Desync

Minerva Navasca is a Filipina-Canadian filmmaker focused on exploring stories of cultural dysphoria and girlhood with intimate specificity. She grounds her films in her own experiences, stating: “I want to make films about subjects that make me uncomfortable.” And so, Minerva delves into perspectives steeped in anxiety and internalized shame, using the medium to interrogate the socio-political roots of these beliefs. In sharing these narratives openly, she hopes to stir empathetic discourse and self-compassion within audiences.