*Please note: All films are geo-locked for viewing within Alberta only.
Directors: Sean Horlor & Steve Adams | 2021 | 80 min | Canada
In Sean Horlor and Steve Adams’ feature doc Someone Like Me, Drake, a young gay man from Uganda, leaves behind everything he knows to attain the universal freedoms everyone deserves: to be who he is and love whomever he chooses without fear of discrimination, persecution, or violence. A group of queer strangers unite to resettle Drake in Vancouver, but they are tasked with a year-long commitment to someone they’ve never met, and struggle with the challenging conditions of this support. Together, Drake and his sponsors embark on an emotional journey in search of personal freedom, revealing how in a world where one must constantly fight for the right to exist, survival itself becomes a victory.
#5 in Hot Docs Top 20, Winner of the Hot Docs Rogers Audience Award 2021
PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM: Home Stream
Directed by: Lily Blackham, Giulia Gandini | 2020 | 11 min | UK
Lily, a woman experiencing homelessness in London, has been given a phone to document her story.