Relationships, work and leisure
Habits and routines
film
As a bread baker, Harriet thrives in the day’s liminal hours
Directed by David Grabias
Pleasures and pastimes
film
A whimsical ode to the reparative power of knitting, rendered in wool
Directed by Samantha Moore
Parenting and families
film
Ethan ponders his daughter’s future without him in this celebrated short
Directed by Ethan Barrett
Place
film
The clutter of a used bookshop forms an evocative metaphor for memory
Directed by Diego Quinderé de Carvalho
Love
film
A grandmother grapples with the fallout of her husband’s double life
Directed by Gabriella Aguirre
Music
film
Repairing instruments for children is its own art in this Oscar-nominated short
Directed by Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
Traditional arts
film
A Bronze Age pendant links lives centuries apart in this wondrous short
Directed by Samantha Moore
Love
film
In the bliss of budding love, a couple becomes – quite literally – entangled
Directed by Ben Brewer
Nature and the environment
film
From freeze to bloom – the rhythms and splendour of life on a flower farm
Directed by Oriel Danielson
Food and drink
film
For a Chinese tea master, each sip is a rich expression of memory
Directed by Anna-Claria Ostasenko Bogdanoff
Community
film
When the lights went out and the city came together over two days in Toronto
Directed by Sharron Mirsky
Parenting and families
film
Love is no simple thing for a mother and the daughter she raised alone
Directed by Ellie Wen