Sunday, March 23 / 4:00 pm / Ottawa Art Gallery

Program: One Day This Kid, All Shall Be Well

Feature presentation \

Angie and Pat are the elderly queer couple many young people aspire to be; they go through their life in perfect sync as they take nature walks, buy dinner at the market, and visit another lesbian couple at their flower shop. They are surrounded by Pat’s loving multi-generational family as they host the mid-Autumn gathering in the apartment they’ve shared for 30 years. But their blissful bubble bursts when Pat dies. At first, Angie has her friends and Pat’s family comforting her in grief, but, as with any family, the legalities of death change relationships. Pat’s brother and his wife take over the funeral and burial plans, ignoring what Angie says Pat wanted. Before long, they are trying to take the apartment away from Angie, who unfairly holds no legal right to it. Patra Au’s performance as the grieving Angie is subtle and heartbreaking. Watching the gentle ‘Aunt Angie’ learn to stand up for herself–and her late wife–is as inspiring as the story is tragic. Winner of the Teddy for Best LGBT Feature Film at the Berlinale, All Shall Be Well will warm hearts with love as it infuriates with the unfair realities of queer partnership in Hong Kong.

- Tish Black

Short film \

One Day This Kid

2024 / 18 minutes / British Columbia
Director: Alexander Farah
Languages: English, Farsi, Arabic

One day this kid will feel something stir in his heart and throat and mouth. One day this kid will reach a point where he senses a division that isn’t mathematical. One day this kid will talk.