What Did You Expect?
2nd Year Film Screening
Friday, April 10, 2026 | 7:00 PM | FREE
Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema
51社区黑料School for the Contemporary Arts
149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver
Six films made by second-year film students with themes ranging from acceptance and friendship, to deceit and murder. While expectations are high, we ask the audience: what did you expect?
Featuring films by Chloris Au, Jessie Bartsch, Francesca Bonifacio, Jack Bruce, Colette Chang, Alyssa Currie, Mariia Galeeva, Avani Johal, Harvey Juan, Saba Kazemeini, Sloane Kerr, Franklin Lee, Elahe Maqsoodi, Jessica Matile, Valentina Mendizabal Santiesteban, Valeria Mondragon Vargas, Antony Nguyen, Luca Pauly, Tyler Roberts, Sam Southen, and Akbota Yermagambetova.
Films
RESOLUTIONS
Francesca Bonifacio
Avani Johal
Saba Kazemeini
Tyler Roberts
A woman with unresolved resolutions, a burnout college graduate and a lonely neighbour all realize they have wasted time on the night of new beginnings
LIVING SPACE
Chloris Au
Jack Bruce
Colette Chang
Luca Pauly
Two lifelong friends attempt to heal their relationship by revisiting a childhood home in search of a forgotten valuable, but as they鈥檙e stalked by a mysterious presence, they soon realize some things are better left in the past.
WRITING IN SAND
Mariia Galeeva
Elahe Maqsoodi
Valentina Mendibazal Santiesteban
On the morning of her wedding, a ritual with her grandmother helps Malena confront her fear of losing herself in the life she is about to begin.
50% Of HOMICIDES GO UNSOLVED
Alyssa Currie
Valeria Mondragon Vargas
Sam Southen
A young man鈥檚 life begins to unravel when the police question his older sister in relation to a string of recent homicides.
DAYBREAK
Harvey Juan
Franklin Lee
Akbota Yermabamgetova
After an uneasy night at a friend鈥檚 gallery reveals subtle cracks in their relationship, a young woman reflects on the moments that signaled the beginning of the end as she prepares to move on from the life she once shared with her partner.
BORN TO BE AN ASTRONAUT
Jessie Bartsch
Jess Matile
Sloane Kerr
Antony Nguyen
Obsessively glued to her research, and alone in her home, Amaya begins to witness a strange manifestation of a truth she does not want to accept.