Cinevolution Media Arts Society

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In honour of Mad Pride Month, Cinevolution and Connection Salon are proud to present a double-bill film screening featuring Sisters by Ying Wang and Am I the skinniest person you&rsquo;ve ever seen? by Eisha Marjara.&nbsp; Exquisitely crafted and unflinchingly honest, the films look beyond typical narratives about body image and societal beauty standards to shed light on eating disorders as reflections of a disordered society within the context of migration and displacement.&nbsp; A discussion with the filmmakers will follow.&nbsp; <span contenteditable="false" draggable="false" fr-original-class="fr-img-caption fr-draggable" fr-original-style="width: 575px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" style="width: 575px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1780528969/wysiwyg/hu1sfjk2x3hgmbrmx3yw.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><span contenteditable="true" fr-original-style="" fr-original-class="fr-inner" style="outline: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) solid 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; font-weight: initial; opacity: 0.9; width: 100%; margin: auto; padding: 5px 5px 10px; display: block;">Am I the Skinniest Person You&#39;ve Ever Seen?Director: Eisha Majara | 2024 | 24 min | Documentary &ldquo;Hey, let&rsquo;s go on a diet together.&rdquo;&nbsp;As kids in a small Quebec town, Eisha and Seema were more than sisters, they were soul mates, and a joint diet offered a shared sense of purpose. But their carefree project would take a dark turn, pushing Eisha to the very brink of death. Consumed by anorexia, she found herself battling her own fragile body&mdash;stranded between childhood and adulthood. Decades later, she revisits her past in an exquisitely crafted work of auto-ethnography, evoking her unusual youth with aching lyricism. In addressing a tender love letter to the troubled girl she once was, she reaches contemporary audiences with a timely reflection on body image and self-acceptance. About the DirectorEisha Marjara has made several award-winning films, including Locarno&rsquo;s Prix de la Semaine de Critique winner Desperately Seeking Helen. Venus&nbsp;(2017), a dramatic comedy, won the EDA Award for Best Feature at the Whistler Film Festival and Best Feature Film at Cinequest, among other accolades. Her debut YA novel Faerie, which traces a South Asian teenager&#39;s downward spiral into life-threatening illness, budding sexuality and complicated recovery from anorexia, received rave reviews in the Canadian and American press. She is completing her next feature, Calorie. The film is provided courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada. <span contenteditable="false" draggable="false" fr-original-class="fr-img-caption fr-draggable" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1780535767/wysiwyg/cgixifc3ltwj3l0w1owq.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><span contenteditable="true" fr-original-style="" fr-original-class="fr-inner" style="outline: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) solid 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; font-weight: initial; opacity: 0.9; width: 100%; margin: auto; padding: 5px 5px 10px; display: block;">SistersDirector: Ying Wang | 2005 | 86 min | DramaIn a sparsely furnished apartment in an unnamed city, two sisters live together, bound by love and fragile dependency. As the younger battles a severe eating disorder, the older struggles to keep herself&mdash;and her sister&mdash;afloat. But the closer she gets, the more the line between savior and self-destruction begins to blur. Sisters was born from the true experiences of Ying Wang and her younger sister Jie, who developed a severe eating disorder after immigrating to North America. In 2002, the sisters began co-writing the screenplay. With the help of friends and their modest savings, they completed the film between 2004 and 2005. Jie portrayed Ping, a fictionalized version of herself. Acting became a liberating act&mdash;her first real chance to speak her truth. The film marked the beginning of her slow but steady recovery. About the DirectorAs a migrant navigating between cultures, Ying Wang&nbsp;is drawn to stories that probe the complexities of humanity and question accepted narratives. Sisters led her onto the creative path as a self-taught filmmaker. From 2007 to 2019, Ying worked on her second feature documentary, The World is Bright, an exploration of immigration and mental health through a broader social and political lens. The film received critical acclaim, winning the Sea to Sky Award at the 2019 Vancouver International Film Festival and the Emerging Canadian Filmmaker Award at the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and was later nominated for two 2021 Canadian Screen Awards. In 2026, Ying completed her third feature documentary, The Border.&nbsp; ACCESSIBILITYThe theatre is wheelchair accessible and has four wheelchair spots with adjacent companion seats.&nbsp; Universal washroom facilities are located on the ground floor, for use by people of all genders. The washrooms were renovated in 2023 and include private, single-stall toilets (no urinals). There is a button-operated motorized entry door, and two wheelchair accessible stalls.<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">The main restroom doorway width is 39 inches</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">The accessible stalls doorway width is 35 inches</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">The sink countertop height is 35 inches</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Soaps are scent free</li></ul>To discuss your access needs, please contact us at <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:info@cinevolutionmedia.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">info@cinevolutionmedia.com</a>.

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you for registering for &quot;Desiring Bodies&quot;, a double bill film screening presented by Cinevolution and Connection Salon as part of Mad Pride Month.&nbsp; Date: July 26, 2026Time: 12:30pm - 3:30pmPlace: The Cinematheque, 1131 Howe St, Vancouver (<a fr-original-style="" href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/9aT8DuHr6YR9N9bk8" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">map</a>) If you have any questions about access supports, please contact us at <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:info@cinevolutionmedia.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">info@cinevolutionmedia.com</a>.&nbsp; We look forward to seeing you at the event! - The Cinevolution Team

In honour of Mad Pride Month, Cinevolution and Connection Salon are proud to present a double-bill film screening featuring Sisters by Ying Wang and Am I the skinniest person you’ve ever seen? by Eisha Marjara.  Exquisitely crafted and unflinchingly honest, the films look beyond typical narratives about body image and societal beauty standards to shed light on eating disorders as reflections of a disordered society within the context of migration and displacement.  A discussion with the filmmakers will follow.  <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1780528969/wysiwyg/hu1sfjk2x3hgmbrmx3yw.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" />Am I the Skinniest Person You've Ever Seen?Director: Eisha Majara | 2024 | 24 min | Documentary “Hey, let’s go on a diet together.” As kids in a small Quebec town, Eisha and Seema were more than sisters, they were soul mates, and a joint diet offered a shared sense of purpose. But their carefree project would take a dark turn, pushing Eisha to the very brink of death. Consumed by anorexia, she found herself battling her own fragile body—stranded between childhood and adulthood. Decades later, she revisits her past in an exquisitely crafted work of auto-ethnography, evoking her unusual youth with aching lyricism. In addressing a tender love letter to the troubled girl she once was, she reaches contemporary audiences with a timely reflection on body image and self-acceptance. About the DirectorEisha Marjara has made several award-winning films, including Locarno’s Prix de la Semaine de Critique winner Desperately Seeking Helen. Venus (2017), a dramatic comedy, won the EDA Award for Best Feature at the Whistler Film Festival and Best Feature Film at Cinequest, among other accolades. Her debut YA novel Faerie, which traces a South Asian teenager's downward spiral into life-threatening illness, budding sexuality and complicated recovery from anorexia, received rave reviews in the Canadian and American press. She is completing her next feature, Calorie. The film is provided courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1780535767/wysiwyg/cgixifc3ltwj3l0w1owq.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" />SistersDirector: Ying Wang | 2005 | 86 min | DramaIn a sparsely furnished apartment in an unnamed city, two sisters live together, bound by love and fragile dependency. As the younger battles a severe eating disorder, the older struggles to keep herself—and her sister—afloat. But the closer she gets, the more the line between savior and self-destruction begins to blur. Sisters was born from the true experiences of Ying Wang and her younger sister Jie, who developed a severe eating disorder after immigrating to North America. In 2002, the sisters began co-writing the screenplay. With the help of friends and their modest savings, they completed the film between 2004 and 2005. Jie portrayed Ping, a fictionalized version of herself. Acting became a liberating act—her first real chance to speak her truth. The film marked the beginning of her slow but steady recovery. About the DirectorAs a migrant navigating between cultures, Ying Wang is drawn to stories that probe the complexities of humanity and question accepted narratives. Sisters led her onto the creative path as a self-taught filmmaker. From 2007 to 2019, Ying worked on her second feature documentary, The World is Bright, an exploration of immigration and mental health through a broader social and political lens. The film received critical acclaim, winning the Sea to Sky Award at the 2019 Vancouver International Film Festival and the Emerging Canadian Filmmaker Award at the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and was later nominated for two 2021 Canadian Screen Awards. In 2026, Ying completed her third feature documentary, The Border.  ACCESSIBILITYThe theatre is wheelchair accessible and has four wheelchair spots with adjacent companion seats.  Universal washroom facilities are located on the ground floor, for use by people of all genders. The washrooms were renovated in 2023 and include private, single-stall toilets (no urinals). There is a button-operated motorized entry door, and two wheelchair accessible stalls.<ul><li>The main restroom doorway width is 39 inches</li><li>The accessible stalls doorway width is 35 inches</li><li>The sink countertop height is 35 inches</li><li>Soaps are scent free</li></ul>To discuss your access needs, please contact us at <a href="mailto:info@cinevolutionmedia.com" target="_blank">info@cinevolutionmedia.com</a>.

Cinevolution Media Arts Society

Desiring Bodies: Double-Bill Film Screening for Mad Pride Month

1131 Howe St

General Admission

Free

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