SEVENTEEN
[ 2026 . Canada ]

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Synopsis

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Over the course of a day, three Indigenous sex workers intersect through the shared experience of displacement. Aidan, a hustler, experiences the city's housing crisis head-on. Tamara, a nomadic sex worker, is spending six month stints on a traveller’s visa with the goal of making it home, she’s ashamed to discover she has less than a day to get back to the USA or face deportation. December, a beloved and hard working community girl, conceals a recent loss and spends her day helping Tamara. These three become linked, experiencing life and loss as urban Indigenous people just trying to survive.

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Crew

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writer & director JUSTIN DUCHARME
producers OLIVIA MARIE GOLOSKY, TYLER HAGAN, JUSTIN DUCHARME
starring AALAYNA, NIZHONNIYA AUSTIN, TAIO GELINAS
featuring SHANNON BAKE, JAREN MOORE, RENAE MORISSEAU and KANIEHTIIO HORN
cinematographer TUCKER K ANDERSON
editor LISA PHAM FLOWERS
production designer ADRIANA MARCHAND costume designer COURTENAY MAYES
composer BRANTON OLFERT
sound designer OSCAR VARGAS
executive producer EVA THOMAS

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Supporters

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Telefilm Canada, ISO, Creative BC, The Canada Media Fund, CRAVE, Vortex Media

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Festivals & Awards

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World Premiere - TIFF 2026

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