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Synopsis
SONDER is a deeply personal film, intertwining six lives in a snow-laden hospital. Born from the filmmaker's cancer journey and healing, it explores memory and life's shifts through characters embodying personal experiences and reflections, influenced by films by Roy Anderson and István Szőts.
Bio
Gina Hara is a Canadian-Hungarian filmmaker and artist. Hara's work focuses on marginalized narratives in the context of technology, specifically social media and games culture. Hara’s feature-length documentary, Geek Girls (2017), explores nerd culture from women’s perspective and was in theatres in Canada and Australia in 2018. Hara’s experimental short film, Sidings of the Afternoon won the Critics’ Choice Award at the Milan Machinima Film Festival 2021. Her most recent fiction short, Prism (2024), begins its festival journey this year.
