The Return Ticket, 10min., Drama
Directed by Justin Abraham Varghese
After years of chasing permanent residency in Canada, a young immigrant watches his dream slip away and must decide whether going back home means defeat or a new beginning.

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BUO, 5min., Horror
Directed by Adrien Daranciang
A Filipina woman who had a child despite multiple attacks from a fetus-eating demon is confronted by her now 17 year old daughter who is seeking an abortion.

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SEE ME, 10min,. Romance
Directed by Fabeeha Lodhi
See Me follows Farhan, a late-20s construction superintendent in Montreal and the son of Pakistani immigrants from Lahore, as he navigates the quiet isolation of being caught between cultures. Conditioned to assimilate, Farhan code-switches, alters his behavior, and downplays his identity in Western spaces, hoping to earn a sense of belonging.

The Uprooted, 5min., Comedy
Directed by Antoine Mathieu
Two teens dig up a tree and embark on a journey to bring it back to their grandmother.

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I Am Canadian, 7min., Drama
Directed by Foad Asadi
Parsa, a young Iranian who just moved to Canada, struggles with cultural displacement, leading him to an identity crisis

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Bellybutton Love, 3min., Comedy
Directed by Tony Huang
As two people struggle with expressing their true feelings for each other, their bellybuttons help them to reveal the truth.