(IMPACT & INCITING REALITIES:
Those of us who live on “the fringe” rarely make the cut when it comes to popular versions of dystopian, utopian or alternate futures/worlds. Too often, our stories remain silent. Only in the last year and a half are we seeing some promising shifts, with better/central representations of BIPOC characters, strong female leads, and diverse creators gaining recognition for their work. However, the shifts are slow to come, and we are determined to represent ourselves rather than waiting for others to succeed at telling our stories. Our interest in working with science fiction as filmmakers is to highlight underrepresented visions of the future and to write ourselves into the survival of humanity, where we play the heroic protagonists who are active agents in future-building, carving out new beginnings from the wreckages of pre/post apocalyptic worlds/landscapes. Drawing on the archives of our peoples’ histories, as well as creative and social justice movements (past and present), our films speak into silenced narratives, foretelling our survival through visions of futures we know we will thrive into.
Our filmmaking methods are necessarily collaborative. We are committed to producing media that counters traditional director-driven top-down models, where we involve the cast and crew in the creative process. This is particularly crucial because we want the cast and crew to be of the communities depicted in our films. We believe it is essential for those of us represented in the work to have a hand in crafting and shaping it.
TRANSMISSION
After a deadly car accident, a queer activist couple are flung into parallel realities and must embark on a search between worlds to find each other again.
EQUINOX
In the near future, a totalitarian government wipes out a resistance movement and surgically removes the voices of all resistor’s children. Years later, Velouria’s foster sister persuades her to pledge allegiance to the same regime in exchange for receiving voice integration therapy.
Special thanks to the Canada Arts Council for supporting this project
