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When the young, white and unencumbered Steve (Sean Depner - Riverdale, Deadly Class) is hit by a truck, he awakens in a cavernous and decaying opera house. There he meets The Ticket Taker, a shape shifting bureaucrat of death who explains that Steve must be sent back to perform one influential act before enjoying a life of guaranteed privilege and luxury. Steve must decide whether or not to uphold a status quo that benefits only him.
If you were a gay man in the 1980s, an apocalypse raged. The deadly HIV/AIDS pandemic was devastating the gay community, and with no cure, no vaccine and no treatment in sight, gay men had to watch helplessly while a generation of precious human beings was lost. Despite the horror of these deaths, the dominant feelings in straight society were indifference and contempt. Despite all this, David Shannon, a real gay man, was moved to help out as best he could. Many HIV/AIDS patients were completely abandoned by family and friends and left to die alone. David would sit with these ostracized men, and while he couldn't cure their illness he could at least comfort them and keep them company in their final. David never talked about it; his friends only found out after he passed away in 2018. This film encapsulates David's silent crusade, portraying him caring for one fictional patient as he dies.
In a remote village in Thailand, Sukwan, an 8-year-old autodidact, is building with her parents’ help a life-sized version of ‘Snowyaland’: an imaginary world she has conceived in her own mind. Against all odds, the modest family has been pursuing this colossal endeavour over the years while attempting to preserve Sukwan’s luxuriant inner world as she is soon approaching adolescence and its many temptations.
Sik Fan is an animated short that surrounds Ying, a grumpy old father and his son Lee, an eager, kind hearted young man, who are grieving over their wife/mother, Mina
Kyle Brownrigg takes the stage in this hilarious half-hour stand-up special where he laments gender reveal parties, talks about his Irish boyfriend, and introduces the world to his drunk persona, Lyle.
Two siblings disobey their father by attempting to break one of his forbidden rules
The open road presents a point of departure for director lori lozinski to process deep-seated grief. Revisiting the formative experiences that drove her ambition, lozinski examines the influence of her parents in the present light of day.
Tim is a young father living in Pond Inlet, Nunavut. As his grandfather did before, he wants to start his own research to study water quality to benefit its community. Tim embarks on an inspiring journey that will lead to empowerment and cultural revitalization. The experience becomes an awakening for Tim and his team, a wind of change and adaptation for the community challenging the modern reality of the Canadian Arctic.
Exploding vinyl records, stereo gear, and cables come to life.
With their relationship on the rocks, David and Emily move to Halifax to catch a break from the pandemic and their monotonous routine. Upon meeting Emily's best friend Delilah and her local friend Meg, the already shaky groundwork of their relationship starts to fracture.
"We need good humor, happy moments and laughter with friends in these, shall we say, difficult days. Diane Obomsawin understands this need, with a visual that echoes classic cartoons and their hilarious characters. A versatile artist, Diane Obomsawin has given us a wonderful surprise by setting the table for future Summits to be held under the sign of joy and bursts of laughter," explains Marco de Blois.
The thrilling UAPAPUNAN adventure of two ultra athletes who fell in love with Quebec began on February 15, 2022. Facing extreme conditions to cross the Eye of Quebec (crater of Lake Manicouagan), Loury and Mathieu realized the northern expedition UAPAPUNAN, by following the icy surface that surrounds the 2,020 km2 René-Levasseur Island in winter. Immersion in a human, cultural and extreme adventure, offering breathtaking landscapes.
Live video performance of the entire Between the Bridges LP. Shot on film on February 4th, 2000 and released 22 years later.
As the spring thaw approaches in Saskatchewan, a young beekeeper struggles to maintain his bee colonies.
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.
As a skipper and fisherman head out to sea, the moon shines overhead and sea monsters conduct ceremony in the depths below.
Over a plate of mangos, a Filipino mother shares her experience working as a nurse.
A grandmother faintly narrates her quilts, as seen through the warped glass lens of a broken camera, a laptop webcam, and a clunky Xerox scanner.
A dreamlike love story exploring the budding relationship between two queer twenty-somethings.
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Halloween has been canceled. The Andersons sisters are stuck living together in their cozy little home. Having trouble getting along, they decide to seek family counseling when things go out of hand.
The head of the Iranian internet censorship organization attempts to clean up the scandal of viral sex footage on Iranian social media about a lesbian affair of his sister-in-law with an Iranian-Canadian girl.
We have lost connection with each other/nature and follow the false ego. We fill this emptiness with more emptiness that the powers that be feed us. Then it all ends. A catastrophic event/moment decimates the Earth. ‘Goodbye sunshine, hello dark skies, so long clean air, do you care?’
Kate and Sam are best friends, but there’s a tension building in their relationship. When Kate’s sister falls victim to an act of violence, they are determined to bring the perpetrator to justice. On a summer evening, their actions tear a hole in reality as the assailant’s heart falls out of his chest and onto the pavement, just as it begins to snow. Their relationship crumbles in the aftermath and the girls are left to question whether any of us are truly worthy of forgiveness.
Gyal explores the complex and layered history of heteropatriachal violence against Indo-Caribbean women and demands change.
A look within Laurie’s journey, throughout a night out with friends, to embrace her identity.
Amidst the outbreak of the pandemic in Montreal, a young drama teacher who has been keeping a secret from her family finds herself in a predicament after her father falls ill of COVID-19 and she is called back home to the Middle East.
On a film reel electrified by static charges, we meet five people who survived the impact of lightning.
Goose is short horror film set on a university campus, following a group of bartenders at the student pub. After they finish their shift and begin to walk home, they come to realize the world has changed drastically since last call. Soon they find themselves hunted by a deadly and determined predator hellbent on bloody chaos.
Arriving in Winnipeg's North End in search of a better life, young Ukrainian immigrant Eva finds a city filled with rundown, outdated establishments and a disproportional number of other immigrants all too in search for a new life, all desperately holding onto their language and cultural, creating a neighborhood of miscommunication, apathy and growing alienation.
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.
Cordelia finds playing with fire to be an effective coping mechanism. With the ember of hope this new fascination brings, Cordelia decides to go one step further – and use that fire to protect herself.
A documentary that offers a return in images to the creation of AHLA, Amazones d'hier, Lesbiennes d'aujourd'hui, a lesbian collective at the origin of the video of the same name shot in 1979 and also the eponymous magazine published between 1982 and 2014. Based on interviews conducted in May 2021 as well as archive footage, this documentary highlights the four founding members of the collective.
On September 7, 2012, Ashley MacDonald was sexually assaulted. In this powerful first time film, she talks to strangers about what that same day looked like in their own lives. What were they doing? What happened to them? The result is a documentary about processing trauma, and the power of openness and connection to help us heal.
A Calling Void is a short documentary-drama that sheds light on the complexity of emotion, distortions of reality and desperate needs for control a young woman encounters during her struggle with anorexia. Limited screenings in Vancouver are pending further festival submissions.
Psychotherapist and UoFT assistant professor Anderson Todd is no stranger to creeping feelings of despair. From the disappearing wildlife in his hometown Owen Sound to seeing news stories about melting ice sheets and decades-long droughts, there is no end to the parade of ominous news. Little wonder then, that the worried comments from Anderson’s clients and students about the future only increase and increase. And like many others, he finds it difficult to share this crushing dread with others without turning them away. But our short film isn’t just about anguish. It’s also about what we do now. No, our individual actions may not be able to change the course of feedback loops or reverse fossil fuel extraction. But that doesn’t mean we can’t be contributing a community, we can’t be learning useful skills, and we can’t be connecting with other people and making a difference in their lives, now or later.
Lucy experiences a fundamental change in her understanding of existence and struggles to find someone who will listen. If seeing, is believing, what happens when nobody believes what you've seen?
Four friends are reunited to have a picnic on the beach, a break from the chaos of the city. The plan to have a day at Hanlan’s Point, a gay nude beach on Toronto Island, has each character addressing their own personal complicated relationship to the beach and to the party culture that surrounds it.
We are in Simon’s head, an agoraphobe who is afraid of everything. He shows us his deep dark fears.
After the death of their son, a husband and wife do everything they can to bring him back.
This film tells the story of Noah, a young woman in her late twenties, who, the day after an unattached affair, finds herself pregnant and forced to make a heartbreaking choice. It is by turning to the tranquility of the countryside and to the wisdom of his grandmother Beatrice that Noah will be able to advance, step by step, in his thinking. It is sheltered by the grandiose calm of the great outdoors and by the love of his grandmother, beyond judgment, that Noah will be able to put his thoughts in order and make his decision.
Shot in Quebec, Canada, The Subterranean Blackness of Roots is a 16mm film triptych which uses several processes specific to analog cinema (hand processing, optical printing, photochemical alteration). The film seeks to show the sensory experience of the invisible life of stones, plants and the nature that surrounds us. It’s a dive into the heart of matter, the essence of the vegetal world and the nourishing earth.
Afflicted by various ailments and symptoms, François, Suzanne and Lorraine adapt or take refuge, challenged by the torments imposed by electrohypersensitivity.
In the midst of a quarrel, two lovers are suddenly interrupted by so-called intraterrestrials claiming their reconciliation could save the world.
Huahua, an eccentric and exuberant woman from Xiongan New Area, livestreams herself dancing, singing, and chatting with fans for a living. Cell phone screens, beauty filters, and digital soundscapes reveal a world that Huahua creates with her own image.
A woman goes into the woods to enjoy the peaceful nature only to be disturbed by a vile polluter so she decides to take matters into her own hands.
Set sail along the rugged northern coast of Ontario's magnificent Bruce Peninsula in TRIPPING The Bruce. Above the pristine turquoise waters are the towering cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment, and beneath the waters are dozens of sunken ships that Lake Huron has claimed. It is a stunning, primordial landscape filled with fascinating stories of rich bounty, human survival, and natural wonders.
Based on the book by Ned MacDonald comes this engaging feature documentary that explores the history of the Inverness Coal Mines. After an abundance of quality coal is discovered in a remote settlement on Cape Breton Island, wealthy foreign developers and miners arrive from across the world to extract the black gold from the depths. As the years continue, exploitation of the land and workers challenges the survival of Inverness Town and its people.
Hugo Meunier, journalist and well-known partygoer, leads the documentary investigation which examines the strange marriage between the management of the sale of alcohol in Quebec and public health issues.
Recovering from her experience as a caregiver for her mother, Maripierre sits in her cottage. Her sister Raphaëlle visits her and the two reflect on the day their mother sought out medically assisted death on October 5th.
One Friday night, Victor makes his escape and leaves his residence for adults with autism. Seeking freedom, he meets Jessy with whom he spends the night. Thanks to their encounter, Victor reconnects with himself and asserts his own identity.
Users of alternative community mental health resources express their relationship to art and life. The intimate experience of art, of the studio, of associating with artists and of seeing oneself as an artist changes their lives as they contemplate the relationship between art and madness.
Based on a text by Lisa Robertson (from her bracing book Nilling), a meditation on how cities are bound not by geography but laws and rules designed to exclude. Who is fully human and who works for minimum wage, or no wage at all? Between the titles, home-made animations pulse across the frame offering layered book fragments painted over with limbs, flowers and animals.
A short animated story about a creature named Pigu.