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Joella Cabalu
Joella Cabalu is a Filipino Canadian documentary filmmaker based in Vancouver, BC. In the director's chair, her award-winning projects including Koto: The Last Service (2021), Ode to a Seafaring People (2021), First Photo Here (2020) and It Runs in the Family (2015) explore narratives about intimacies, identities, and relationships. As a collaborative producer, her works include On Falling (2020), Biker Bob's Posthumous Adventure (2019), Do I Have Boobs Now? (2017) and FIXED! (2017), and have premiered at TIFF, Tribeca, and The New Yorker. Currently, she is producing her first feature documentary Back Home (Telefilm Talent to Watch 2019).
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Do I Have Boobs Now?Milena Salazar & Joella Cabalu 2017 6 minIn 2015, Victoria-based trans activist Courtney Demone launched the viral online campaign #DoIHaveBoobsNow, in which she posted topless photos of her transition on social media while undergoing hormone replacement therapy. One year later, Courtney revisits the global conversation she catalyzed on social media censorship policies and the sexualization of feminine bodies, and reflects on the impacts of being thrust into the critical spotlight as a visible trans activist and queer feminist. -
Crystal Pite: Wordless LanguageJoella Cabalu 2022 4 minThrough a duet of poetry and self-reflection, choreographer Crystal Pite finds language to describe the wordless artform of dance. Glimpses into a rehearsal for her acclaimed work Revisor combined with images of natural and industrial forms, mirror the states of tension and connection within the human body.
