Mike Johnston

A young half-Indigenous woman consults with her lawyer about how to present her case. The experience leaves her questioning her identity and her place in society.

A queer love fantasy that follows two teenage boys who escape an abusive youth lockdown center while high on LSD. They steal the center’s van and drive 400 km to a big-box store parking lot, determined to start an alternative youth commune in a nearby suburban forest.

After an unexpected pregnancy The Patient is terrified at the prospect of fatherhood, and after being denied an orchiectomy by their doctor they seek to have the surgery performed illegally at a seedy motel.

Erika, a young Okinawan-Canadian woman, returns home to convince her aging grandmother, Oba, to evacuate their family farm. As tensions rise between the two strong-willed women, buried histories and generational trauma come to the surface, revealing a powerful story of resilience, legacy, and the bonds that survive even in the face of destruction.

A gender non-conforming person struggling to assert their identity unexpectedly finds courage in an aging master tailor.

On June 15, 2011, the Canucks’ Game 7 Stanley Cup Finals loss to the Boston Bruins sparked a massive riot in downtown Vancouver. Police cars were overturned and burned, windows were shattered, stores were looted, and waves of young people were caught up in the mayhem. From directors Asia Youngman and Kathleen Jayme, “I’m Just Here For The Riot” chronicles the aftermath of the event captured on hundreds of cell phone cameras, with the rioters outed, shamed, and their lives altered forever. From the mob mentality in the streets to similar vengeance in the online hunting of those responsible, it was a dark moment in the city’s history – one that raised deeper questions about fandom, violence, and the shocking power of an angry crowd.