C: My experience as a Canadian expat is an interesting one (I also have complicated feelings towards the word 'expat'). What is interesting about it is that I never fully confronted my identity as a BIPOC until I moved to Germany as the dreaded question, "Where are you from?" is usually the first thing someone asks you. When I say I'm from Canada, I always get a confused look and then the follow up question,"But where are you really from?" or "But what are you?" I learned some new words, such as microaggression. It was a very lonely learning curve and recently I started attending BIPOC workshops and meetings through Facebook. I think it's important for everyone to have access to safe spaces and to have contact with people who has dealt with the same things as you.

C. What attracted me as a filmmaker to Berlin is that it is - in a way - much easier to make a film here with no budget. However, it is also the hard part about working in film in Berlin - not being able to earn a living from your work.

I think it's important as a filmmaker to include your world into your stories. It's also fascinating to see filmmakers making films about the same themes but having completely different results, because it's so personal. I try to find small moments to focus on in my own films, but the themes tend to deal with disconnection (between people, between a person and themself, between a person and the world... there's just so many ways of disconnection), mental health, and women who deal with issues that are not talked about much in society (or are considered controversial). Of course, I'm also trying to reconcile my identity as a BIPOC person, what that entails and how that informs my work.