Part documentary, part musical, There’s a star follows members of LGBTQ2S+ communities in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Samuel LeBlanc is a young transgender musician from a small town in Acadia. Feeling marginalized both by his rural and queer identity, Samuel marks his own journey toward selfhood through the music of Acadian icon Angèle Arsenault. With Arsenault’s songs as his guide, he sets out in search of community to engage with others who share this same duality and shine a light on queer Acadia.

A fresh and unique take on the documentary form, There’s a star is a hybrid film that resists the familiar frameworks of the medium. With a playful tone, lush color, and cinematic views of the Acadian landscape, Samuel’s journey invites us to wander and wonder about finding joy and building community in seemingly unlikely places.