Desync

Minerva Navasca (she/her), the director of Desync, is a Filipina immigrant director and producer, entering her final year of the Bachelors of Film and Television program at Sheridan College. She is best known for her short documentaries “Guardians” (2021), and “Kamayan” (2020), which has been showcased in local and international festivals such as the 2022 TIFF Next Wave, the 2021 Regent Park Film Festival, and the 2022 CineYouth Film Festival.

In all avenues of her work, she aims to explore hyper-personal 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 internalised shame, stemming from her cultural background, queerness, and other aspects of her identity.

Minerva aims to re-frame disregarded narratives by prioritising Asian voices both in front and behind the camera. Through embracing the fearful challenge of vulnerability, Minerva hopes to spark conversations that alleviate audiences of the same shame she endured growing up. She continues to push for authentic BIPOC representation in media, and supports equal artistic opportunity, regardless of class and economic background, in Toronto’s schools and film industry.