Date: Friday, April 24, 2026
Time: 3:30 PM
Venue: North Delta Centre for the Arts
Total Runtime: 1:28:38
Number of Films: 4
Block Description:
Pressure reveals character. This BC and Indigenous spotlight block explores responsibility, masculinity, land, legacy, and survival — asking who we become when systems fail us and when silence is no longer an option. From animation to narrative to documentary feature, these films examine the tension between personal accountability and collective history.
(United States, 2025)
Director: Hannah Mangione — 3:38 — Canadian Premiere
Logline: A girl finds comfort from an unlikely source when she loses her late Grandmother’s knitting needles on the subway.
(Canada, BC, 2025)
Director: David Scott Titus — 5:00
Logline: An authoritarian regime tracks people by drones, hunting down people with expired residency cards.
The film was written and filmed over a 48hour period May 17 & 18. David Scott Titus, who Directed and co-wrote the film is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States, and the film was in response to Trump administration’s use of plain-clothed agents dragging people from the streets. Titus felt their continued unchecked immigration actions would escalate and that doing the right thing would only become more and more difficult.
(Canada, BC, 2025)
Director: Kyle D’Odorico — 10:00 — Delta Premiere
Logline: Alex’s grandfather is dying of stomach cancer. But when the old man starts claiming those aren’t tumours, but pilfered diamonds from a heist gone wrong in the old country, Alex starts seeing mysterious signs that this tall-tale might actually be true.
The film was a selected finalist for MAMM 2025. Lead actor Marlene Ginader has been on FBI, Power, and Murder in a Small Town, and Paul Moniz de Sa has been on Shogun.
(Canada, BC, 2025)
Director: Tristin Greyeyes — 1:10:00 — Delta Premiere
Logline: Tristin wants to understand why Cree was not her first language, unraveling the story of her late grandmother, Freda Ahenakew. A single mother of 12 and a high school dropout, Freda witnessed a generational divide in her family—half of her children learned Cree as their first language, while the rest grew up without it. Despite these challenges, Freda became a renowned Indigenous scholar, linguist, and advocate for the Cree language.

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