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A portrait of love caught at the edge of sacrifice and new horizons, Sous le Soleil du Kwat (Under the Borough Sun) lets a tender love story unfold in the vibrance of Cameroon’s streets—until a revelation threatens to change everything.
Recalling a past relationship- but something is wrong.
A split-screen video exploring the loss of the artist’s childhood home through the intersecting perspectives of dogs, memory, and psychosis. One side depicts the artist crawling on the floor, confined within his own mental space; the other contrasts the imagery of the house and the dogs, intertwining instinct, territory, and disorientation. The work examines perception, grief, and the collapse of the familiar environment.
An affectionate sibling relationship unravels when Samuel discovers the dark secrets of his twin sister, Violet.
A year has already passed since the events that shook the town of Castle Peaks in Colerain County. The band of friends of the “Little Monsters Club” are recovering from their battle against the Soul of the Woods, the witch brought back to life by the evil force that had been eating away at the county for several years. After defeating this menace, the teenagers have grown and evolved. But the blood of the Soul of the Woods now runs through the veins of Mike, the leader of the band of friends. Thanks to his strength, he's about to awaken the soul of a very different creature. That of Babao, a murderous, psychopathic teacher long dead. On the evening of a lunar eclipse, the county is on the verge of plunging entirely into another world, capable of devouring any form of life found there under the orders of its new guardian.
Young kid dragged into a life of crime by viciously corrupt politician and business man "Sebastian October". Tangled in a web of lies the protagonist "Dominic" does everything he can to live a normal life but keeps getting pulled back into the life he so desperately wants to leave.
An interview with the recently elected prime minster of Canada, who after being elected took drastic actions.
Thea is an 8-year-old Ojibwe girl who is in the process of learning how to speak her traditional language from her mother.
After their friend and roommate abruptly moves out, microbiology student Darcy becomes mesmerized by a telescope left behind. Moving between details too small to see and a cosmos too large to understand, an absence still remains.
A fictionalized version of the true story of our clan mothers giving COVID-19 a Mohawk name so that we are able to respect the illness, understand why it is here and then invite it to leave.
After injuring his finger in gym class, an estranged high school student has his potential and personal validation tested to extremely dangerous degrees and severe self reflection.
A non-linear rumination of catching oneself between the headlights of cowardice and conviction. Subtly confrontational for those who can never seem to stay, nor fully walk away, featuring music by Rae Spoon.
Rogers Normandin do not like thieves.
After a family separation, a young woman failed to provide the emotional support her mother needed. The woman relives this pivotal moment, wishing she could go back and say the things she left unsaid.
Healing is not always beautiful. Wild, grappling with internalized homophobia, spirals into addiction and denial within a surreal world until an ancient force compels her to choose darkness or healing.
After the death of his sister, Harry Moore gets revenge on the man responsible for ending her life.
Impact of Terror is a psychological horror exploring childhood fear and its lasting impact. The story follows Leo, a young boy stuck with his older brother and friends at a family gathering. As a joke, the older kids show him unsettling videos and convince him the eerie silhouette in the images lurks in their basement. What follows is a night of terror that leaves Leo forever changed.
Using drama, comedy, and music, this video addresses safer sex, AIDS hysteria, relationships, homophobia, the hazards of sharing needles. Young people are encouraged to examine their ideas, attitudes, and practices, and to make personal health choices based on accurate information. What's wrong with this picture? was written by young people for young people. It uses young people's language and experiences, proving particularly effective where other forms of AIDS education have failed.
In a simple apartment in an unnamed city, two sisters are living together. The younger sister, Ping, is struggling with a severe eating disorder. She came to stay with her older sister, Ming, with the hope to save her out of the mental illness that is drowning her life. It becomes clear that Ming, who has been playing the role of rescuer with a strong and resolved appearance, is actually struggling with her own emotional turmoil. Out of despair, Ping goes to join a support group, which turns out to be a pro-anorexia cult. Ping is pushed to the edge of death.
Nate travels between imaginations, dreams, and realities as they attempt to transition away from their mother — someone who feels most inescapable. Nate is forced to tackle their fear in this very transformative period of their life, right here, right now.
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.
The world's water is contaminated. Infected individuals develop an unprecedented aggressivity and lose their hearing. Hubert Pelletier, a survivor of the apocalypse, is reunited with his daughter, Corinne, who had been missing for 5 days... without water.
Poet RM Vaughan muses on his relationship to 50s film noir tough guy hunk Sterling Hayden, and why he cannot make his life more like a 50s film noir masterpiece. Created by video/internet artist Jared Mitchell, the film inserts Vaughan into the rain-dappled, shadowed and dreamy world of film noir - turning the poet into Hayden’s moll, lover, and dumb broad. A film about living your life “in the right movie,” queer projection onto mainstream cinema, and the collision of fantasy and reality.
A meditation on war and the indescribable violence and human suffering it brings.
When the adult survivor of sexual abuse meets her lover, she struggles to remain present. She must remember that the hands of her lover are not the hands of her childhood abuser, and so, the separation between past and present begins to blur. Narrative and experimental, "Blue Covers" is an emotional, psychological and spiritual journey. A compelling look at the effects of sexual trauma, this short film is for survivors of abuse and those who care for them.
Zac, who has split personality, falls in love with his alter ego. The day finally comes when he decides to come clean with his father. What will be the look on his face? What will be his state of mind? Will his father accept everything?
Childhood friends turned step-sisters, Jane and Jocelyn have been drifting apart despite longing for the intimacy they once shared. In this comedic, character-driven chamber piece, Jocelyn’s attempt to reach out to her isolating step-sister sours when Jane learns she has not been invited to the upcoming family vacation.
After causing a fatal accident, a musician loses his hearing - except the sounds he hates the most.
Witness three stories told over two decades shedding light on Sikh hate crimes in one nation.
A young man who can see colourful creatures invisible to everyone else has his life turned upside down when he meets a girl who can also see them.
Sessions in Grief is a film about the acceptance of a new identity and self, and the grieving of ones past.
Four friends go wild camping to make magic mushrooms on an island only accessible at low tide. The wind is turning, blood is flowing, the tide is rising and time is running out.
A Chinese-Canadian millennial discovers her recently deceased grandmother’s secret love letters.
A lifetime of abusing his natural talent for making up stories has led an arrogant serial liar to quit his deceiving ways forever. As a final hurrah, this scrappy university student shares an epic 11-minute masterclass on how to execute the perfect lie.
The Pittsburghs are desperate. They want to have a baby. One man is willing to get it for them, but they may have to betray their own morals. What price is one couple willing to pay?
Communication is a reality of the 21st Century, even for the most isolated people. Remote tribes around the world struggle to adapt to the intrusions of the Western civilization. This film brings forward tribes scattered on 5 continents: the San of the Kalahari Desert, the native tribes from the Amazonian forest, the Inuit from the Arctic polar circle, the Pygmies of the Congo rain forest, the indigenous of the Vanuatu archipelago and the Hmong tribes from Northern Vietnam. Their contact with the white civilization throughout history followed the way of violence and the way of abandonment. 16 years ago, someone found another way: A Third Way to reach tribes. This is the story of a new approach and communication between civilizations.
A family displaced by greed searches for a new home in a foreign place. As they explore they discover pieces of themselves; old and new. "Shea" celebrates what has always remained in Black/African peoples, an innate sense of home, luxury and interconnectedness.
This animation was shot from hi-con coloured Lomo photographs of a girl in various animal states, licking her wounds. A meditation on female anger.
During a ‘we-need-to-talk’ conversation, a daughter learns to deal with what her father has been doing behind the door.
A woman masks her weakening sanity as she fails to recall her actions during frequent blackouts.
Asking for help at a seaside mansion, a ship captain is told " You're just in time for coffee. Come on in." He then is sucked into a world of discussions about video art.
A man awakens in a white room and is given a watch before being pushed out a door. He ends up on a parking structure where a young woman stands at the edge.
A woman falls in love with a perverse, manipulative man who nurtures the deviance in her, until she is jilted and seeks revenge. But on who?
I hope the flowers in my casket smell of more than vomit and rotten flesh.
In Bench Productions' first short film, a young man struggles with his mental health while struggling with opening a can- too afraid to ask for help.
Matty discovers he might be going blind. He's also in the middle of prepping for his feature film debut. Is his whole life entirely f*cked?
A highschooler has to fight off his inner demons while attempting to finish a short film for an application.
A young, starving artist is on the brink of giving up - that is until he gets an offer that could change his life. But as the pressure continues to build, he must decide if chasing a dream that is slowly killing him is worth it.
After a recent break up, Bug’s ex-girlfriend June calls to come pick up the rest of her stuff from their apartment. This triggers Bug to spiral, as we follow their desperate attempt at keeping their past alive by creating a massive dungball of the items June left behind.
Reconstruction of the 14 Stations of the Cross on film, with transitions generated by artificial intelligence.
After a young girl discovers a fascinating art museum, she becomes attached to the artwork she comes across. Although over time, there is a strange shift in energy the more time she spends with the artwork.
the story of young teenagers in Québec City as they try to save their youth community centre