Appreciate portraits of imperfect parents, devoted daughters, astute sisters, and more multifaceted familial relationships that will have you reminiscing (or ranting) about your last reunion in this sentimental screening.

In the stillness of her childhood home, a woman spends her birthday like any other, solitary day - until she becomes lost in a reverie of past memories and dreams.

Happy Birthday, You Made It

After going on the run with his mother for her illegal grow operation, Leo yearns for a normal home life and risks their safety by entering a strangers home.

Beneath the Grass

A young immigrant family struggles with cultural differences during Christmastime, as told through the eyes of their young son, Amir.

Kaudo

Filmmaker, Grant Conversano, interrogates the medium of the family photo, and what means to be photographed as a child by one's father while exploring inter-generational trauma, grief, and addiction.

Father, Can't You See I'm Burning?

On the eve of her sister’s wedding, Karina faces her queer anxieties.

Dress Up

This film is about Eva Brettler's story surviving the Holocaust, her connection with her mother during this time and after the war.

A Prayer for My Mother: The Eva Brettler Story

Recently uninvited from a vacation with friends, 15-year-old Emma struggles to feel wanted when brought along on her mother's trip to Sauble Beach.

Sauble

Shot in reverse chronological order so that each new joy is an unsettling experience of not remembering the past, Kirsten and Mark start making memories together as Kristen’s mother slowly loses hers to Alzheimer’s.

Immutable Uncertainties

Family Ties

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