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The last exams at school, everyone is in a celebratory mood. The teenager Noah is one of them - but he’s often thrown out of this happy mood and overtaken by tormenting memories. In dazzling snapshots cut against each other, the trauma of the death of a friend is vividly experienced.
Richard, a traveling salesman disillusioned with his job, contemplates ending his life. He stops at a small inn between shifts and meets Christine, his roommate, who is completely drunk. As she falls asleep, Richard discovers that she keeps a strange collection. Loosely based on Stephen King's short story “Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away.”
Louca, Vince, JF, and Isaac have been friends forever and spend their nights hanging out in the sus' spots of their city. A break-in gone wrong raises tensions between the members of the group, who clearly no longer see things the same way. During an argument, they don't hesitate to tell each other their home truths.
A Russian teenage spy named Natasha is tasked with moving to Vancouver, Canada by her handler Alexander. After learning to blend in and making friends with the locals, she is not sure if she wants to continue the life she lives as a spy.
Isabelle, a single mother, discovers the lifeless body of her son in her apartment. Struggling with grief and confusion, she seeks out Naomi, his former partner, in search of answers.
Despite the differences between a mother and her son, nothing can deny the love they feel for each other.
Julie wakes up in Quebec City. Amnesiac, she makes a phone call. On the line, Luke learns that the woman who left him has never been to India.
On March 18th, 2022, SplayElephant90 sued Toonman for copyright claim on the phrase "Can do buckaroo"... seriously? ...This is ridiculous... Okay, whatever. After a year of organizing and bribing, they've finally gone to court. This is their story.
Richard, a retired policeman, decides to avenge the death of his granddaughter when she is violently murdered by her young boyfriend.
Can an eight-year-old boy dressed as a bunny change the world? He thinks he can.
Detective Philip Marlowe won't allow himself to forget about the greatest cold-case of his career.
Grabbing social media obsessions by the horns, Blink tells the story of a young man losing himself and the people around him to the traps of a social networking and its questionable safety.
Milo and Luca are living in perfect bliss, isolated from the world. But when a storm breaks out in the distance, Milo's fear drives them to seek refuge deep inside the house. What was meant to be their safe haven slowly turns into an oppressive prison. To save their relationship, it won’t be enough to escape the storm outside — they’ll have to face the one raging within.
A person does their makeup in a mirror and their reflection begins to crack.
Unable to remember a violent incident, a young woman, Iona, returns to a place of magic and love to look for answers. Through interracial relationships and the healing potential of a talking circle, the film explores violence in young relationships and the moment of choice we face when the urge to be violent surfaces.
After finding out that he has no sperm and can't impregnate his wife, an Iranian man suffers an existential crisis.
A short film by Jacqueline Hynes made through Nifco's First Time Filmmaker Program.
A drama of political awakenings which connects activism in Apartheid South Africa to Canada in the 1990s.
A married couple go on a road trip to rekindle their marriage, leading to disastrous results.
In Montréal's east-end, a group of over-grown kids, disappointed in their lives, spend their time hanging out on street corners, patronizing bars and frequenting seedy apartments and back alleys.
Yorgos wakes up one morning and decides to adopt a dog. For him, it is the solution to all his problems. How could a living being who gives and receives so much love represent anything negative? Anticipating his family's reactions and future attempts at reasoning him, Yorgos decides to leave, accompanied by his dog and his prism collection. Through numerous worried calls from his loved ones, Yorgos tries to prove to them that despite what they believe, he is capable of taking care of a dog, and of himself. As he wanders through the city and the repercussions of his actions gradually catch up with him, Yorgos is faced with the difficulty of a decision that he will have to make as quickly as possible.
The Phoenix is a tale that takes place in the not so distant future. Mankind has developed the ability to transfer the mind and soul of a human being into an android host body. Mars Reveille is a dying man whose life is now moment to moment. He decides to undergo this miraculous procedure for the sake of his grandson Ben, who, without his grandpa would be alone in this world and left to fend for himself. Mars' transformation is a success but the connection to his grandson is frayed and there are quiet gnawing doubts if Mars is real at all. Mars and Ben decide to go on a hiking trip to try and rebuild the connection they once had in this strange new reality.
On her birthday, a single mom tries to bring light in the lives of her two young children by inventing a car game where they conquer hidden corners of their village.
Disillusioned by economic precarity, a young woman travels to do temporary farm work on a Gulf Island in British Columbia.
Brooke, an adult content creator, receives a sensitive package in the mail. Upon arrival, it's clear that the package has been tampered with - a recurring issue with her parcels. After filing another complaint, Brooke is contacted by the perpetrator, a mailman with an unsettling interest in her. A corrosive urge to retaliate takes hold as Brooke plays out her reprisal to its unexpected climax.
An unhappy, silent man journeys through a constantly shifting mediascape in search of something we never discover. Transylvanian moonscapes, Baroque parties and fraternity joyrides constitute just a fragment of his dizzying journey. Is this unnamed character searching for a way in, or a way out of the shifting and overwhelming history which whirls about him?
Mallory is determined to win the local 100 meter qualifier, even though no one believes in her, not even her mom.
The Path to God" is a contemplative independent short film that explores the quiet coexistence of different religions through the journey of a solitary man searching for meaning in a divided world. As he navigates diverse streets, sacred places of worship, and everyday human encounters, the film reveals that despite superficial differences in faith, language, and belief, the journey toward the divine is guided by the same universal values: peace, compassion, and respect. Refraining from preaching or judgment, this moving documentary invites viewers to reflect on spirituality as a shared human experience—where faith acts not as a barrier, but as a bridge toward mutual understanding and harmonious coexistence.
Cadillac Clown follows two hit men who travel the back roads of the country; a murderous clown who violently stabs his victims to death; a pair of police officers whose investigation is stalled; and two youngsters who stand in front of a convenience store and provoke passers-by with derogatory remarks.
An epic silent film depicting the tumultuous clash between twin brothers Opus Sun and Magnum Crassus.
During a night of sleep, a young dreamer wanders, confronting the nostalgia of his memories.
Harry is a television journalist crossing Canada by train to a family event in Newfoundland. While travelling, the journalist is making a documentary about Canada and reassessing his life in response to a friend’s suicide. - http://tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/bios/william-d-macgillivray
When a baby owl is pushed from the nest by her mother, her anxiety and self-doubt triggers an existential crisis as her hypothetical future life flashes before her eyes — all in the time it takes to travel from her branch to the forest floor.
After being stranded on a frozen rural road a weary man seeking shelter slowly finds the town’s local legend closing in on him
What would a queer world imagined look like? I bet it would be colourful.
Friends are invited to an evening full of new experiences.
After suffering a panic attack in public, a young woman decides to never leave her apartment again.
A self-reflexive journey of losing yourself to another person and finding the strength to overcome the loss. A poetic experimental film that explores a woman's grief, in mourning of herself.
In a modern society, consumed by technology, a man sees the world only through the screen of his cellphone. Drastically, the situation changes when he finds himself literally absorbed by his device. Now he is inside his cell.
Walker is a young Aboriginal foster child whose only playmate is his dog. Jamie is a lonely young white boy who is afraid of dogs, and has some strange ideas about Aboriginal people. Walker ignores the racist jeering and taunting of the bigger boys and reaches out to Jamie. Together, they find friendship and understanding. Walker challenges racist attitudes toward Aboriginal people, and shows how children from different backgrounds can form friendships. This film is part of the Playing Fair series.
Dissatisfied with her options in the world of striving, a young deaf woman, Iris (Sophie MacLean), decides to give up on yearning to connect. Instead she floats along, working at a greenhouse, embracing her silent solitude and learning to be happy with less. Everything is going just fine until she meets a precocious musician named Celeste (Bryde MacLean). Beautifully shot on Prince Edward lsland, Singing to Myself is an intimate gaze into the complexity and ease of female friendship.
Plot TBA. A film by Ayden Farhan.
A surrealist exploration of a relationship that slowly falls apart all at once.
A young man who works in a gift shop becomes friends with a former Nordiques player.
Chris surprises his girlfriend Em with the purchase of an old station wagon hoping to reignite their fading relationship. When Em tries to find the right moment to give Chris some news of her own, the timing couldn't be worse.
Ryan struggles with the loss of his sister, Julia, from her abusive relationship and remembers why he feels it's his fault.
Rosemary House's first film, shot in her backyard, addresses "sex, death and crazy women" in 11 minutes.
Sex: M F Please circle.
This inventive take on the murder mystery genre follows the Warners, a powerful media family, as their lives slowly change with the death of their father and the arrival of the police -- and a private detective.
On the last day of packing up her home, a woman can't shake the regret she feels about her late husband.
In a secluded cabin surrounded by untrodden snow, a man delves into his childhood memories with his father. Nothing can disrupt this moment of introspection, not even the most dangerous threat.
Fictional character played by 24 different actresses, Françoise Durocher is altogether small time waitress, hostess and barmaid. Together, according to the author, they represent the archetypical Québec waitress that everyday waits on us with a smile, despite whatever problems she faces in her personal life. First cinematographic experience of the Brassard-Tremblay tandem, this film full of ironic joy details all the nuances of the waitress living conditions.
Rose is the story of a sixteen-year-old pregnant, Indigenous teen who is pulled from her community and placed in a church to be overseen in her last months of pregnancy. When she delivers her child, it will be taken from her and put into a Canadian home by decree of an Indian Agent, Mr. Byrne. Rose has a secret and will not tell anyone the identity of the baby's father - not even her family. It is later revealed that the father of her child is a young Mohawk man, named Michael, who wants to keep the child in the community.
After being rejected from her dream sorority, a determined girl decides to kidnap a local cashier at an elite supermarket in order to gain community within their rankings.
When Zoe falls in love with her best friend Hannah, she recalls conflicting memories of their time together.
Sam and Grace meet up in a deserted bar, seeing each other for the first time in long while. They have a lot to say, except their true feelings for one another.