Experience the highs and lows of life on the road through the eyes of four different groups of artists performing with the Canadian Fringe Festival circuit.

Quinn is a personal and artistic documentary that offers a unique four-year window into the life of a non-gender-conforming individual and their struggle to find a place in a society fixed on labels.

OMA sees Sandy Moser wanting to give back to her hard-hit theater community during COVID by making 3000 cloth masks. By herself. For free.

FIlmmaker Guy Lavallee recounts the story of his complicated, unique, and lovely family tree. This is the perfect representation of a chosen family that continues to choose each other, every day.

With only 179 days, a child with a rare genetic disease inspired a community to choose joy and movement in times of adversity.

From intense rehearsals to tearful goodbyes, Becoming Unlimited documents the creation of a multi-ability dance production.

Black Lives in Alberta tells the story of five generations of Black Albertans and their experiences of discrimination living on the Canadian Prairies.

The Reverend follows the spiritual and musical journey of Reverend Vince Anderson. Along with his band The Love Choir, Rev. Vince moves everyone that sees them play.

Set in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Love in the Time of Fentanyl is an intimate look beyond the stigma of injection drug use in a neighborhood that’s often referred to as ground zero of the overdose crisis.

Waterman explores five-time Olympic medalist Duke Paoa Kahanamoku's legacy as a legendary swimmer, trailblazer, and the undisputed father of modern-day surfing.

In 2016, Colin Kaepernick moved to take a knee during the national anthem in protest of racial injustice. Kaepernick & America examines the conflict stirred by his symbolic gesture.

Sirens presents Lilas and Shery, co-founders and guitarists of the Middle East’s first all-female metal band, as they wrestle with friendship, sexuality, and destruction in their pursuit of becoming thrash metal rock stars.

THIS MUCH I KNOW TO BE TRUE captures the creative relationship between Nick Cave and Warren Ellis as they create their studio albums "Ghosteen" and "Carnage".

Every year, local music heroes are joined by some of the most important figures in entertainment, sharing Louisiana’s culture with the world.

Shouting Down Midnight recounts how Texas State Senator Wendy Davis stood for 13 hours while she filibustered the 2013 anti-abortion bill SB5.

A Crack In The Mountain tells the story of the world's largest cave, located in the Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park in Quảng Bình Province in Vietnam.

MISSION:JOY gives us unprecedented access to the unlikely friendship between two international icons who transcend religion: His Holiness the Dalai Lama & Archbishop Tutu.

Despite death threats in a patriarchal society, three Afghan women singers fight for women’s rights through their music.

The Cannons follows the lives of two Black teenage hockey players and one legendary coach, in one of America’s toughest neighbourhoods: Southeast, Washington DC.

A group of mothers named "Mama Bears" fights ferociously to make the world kinder and safer for their children and the LGBTQ+ community as a whole.

When Filipe Leite leaves his adoptive home of Canada, the aspiring journalist sets out on an epic quest to ride from Calgary to his family's home in Brazil - entirely on horseback.

Filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe takes an in-depth look at Monument Valley's representation in film and questions how this sovereign land of the Navajo came to embody the idea of the “Old West”.

The Automat tells the 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the place where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables — and the inspiration for Starbucks.

A whale hunting tradition in the Faroe Islands long condemned by animal rights activists raises broader questions regarding humanity's sometimes hypocritical ethics toward what we eat, where we get it, and how.

• Alone out There - 24 mins

• American Scar - 13 mins

• Barry the Beekeeper - 10 mins

• Lydia Emily’s Last Mural - 22 mins

• The Isobel Imprint - 7 mins

• The Dream House - 11 mins

From the award-winning filmmaker behind the NWF 2016 crowd-pleaser, Hired Gun, Fran Strine unveils the never before told story of Ray Parker, Jr., the artist behind the song “Ghostbusters”. We all know the famous song, but what did it take to get him there?

Filmmaker Fran Strine and legendary artist Ray Parker Jr. will be in attendance for this screening!

• Alone out There - 24 mins

• American Scar - 13 mins

• Barry the Beekeeper - 10 mins

• Lydia Emily’s Last Mural - 22 mins

• The Isobel Imprint - 7 mins

• The Dream House - 11 mins

We have so many great short films this year and here’s a quick guide to where you can find them!