Diaspora (film)

[1] The film stars Yulia Guzhva as Eva, a Ukrainian immigrant who is trying to establish a new life for herself in Winnipeg, Manitoba, depicting her isolation as she tries to find ways to communicate with speakers of 24 different languages she does not understand.

[1] The supporting cast includes Mateo Gubec, Henna Renja Hannele Anderson, Smokey Bear, Nupur Bhasvar, Ali Bozkaya, Wilfred Kent Demeria, Harpal Singh Dhiman, James Favel, Mike Flanjak, Ayako Yagi Georgison, Vitalie Himici, Ranjeev Kalia, Diane Kuhana Mukanzo Kamanda, Muhammad Hamza Khan, Ming La, Brooklyn Letexier-Hart and Jerome Ludovic.

[2] A different, unrelated short film of the same title, by Tyler Mckenzie Evans, was also released in 2022.

She concluded, however, that "The film is long, and though one sometimes senses it’s trying to capture the rhythmic notes of slow cinema, it feels more drawn out than purposeful.

The texture of the film’s aesthetic has that overlit quality of a lot of TV, and the use of sparing VFX is nonetheless somewhat distracting.