Grey Bruce Diversity Shortfest 2023: Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion Through Film

Movies, documentaries, and short films have the power to ignite essential conversations about Diversity & Inclusion and Social Justice Topics. The Grey Bruce Diversity Project is proud to present Diversity Shortfest 2023, a captivating film festival in partnership with ALUCINE and curated by SINARA ROZO. This festival aims to connect the community by showcasing 36 films across four different programs, all with a strong diversity and inclusion lens. Join us as we explore films that foster empathy, provoke reflection, and create a platform for impactful conversations.

For more information about the festival, contact Adriana Salazar: adriana@oschamber.com.

Visit the campaign website: https://www.gb-deib.ca/diversity-shorfest-2023.html

June 7, 2023

Owen Sound Library Auditorium

10:00 am to 2:00 pm

SHORT FILMS For SHORTIES!

(*) Accessibility barrier acknowledgement: short films' transcripts & audio descriptions are unavailable.

As part of the One World Festival, organized by Welcoming Communities, we will offer a series of nine (9) short films in collaboration with the aluCine Latin Film+Media Arts Festival (Southern Currents). The carefully selected kid-friendly films aim to bring the world’s diversity to the next generation by exposing them to stories of hope, resilience, and love.

• Sin Frenos / No Break (2012) Mexico
• Un Dia que Llueva/ A Day When it Rains (2012) Mexico
• Trudi & Kiki (2010) Brasil
• Chant Et Fugue (2012) Argentina
• Haina (2010) Brasil
• Godofredo y el Interruptor / Godfrey and the Switch (2009) Brasil
• Cucaramácara (2012) Mexico
• Dame Posada / Give me Shelter (2013) Chile
• Buds Songs Time (2012) Brazil

June 7, 2023

Tom Thomson Art Gallery

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Negra (2019) - Mexico (72 minutes)

Director: Medhin Tewolde Serrano

About the film: “I was about seven years old when for the first time, someone on the street called me “black.” I turned to see whom they were calling until I understood it was me. That day I found out that I was black, and the laughter from around me made me see that perhaps it was not a good thing... Had this only happened to me, or had it also happened to others?

“Negra” is a documentary that narrates the director’s exploration in a search for other Afro-descendant women and what it means for each of them to inhabit Mexico in the body of a black woman. It braids stories of 5 women from the Mexican southeast, exposing the racism they experienced, sharing processes of resistance and self-acceptance, the strategies built to transcend stereotypes, and celebrating their identity.

June 19th, 2023

Owen Sound Library Auditorium

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

• The Origen Life on Earth (2016) Mexico
• Kuychi Puch (2014) Ecuador
• Sadika’s Garden (2019) Canada
• Flight (2018) Jamaica
• Love, Sex & Rose (2017) Canada
• Arriba / Up (2015) Peru
• The Origen of Fire (2016) Mexico

June 20th, 2023

Owen Sound Library Auditorium

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

• The Origen of Jealousy (2014) Mexico
• Mu Drua (2011) Colombia
• Breathe The Night (2020) Canada
• The Last Dance (2013) Mexico

June 21st, 2023

Owen Sound Library Auditorium

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

• About the Origen of Men (2014) Mexico
• Nacimientos / Birth (2011) Kunas- Panamá
• B-boy (2013) Mexico
• The Origin of the Butterflies (2013) Mexico
• Do I Have Boobs Now? (2017) Canada
• About how we got the Sun and the Moon (2013) Mexico

June 22nd, 2023

Owen Sound Library Auditorium

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

• Los Retratos. The Portraits. (2012) Colombia
• Libre / Free. (2018) USA
• The Sorcerer Cricket (2013) Mexico
• Crossroads (1994) Canada