09/17/2026
❀ The Sensitive S*x Worker - short documentary by Dina lobo. Screening followed by Q&A and discussion with Jasmine Atienza, main subject.
🗒 September 30th (doors open: 6:30pm, event starts: 7pm)
⚲ Location: Ada X - 4001 Berri, Montréal ( #201, 2nd floor)
❀ FREE
❀ RSVP: [email protected] !
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*L'événement se déroulera en anglais
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The Sensitive S*x Worker unfolds through lyrical vignettes drawn from the journals of Jasmine, a young diasporic Filipina living in Toronto. Jasmine navigates bipolar disorder and the emotional nuances of s*x work through her personal diary entries. This hybrid documentary film constantly shifts visual language and explores s*x as performance, labour, intimacy, and survival - resisting simplistic narratives of either victimhood or empowerment. Instead, the film embraces contradiction and complexity, inviting viewers into the grey areas.
Dina spent three years directing and producing this project in close collaboration with Jasmine Atienza. Dina wanted the film to ask: What does s*x work look like when we refuse to impose a singular narrative? Rather than romanticizing or condemning it, she wanted to create space for ambiguity and allow Jasmine's voice and gaze to remain at the centre. The film moves across six distinct visual chapters, each reflecting a different facet of her inner world and challenging the conventional documentary form. The film was created by an all-woman production team.
ARTIST:
Dina Lobo is a filmmaker, artist and poet whose multidisciplinary practice explores themes of womanhood, sensuality, identity, and self-perception. Her work is shaped by an ongoing engagement with the taboo, contradiction, and what is often deemed "ugly" within the emotional landscape, frequently moving toward what remains unresolved. Dina holds a Master of Fine Arts in Documentary Media from Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU). Since directing her first documentary in 2016, she has gone on to direct three films.
COLLABORATION:
Filipinos of Montreal is dedicated to uplifting and celebrating the Filipino community by creating connections, supporting local initiatives, and responding to the needs of Filipinos of Montreal.