Doing a bit of research I was able to find a workaround which works. I found that deleting the ~/.config/totem/state.ini file will then reinitialize totem's state and it should open up all subsequent files properly. This worked for me and I was able to open files and successfully switch between full screen and windowed mode without issue. I hope this is able to help others experiencing this issue.
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