CineFAM 2025: Sense of Self

CineFAM Film Festival is back, celebrating limitless imagination and daring, original films by Canadian women and non-binary creators of colour!

Sense of Self

Who are we if we don't know who we are? Identity is not something you decide upon, it's something you uncover bit by bit over your entire life. Each of these films examine the search for identity and the inclination to define ourselves in an ever shifting world.

Screenings will include:

One Day

Yazmeen Kanji

Canada | 2024 | 7min

An Indo-Caribbean Muslim teenager daydreams to seek her inner confidence.

A Fermenting Woman

Priscilla Galvez

Canada | 2024 | 24min

On the brink of getting fired from her restaurant by new owners, visionary chef and master fermenter Marielle Lau develops an incendiary new dish with a bewitching ingredient she's convinced will save her career.

With or Without You

Jax Guillen

Canada | 2025 | 12min

As a young woman prepares to depart for a life-changing opportunity abroad, she discovers items from her last relationship that she wishes to return to her ex in the hopes of receiving closure from him.

Hebron Relocation

Holly Andersen

Canada | 2023 | 15min

In Hebron Relocation, Holly Andersen explores what makes a place a home as she learns more about her community’s connection to generations of displaced northern Labrador Inuit.

Hatha

Asia Youngman

Canada | 2021 | 10min

A short comedy about two very different women who find acceptance in one another when they encounter the sexism found in today's society.

Late Bloomer

Beatrice Villadelgado

Canada | 2024 | 7min

A coming-of-age, slice-of-life story about Jesse, who faces her fear of driving while navigating the challenges of taking control of her own life.

La Grogne

Alisi Telegut & Dominique Dussault

Canada | 2021 | 10min

A child by all means tries to gain her father's affection, but the family dog proves to be a fierce rival.

Gourmade

Samantha McAdam

Canada | 2024 | 3min

When a late-night emotional eater tries out the latest health craze, a revolutionary smart oven called 'Gourmade', she'll soon find out that delicious meals aren't the only things this AI oven is dishing out.

Doors at 7PM, Screenings start at 730PM.

Estimated runtime: 88min

More information about schedule at cinefam.ca/film-festival-2025/

All ticket sales are non-refundable.

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