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A shy and introverted college drama student finally shows off her method acting skills when an assignment goes tragically wrong.

Still living in the hoarder's house she grew up in, young adult Dara contemplates moving forward in life.

A young woman's emotionally distressing childhood, fuels her depression, affecting all areas of her life and she must decide to seek help before it's too late.

In the 1800s, two cowboys meet in a bar to trade a female criminal mastermind for a significant price, but they soon discover they are not as in control of the situation as they think.

A young college couple living together in a small townhouse experiment with a ritual that leads to both amazing discoveries and terrible consequences.

On an idyllic afternoon at the beach Philly faces his unrequited love for his roommate Jamie while trying to distance himself from their trio friendship.

750 miles. Icy water. No motors. No support. Described as the Iditarod on a boat with a chance of drowning or being eaten by a Grizzly bear, this epic endurance race attracts intrepid, unhinged characters who find their edge on this punishing course.

A comedy about a group of men in their 30s still pursuing their dream of becoming a successful boy band. From the director of From the Vine (WFF19). This virtual screening is eligible for the Whistler Film Festival audience award! Don't forget to vote for the film once you've viewed it.

On a secluded property, a lonely gardener is unable to cope with the sudden resignation of the assistant he had hired. Inspired by the killer stalking Toronto's Gay Village.

The two titular characters are on their third date and one awkward encounter follows the next, leading to their eventual miscommunication in the bedroom.

Filmmaker Éli Laliberté explores Nitassinan, an Innu territory north of Sept-Îles. His camera follows Clément and Tekuanan. The first is a modern-day coureur des bois, the other returns to Nutshimit, his ancestral family territory.

Georgia sits down with the man she once loved and relives the events of their past, as well as their painful separation, in an attempt to find closure.

Bio-documentary about revered avant-garde music composer, and electronic music pioneer, Morton Subotnick. Through a series of candid interviews and illuminating conversations with key figures from his past and present, "Subotnick" provides an overview of this fascinating composer’s rich life and uncompromising career.

Guillaume Vallée explores and interrogates the partially erased sensory memory of his adolescent years in this cameraless animated short created using a 35mm trailer for Céline Sciamma’s feature film WATER LILIES (NAISSANCE DES PEIUVRES, 2007). This process of resuscitating long-buried experiences and forgotten remembrances derives from the materiality of the 35mm stock, the nature of the filmed images and Vallée’s painted and scratched interventions directly on the film emulsion.

A young woman documenting paranormal occurrences in her apartment realizes she's dealing with something much more terrifying than a troublesome ghost.

“Dead Ringer” is a feature length documentary film that focuses on Casa Loma, investigating the way the building functions as a microcosm for the larger city, in terms of Toronto’s history as a stand-in for American cities in cinema. The film explores questions about identity and representation and ultimately asks, “What does it mean to see your city reflected back to you, but not your experience?” Modelled after the classic documentary "Los Angeles Plays Itself".

An attempt at capturing and exploiting the movement of reflective materials in infrared lighting. Transmission Lost and Found was shot on VHS-C using a Panasonic PalmSight PV-L657.

An intimate look into Demers family's experience raising children while dealing with the societal stigmas around disabilities and the consequences of Alberta's forgotten experiment in eugenics.

Firas, a Jordanian-Lebanese nine-year-old visits Jordan for the first time in nine years to renew his passport. After constantly feeling like a stranger in Lebanon, (where he lived all his life) he is convinced that he'd finally feel at home in Jordan. Through a series of dramedic events, it becomes clear that the two neighboring countries are worlds apart. Determined to fit in, Firas must go to extreme lengths to prove that he can finally belong.

Two oddball lovers, stranded on the side of a rural road, bicker about their ill-fated relationship and forget that the bigger issue at hand is the (possibly) dead body in the cargo bed behind them.

Now that Leslie has joined the naturist park, Lauren introduces Leslie to all that the park has to offer.

An accounting of dreams I’ve had while filtered as a D*sney cartoon.

A touching look into the life of an aspiring fighter before and after a near fatal debilitating accident.

A story about two detectives trying to solve a murder, but the detectives are not the brightest

On a class trip into the woods, Charlotte is confronted with her inner demons. Venturing alone into the icy forest, away from the pressure of the group and the obligation to eat, Charlotte will have to face her biggest battle yet, the one against her eating disorder.

The first fully francophone film made in Alberta. A comedic road trip from Fort McMurray to Calgary that changes the lives of those involved in a way they never anticipated.

In March 2012, Syrian migrants began flooding many parts of the world, including the impoverished Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, searching for work and a temporary respite from the beginnings of civil unrest. Ten years and over six million refugees later, the ongoing displacement of Syrians remains the largest human-forced migration crisis of our times. Shot over an unparalleled decade, Lebanese-Syrian director Noura Kevorkian follows the plight of Maria and her community of Syrian migrant workers who, after toiling for decades in Lebanon's fertile Bekaa Valley, find themselves unable to return to their hometown of Raqqa, Syria. Unique among the numerous refugee stories to date, Batata showcases Kevorkian's keen eye and unrelenting commitment, capturing an entire decade of marriages, births and deaths. What is documented is not just the age-old conflict between Syria and Lebanon, but more importantly, the unbending spirit of a woman who puts family and community ahead of all else.

During the ice storm that hit Quebec in 1998, the inhabitants of the region known at the time as the Triangle of darkness, experienced an unprecedented power outage. In the depths of winter, the absence of heating quickly gave way to mutual aid and human warmth, suggesting that in Quebec, loneliness could be more dangerous than the cold. The film sketches the portrait of a woman and an old man whose precariousness usually remains invisible, but which the crisis situation reveals. Triangle of Darkness tells the story of how the woman tries to reproduce the human warmth that has so much marked the collective imagination of disaster victims.

Across and Down follows a group of passionate crossword connoisseurs (aka “cruciverbalists”) as they fight to improve representation in their cherished puzzle. Crossword puzzles have been ubiquitous for over 100 years. You can find them in magazines and newspapers; they’re online and available through their own apps. In fact, millions of people start their day by solving. But despite the widespread appeal of the crossword, women, people of color and LGBTQ2SIA+ individuals have been almost invisible when it comes to puzzle bylines, clues and solutions. Not only that, but clues can also often be stuck in the past or worse, offensive. But why is this happening?

An insane asylum is turned upside down when a wizard breaks in.

An old man finds out what happens when you go to bed angry.

Having fled Colombia after her husband was murdered, an environmental lawyer rebuilds her life in Toronto with her tempestuous daughter, only to risk losing everything when her traumatic past re-surfaces.

“As Benjamin had predicted, nothing brings the promise of happiness encoded at the birth of a technological form to light as effectively as the fall into obsolescence of its final stages of development.” – Rosalind Krauss

A feature film that follows Jason Logan, who creates unique inks for some of the world’s most celebrated artists by using highly unconventional materials, many of which he finds while foraging in locations ranging from the landfill beaches of Toronto’s Leslie Street Spit to the Mojave Desert. Among the more unusual materials he employs are weeds, rocks, and even rust. Logan’s fans range from the legendary Robert Crumb to New Yorker cartoonist Liana Finck and Japanese artist Koji Kakinuma.

There’s been another toxic spill. For the city councillor responsible, it’s just a big nuisance, having to endure media scrutiny until the crisis has passed. For the creatures in the lake, however, it’s a catastrophe. One turtle, in her desperate hour, summons up the courage to leave her home and speak truth to power. Turns out there’s more at stake than just the lake. Animated directly under the camera by Lynn Smith using paint and collage, What Rhymes with Toxic is both funny and deadly serious, and a sharp reminder that we are all interconnected.

Filmed over Labour Day Weekend 2021, the busiest weekend in the park's history, the film explores this stunning landscape through fresh eyes: Zimbabwean-Canadian Gladys and her two children, who are trying backcountry camping for the first time, and Luis and Shaun, two queer immigrants from Toronto, who reveal the ways in which LGBTQ+ people are newly claiming space in the natural world. A celebration of diversity, the power of wilderness experiences and the deep bonds of family and friendship, The Long Weekend is a delightful documentary about the joys of nature and the need to preserve and protect it—and how to make it inclusive for generations to come.

Another chapter of the 16mm dreamwave micro-hallucinations in National Parks across Canada.

Fernand Dansereau is one of Québec’s most prolific filmmakers, having produced, directed and written more than sixty documentaries, fiction films and television serial dramas.

A man reminiscing about his past as he goes about his day. But as he recollects , he starts to think about his regrets , his memories and the things he never did.

Two friends quickly realize the gorgeous necklace they got for free may have come with a cost far more than they were ever expecting

Microscopic plastic particles are now everywhere, including in the food we eat. What implications does this have for the future of humanity?

Sometimes a late night cab ride costs more than you bargained for.

Heirloom is a stop motion journey through a papery land... from lost love to found freedom. Every once in a while I hear a song that stops me in my tracks. This was the case when I heard Heirloom by Kim Harris. It moved to tears. It created a flurry of images in my mind. Two years later, I finally had some time to manifest those images. It's a celebration of Kim's song and also of the power of collaboration because we're so much better together than alone.

A film about the choices we make and the chances we take. From grief and abjection to bliss and communion, it takes us through one day in the lives of two gay men.

The history, culture and tradition of Serbs living West of the Drina river, from the times of medieval Bosnia to the 20th century and the formation of Republika Srpska, an internationally recognized entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Crohn’s vs celiac.

To celebrate the release of her first album "Phoenix", Charlotte Cardin offers a unique and unforgettable experience where the spectator is propelled into a rich universe that retraces the artist's journey from her beginnings to today. Presented through the symbol of the rebirth of the phoenix, the show is divided into 15 distinct scenes, where feature films and concerts intertwined. While remaining intimate, the event is a grand narrative that is sure to inspire its audience.

While dealing with a breakup, a man takes solace in a strange, dark cube.

The short film introduces a group of 3 dancers as representatives of Afrobeats dance community in Vancouver, Canada and celebrates the passion and vibrance the dance culture brings through inspiration, education and performance.

16mm dreamwave micro-hallucinations in National Parks across Canada.

Samira is the 35 year-old Lebanese caregiver to Rose, 81, who is paralyzed and unable to speak. They share a complicit happiness. One morning, Samira finds that Rose has died. She fears losing everything: Rose, her home, her routine and her job. She panics and falls into a phase of denial and disconnection from reality.

This documentary tells the story of Quebec nationalism from the late 1960s to the present and how this nationalism has gradually transformed from progressive to a much more conservative streak.

After a mysterious incident at school, Sadie is sent to the 412 All-Girls Reparative Retreat where eerie happenings start affecting her and the people around her.

This documentary analyzes why Dia de Los Muertos (the day of the dead) is considered one of the Mexican tradition's most important cultural phenomenons.

A man suffering with ADHD struggles to get through his daily routine.