younger brother, and grandmother. Confronted by the past, the challenges of exile, and a deep need for belonging, she seeks to rebuild her identity and regain her balance. Through her child’s perspective, the documentary explores the reality of life after war, questioning what endures and what is missing, even when one has found refuge.

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Balance (Voltige)

After fleeing war-torn Ukraine for Montreal, twelve-year-old gymnast Anna struggles to find her footing between memory and exile, as she rebuilds her identity and searches for belonging in a new world that offers safety, but not everything she has lost.

Set against the backdrop of a forest, an artist navigates the chaos of his inner world and the war-torn reality of Sudan. He expresses his heartache and the profound impacts of war on all Sudanese people, regardless of their ethnicities and affiliations.&nbsp;

Is it War?

Set against the backdrop of a forest, an artist navigates the chaos of his inner world and the war-torn reality of Sudan. He expresses his heartache and the profound impacts of war on all Sudanese people, regardless of their ethnicities and affiliations.

In 1975, soon after the end of the Vietnam War, Hoa Thị Lê and Huệ Nguyên Chếfled the country on a small boat. After nine days at sea, they docked in the Philippines, where they were held in a refugee camp. During this time, they were unwittingly cast as background extras during the filming of Apocalypse Now.

We Were the Scenery

Based on the real-life experiences of two Vietnam War refugees who, while stateless in a Philippine refugee camp in 1976, were unwittingly cast as background extras during the filming of Apocalypse Now.

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