Alexandru Nagy, a Romanian Canadian born in Romania and raised in Coquitlam/Vancouver, BC, Canada, won the 2016 Vancouver International Film Festival & Radcliffe Foundation Refugee Stories competition for his film “Helpful Hand. This accomplishment is absolutely remarkable considering that Alex had a month-and-a-half to go from concept to finished product. He recalled the history of his arrival in Canada, which was not an easy and comfortable one at all.