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Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes)

Directed by Amanda Strong2018Canada19 mins

Based on the work of Indigenous musician-writer-poet Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, this beautiful stop motion animation, which played at the Toronto International Film Festival, follows a non-binary Indigenous youth and a ten-thousand-year-old shapeshifter as they set out to harvest sap from sugar maples in Ontario.

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An old favorite has returned! This year’s offerings include a Teddy Award winner, a shapeshifter on a secret mission, phalluses in space from Sundance, a mother and child learning to communicate, a peek into the kinky world of BDSM, and a romantic comedy about love and lists in Sweden.

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Director
Amanda Strong
Year
2018
Country
Canada
Running Time
19 mins
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