A woman tries to find answers to why her brother experienced the same lost-at-sea fate as her father in Ghosts of the Sea. Virginia Tangvald is the youngest daughter of a famous Norwegian sailor, Peter Tangvald. When Virginia was only 5 years old, Peter died in a shipwreck that also claimed the life of her…
A boy growing up in rural China finds solace through poetry in Always. Gong Youbin was born in a poor Chinese family in the countryside of Hunan. Gong finds an escape from his situation through his poetry class at school. However, Gong has to inevitably grow out of childhood and face reality. Always Synopsis Always…
A Toronto filmmaker makes an animated documentary about his family in Shamattawa, Manitoba, in Endless Cookie. Seth Scriver receives funding to make a documentary animation featuring stories narrated by Seth’s indigenous half-brother Peter. Seth travels from Toronto to the First Nations reserve of Shamattawa in Northern Manitoba to record the stories with Peter. However, this…
The Chinese artist and activist is asked to direct a new production of Puccini’s opera in Ai Weiwei‘s Turandot. In 2018, the Rome Opera asked Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei to direct a new contemporary production of Giacomo Puccini’s China-set opera Turandot. This is a full circle moment for Ai Weiwei, who once appeared…
