TOO MUCH, NOT ENOUGH Date Saturday, November 22 Location Paradise Theatre 1006c Bloor St W, Toronto Time 7pm buy tickets Films in this session Your Own Flavor After being ghosted, Renee finds solace with one of the good guys: a puppet named Chompers. As their bond deepens, Chompers takes a chilling turn that forces Renee to wonder if she was friend or prey. Mawtini (My Homeland) Nawal, a young grieving Palestinian woman, forms an unlikely friendship with Tanya, an older Indigenous woman, becoming an accomplice to her guerilla gardening on the lawn of their apartment building. Together they battle with middle management to make it to harvest. Cocoon After receiving a small gift from a mysterious stranger, a 7-year-old boy begins collecting his own delicate objects, retreating into the quiet sanctuary of his bedroom—his cocoon. Worlds' End Two old friends have a chance meeting right before a server is shut down. Please Love Me An ecstatic ‘one-reeler’ following the last days of a tap-dancer before her final performance. And Granny Would Dance Marmar listens to the stories told by her grandmother’s friends as they play cards. Based on childhood memories and shared stories, 'And Granny Would Dance' is a tale of love, grief and resilience. Who are you? Who am I? A young Indigenous woman is preparing to leave her community. This departure makes her reflect on her identity: she feels as much a stranger in her village as in her new town. On a Sunday at Eleven A young Black girl navigates exclusion in her all-white ballet class, reclaiming her beauty and power in an ethereal and jubilant celebration of Blackness. Signs When the ridiculous rules of a tyrant target a young woman, she decides to fight back. It only takes one domino to make them all fall. Hair! Sisters Farrah, Miriam, and Layla bond over chai and hair removal, dragging daughters Rina and Nora into witchy rituals that unravel trauma, family baggage, and body hair.
