Posted On: April 19th 2026, 04:36 pm
A short film by Ava Shahnavaz (
@avazehshahnavaz ), The Untouchable (
@theuntouchableshort ) follows Yassi as a personal crisis on a busy highway escalates into a public standoff.
Inspired by a haunting memory of systemic indifference, this film explores the moment a woman’s distress meets a policing system driven more by rigid ideology than the law. Caught between an uncompromising institution and the watchful eyes of a crowd documenting the truth, it is a tense, urgent, and visceral reflection on power and the failure of accountability.
Catch it at The Circuit Cinema:
🗓️ Apr 19th (Sunday): 3–4 PM & 5–6 PM
🗓️ Apr 26th (Sunday): 3–4 PM & 5–6 PM
🗓️ May 3rd (Sunday): 3–5 PM (Q&A) & 6–8 PM (Q&A)
🎟 Limited seats • Tickets in bio
📍 6 St. Joseph Street, M4Y 1J7
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