A movement artist of over 50 years, Yayoi Hirano (古い) has performed on stages across Europe, Asia, and North America.

One of the few female wooden mask makers in the world, Yayoi brings her own sensibilities and approach to her craft. She fuses Japanese and Western dance with French Miming, to tell stories across cultures. In “The Mime,” Yayoi reflects on the lessons of creativity and life as a performer.

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Revolutions is a short documentary that asks sports enthusiasts, brands, and manufacturers to think differently about environmental sustainability by putting sporting goods at the centre of the conversation. The film uses the bike as a storytelling device to ask some important questions about sustainability such as: What happens to our “toys” when we’re done with them? What happens to a bike at its end-of-life stage? What would it take to design everything with the end in mind?

With an estimated 18 million new bikes purchased each year in America alone (National Bicycle Dealers Association, 2015), the bicycle has become an important cultural text that has largely managed to elide environmental criticisms even though it ends up in the landfill with all of our other garbage.

This documentary draws on research supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

BC Environemental Film Festival 2022
VAFF 2022
Canadian Sport Film Festival 2022
International Sport Film Festival 2022

Yuko Suda wasn’t always a farmer. A civil engineer by profession, Yuko entered farming when she became a parent. She sought farming as a way to fight climate change, support the local ecology and be a better parent. As a child, her mother had trouble finding authentic Japanese ingredients to cook with. Becoming a parent led her to question what it meant to be Japanese and how home cooked meals can pass down culture.

A small-scale intensive farm, Yuko focuses on growing Asian vegetables in harmony with our natural environment. Celebrating its 5th year of operation, Yuko has had to overcome all the challenges of running a farm. The biggest of which is creating a financially sustainable business. To meet the challenge, Yuko has partnered with the Hua Foundation.

Brave Child Farms and Kevin Huang from the Hua Foundation run a CSA program called “Choi Box.” The goal of this CSA program is to support Asian Farmers and provide local and environmentally responsible grown Asian greens. Yuko and her team continue to shape our local food systems, providing vegetables so families can create their family dishes in an ecologically responsible way.

As a part of the 2020 Documentary edition, our film Purple Tiger was awarded a TELUS Storyhive grant to tell the story of Rach Mcbride. In a world that only sees two genders, the first non-binary professional triathlete Rach McBride struggles with coming out. Can Rach’s groundbreaking journey change the game for people of all genders?

After being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Vancouver hip-hop artist, Francis Arevalo, harnessed the healing power of music. This is his story.

2018 Asian American Film Festival Selection.
2018 Vancouver Short Film Festival Selection.
2017 VAFF People's choice Award - Shorts Category
2017 VAFF Best Canadian Short Award nominee.
REEL Asian 2017 Festival Selection.
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