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The Space in Between, 2021
Selected by jurors as First Place Winner of the Visual Arts category at the Scarborough Arts' 36th Annual Juried Exhibition: New Depths.
Liminality is the threshold between where we once were and where we are moving toward. It is a space that is simultaneously in motion and in utter stillness, and reveals our unbecoming, our messy and our non-linear. By weaving together stories submitted by sacred community, this experimental short film offers a motion through liminality as a site on which breakthroughs are catalyzed, and new paths are revealed.
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Custard, 2024
Premiered at the Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival as part of their Local Heroes program at TIFF Lightbox.
In this experimental micro-documentary, five Toronto-based artists gather for a shared meal, reflecting upon the sacredness of non-conformity and healing, and the nuances of platonic intimacy and queer kinship.
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“As a filmmaker, I’m especially interested in speculative queer storytelling that explores the multiplicities of our existences beyond singular narratives. I want to offer multi-sensorial dreamscapes into possibilities that come from our
joy, ease, and wayward intimacies.”
Queering Friendship: Mimi Zhu in Conversation with Sania Khan as part of the