By Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative reporter, Windspeaker.com

Hayley Morin has already received an accolade and praise for her latest film.

And now the filmmaker from Enoch Cree Nation in Alberta will get some more attention for her latest work titled 91裸聊视频榠91裸聊视频檒l tell you when i91裸聊视频檓 ready91裸聊视频� will be shown on Sept. 11, the opening night of the Vancouver Queer Film Festival.

The film is about jaye simpson, an Indigiqueer writer, poet, activist and drag queen. It includes scenes of Simpson talking about losing her mother as well as experiences in the Canadian child care system.

The film had its world premiere this past March overseas at London91裸聊视频檚 LGBTQIA2S+ festival titled BFI Flare.

It was also screened at Toronto91裸聊视频檚 Inside Out Festival, held in late May and early June where Morin was awarded the Emerging Canadian Artist award at that festival.

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Such wasn91裸聊视频檛 the case with the film about simpson.

91裸聊视频淲ith jaye91裸聊视频檚 project, it really felt like a passion project from the beginning,91裸聊视频� Morin said. 91裸聊视频淚 didn91裸聊视频檛 really know who the audience was going to be. I didn91裸聊视频檛 necessarily know what story we were telling until we were telling it. By the time we had finished the edit and we had seen the final cuts and everything, it was a piece of work that I was so proud of. You just never know how films, especially like this where it91裸聊视频檚 a bit more experimental at times, you don91裸聊视频檛 know how they91裸聊视频檙e going to be received by the bigger audiences, especially at film festivals. It91裸聊视频檚 kind of a big lottery every time you go to a screening.91裸聊视频�

Morin, 28, said she originally thought she91裸聊视频檇 have an opportunity to work with simpson long before she did.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 actually a really interesting story and it91裸聊视频檚 not how I91裸聊视频檝e done any other film before,91裸聊视频� Morin said. 91裸聊视频淚 got approached about two-and-a-half years ago by a production company, Salazar, based out of Vancouver. And they were pitching this second season to a webseries they had done for TELUS. They wanted to feature Jaye in an episode of that documentary series that they were doing.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淎t that point I had never met jaye. We had run in a lot of similar circles and I had always heard her name come up. But at that point I had only been in Vancouver for about a year. I was super fresh to the scene out there and we kind of got paired up through this TELUS project.91裸聊视频�

But as it didn91裸聊视频檛 out, that project did not materialize.

91裸聊视频淎nd then we ended up pitching that as a short film independently, sort of a one off,91裸聊视频� Morin said. 91裸聊视频淥ur first prep meeting is the first day I met jaye, which is a very different way to do a documentary about someone.91裸聊视频�

Morin said the film was indeed challenging to make at times, in part as she was learning about Simpson along the way.

91裸聊视频淭here really wasn91裸聊视频檛 any pre-conceived notion that I had of her,91裸聊视频� Morin said. 91裸聊视频淩eally all I knew was her poetry and doing some research of her online and her persona and doing a little bit of backchecking on some of the interviews she had done.91裸聊视频�

The scenes where Simpson goes through foster care files had to be handled delicately.

91裸聊视频淲e were getting to know each other, building this trust, and making a film, all at the same time,91裸聊视频� Morin said. 91裸聊视频淚t really just allowed for there to be a lot of authenticity in the story I felt. I felt like I was learning things about her. It just felt so natural to chase parts of her story rather than having my own narrative going into the film.91裸聊视频�

Morin added there were plenty of tears shed by simpson and crew during filming.

91裸聊视频淭here was a lot of emotional moments,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淏ut I think in that sort of process we were able to create this really safe space where Jaye was sharing herself on camera, we would take a break and we would talk about our lives. And we would have lunch and we would take a coffee break. So, it was really like building a friendship while building a film while building a working relationship with each other.91裸聊视频�

Meanwhile, simpson is hoping viewers get a small window into her life.

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And simpson is glad that life story has been made into a film.

91裸聊视频淔or me, it91裸聊视频檚 always been about making sure that my story is as authentic as it can be,91裸聊视频� simpson said. 91裸聊视频淎nd when I got approached I thought that this was a unique opportunity.91裸聊视频�

Viewers across the country will have an opportunity to see the film on the TELUS originals site starting on Sept. 16.

(This story has been updated to reflect how jaye simpson and the title of the film prefer the use of lower case.)