A series of metaphoric and emotional self-portraits Seven Hand-Picked Tales explores the sense of alienation that occurs when one is attempting to break through boundaries that have, for so long, defined and confined them.

Kim Wall hails from many places really - with a father in the armed forces and being an air base kid. Ever since she was young she has been fascinated with the idea of "creation" - mixing, building, creating. Her evolution of "creation" would lead her to Medicine Hat College where she studied Visual Communications. It was here where she would discover her love for painting. After completing the program in 1988 she continued to experiment and develop her skills in this medium exploring colour and texture in an abstract style. Pursuing a career in Fine Arts, Kim moved to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1990 and studied film and video at the University of Regina. Currently she is working in the film and television industry in the set decoration department. Though the industry has served her well in her notion of "creation", Kim's heart remains in her paintings. This will be her first solo exhibition, and her first collection of the representational style. Kim is delighted to be a part of Queer City Cinema 2008.

Red Without Blue is an artistic and groundbreaking portrayal of gender, identity, and the unswerving bond of twinship despite transformation.

An honest portrayal of a family in turmoil, RWB follows a pair of identical twins as one transitions from male to female. Captured over a period of three years, the film documents the twins and their parents, examining the Farley's struggle to redefine their family.

The twins' early lives were quintessentially all-American: picture-perfect holidays, supportive parents who cheered them on every step of the way. By the time they were 14, their parents had divorced, they had come out as gay, and a joint suicide attempt precipitated a forced separation of Mark and Alex for two and half years.

Through candid and extensive interviews with the twins and their family, Red Without Blue recounts these troubled times, interweaving the twins' difficult past with their efforts to find themselves in the present. The film follows the painful steps of Clair's transition, including electrolysis and the difficult decision to proceed with bottom surgery.

Through its portrayal of these articulate and independent twins, each haunted by the painful experiences of their adolescence, the film questions normative standards of gender and identity - as Mark and Clair reassert their indescribable bond as identical twins.

Through the power of the Farleys' voices, we hear the story of a family's redemption from a dark past, and ultimately, its revival to the present.