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**PACIFIC NORTHWEST PREMIERE**

THIS PLACE
V.T. Nayani; 2022; Canada; 86 min.; English, French, Mohawk, Persian, Tamil

A coming-of-adulthood drama about two women falling in love for the first time. THIS PLACE is the story of Malai (Priya Guns), who is a Tamil math major at the University of Toronto, and Kawenniióhstha (Devery Jacobs, Reservation Dogs), who is half-Iranian, half-Mohawk and has just moved to Toronto with aspirations of being a poet. Raised by her single mother, Kawenniióhstha never knew her dad and struggles to make contact with him in their new shared city. Malai tries to reconcile with her alcoholic father as he battles terminal cancer, while navigating her older brother’s refusal to do the same. The two women, through their newly discovered intimate relationship, must commit to their love, and new opportunities, in this poignant and contemporary take on first love.

CONTENT WARNING: DISCUSSION OF ALCOHOLISM