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As August creeps in, Nav forms an intimate bond with an audacious painter and a middle-aged laser tag owner. Just as he begins to find himself, summer inescapably comes to an end.

A young man, obsessed with improving his guitar playing, goes to disturbing lengths to achieve his dreams once he starts to suspect that his music Instructor is hiding a magical secret.

If the wind spoke the language of children, what would its voice be? The film tells the story of migrating children that have found refuge from war in an abandoned school, protected from the horrifying whistling of the wind. When one of them disappears, they decide to break the silence and reunite to commemorate the loss.

A young girl explores her relationship with fear through poetry.

Tracing back a lost identity, hidden in the forests of an abandoned war zone. How does trauma get carried on from a generation to another and is there a way to stop the cycle? The filmmaker tries to understand how to heal from the pressures of the past by searching for their grandmother's childhood home. Taking the journey with their parents, they find themselves in a village located in the old Karelia, now a part of Russia.

The truth about High School friends spills over into their adult lives and comes back to reveal itself. and although they know the truth, they still try to keep the lies hidden. The truth starts to unravel when the wife's best friend kidnaps her husband.

Joel Plaskett, Rob Benvie and Ian MacGettigan of Thrush Hermit drop by the murderecords head office where a tough but fair Patrick Pentland is running the show. Thrush Hermit are about to release mur004, the Smart Bomb EP. Jay Ferguson and Chris Murphy make cameos in the murderecords songwriting department.

This short sensory film explores the internal process of Alexina Louie, whose unique sound has established her as one of Canada’s most performed and highly regarded composers.

The transparent, holographic portions from Canadian dollar bills are contact printed on to 16mm film. A cameraless, dizzying closer look at the monarch, maple leaves and colonial structures that secure and validate our legal tender.

For generations, the sound of traditional Inuit drum dancing fell silent in Labrador due to colonization. In the early 21st century, the beat of the drum returned, and with it a renewed sense of pride in Inuit culture. Evan’s Drum tells the story of seven-year-old Evan Winters of Happy Valley-Goose Bay as he learns from his mother, Amy, how to drum dance. Amy hopes that her son will continue this newly reclaimed tradition and help to pass it on to future generations of Inuit. Labrador Inuk filmmaker Ossie Michelin brings us into the home of the Winters-Allen family for an intimate look as the revitalized tradition of drum dancing is once more passed down through the generations. Evan’s Drum provides a window into modern Inuit family life through the story of Evan and his family, who work alongside their community to keep the drumbeat alive.

In this whimsical story of a young man who embraces failure, abandons self-judgment and has no qualms about sucking at a hobby he loves, we consider the rewards of pushing back against a culture that values perfection and performance above all else.

Our story begins a long time ago on the Nootka Island where the people Nuu-Chah-Nulth lives. Kanda, a young playful and reckless girl, is rejected by the villagers. She decides to get her revenge and begins an impossible quest.

Writer and community organizer Dave Meslin thinks that bad public notices are hurting our democracy—and he's calling on graphic designers to show us what we're missing.

A short film about a girl named Dhanvi , who spends years looking for a Great Treasure, only to find that it was right under her nose all along.

Jack, is a young man adjusting to a life of solitude after the passing of a longtime lover. He goes about his daily life in a state of limbo where every day feels like the rest. Throughout the film, he discusses his condition with his therapist Dr. Laurence. With her help, Jack hopes to put his past behind him and move on even if it means he must leave a piece of him behind.

Ariane wears a hazmat suit to protect herself from the world. Forced to go out one night to visit her dying mother in the hospital, she is stalked by a mysterious creature that only appears when filmed by her phone.

Two friends find more than they bargained for while hiking out in the treacherous wilderness.

How To Clean Your Closet combines glitched clips from adult films with sound bites from an old tape cassette with the same title. Cleaning your closet couldn't be more fun!

When a radical, Indigenous, feminist, and a devout, Black, Mormon are paired up on a school assignment they exchange contact information and reluctantly begin chatting via text. Though they are not compatible on paper, and IRL, they soon discover they are better at texting.

Two university students preparing for their graduation accidentally stumble into a genre-crossing adventure in an attempt to find the owner of a magic TV remote.

In an effort to confront childhood neglect, a young man hires someone to act as his father in hopes of processing his long-ignored feelings.

Jirka rents a room in his Prague apartment to a bodybuilding tourist who constantly trains all over the city. Jirka can’t help but spy on this mysterious visitor, but quickly realizes he might be the one getting spied on.

Facing financial challenges and constant risks of injury, an innovative ballet company strives to bring the iconic Canadian story of Anne of Green Gables to new diverse audiences.

A high-school theatre student fears she won't measure up to castmates expectations and learns all teens have the fear of not fitting in.

A subtle, serene look at a man, the shed where he paints pictures, and the reason why.

Documentary about the history of the Communist Party of Canada

Little Philippe is impatient to see his father back as he is coming to his hometown to see him. While they spend time together, Philippe still looks up to this man, but he starts feeling that maybe there is something wrong going on.

A girls cures her bulimia through cannibalism.

In Bha Iad Làn Sgeulachdan, my grandfather Willie Francis Fraser reflects on the long-form storytelling he heard in his youth on Cape Breton Island, his relationship to the Gaelic language, and his extraordinary experience of learning to dance in a series of dreams he had as a boy.

A Filipino couple in Calgary, Alberta perseveres through a long-distance relationship redolent of the many years they spent apart in the past. Before, international borders separated them. Now, a virus. While Roderick, a Cargill meat plant worker, recovers in the hospital from a COVID-induced stroke, his wife, Norie, summons the strength to support her family.

Short Experimental Documentary on noise musician and author Lisa Carver.

Ticketed for What? is a short documentary about Toronto's homeless community being unfairly ticketed under the Ontario Safe Streets Act.

In post-apocalyptic earth, a small creature uses the previous belongings of humans to briefly peer into their life. This story follows the encounter of a long abandoned cellphone once owned by a human named Ash. Every life holds a rapid catalog of experiences, but what does the creature see in Ash’s?

A young girl and her visiting Abuela are forced to connect, despite the language barrier that separates them.

30 years after the end of the Iran-Iraq war, 'Sami' who is bruised by the death of his wife on a mine site; is still struggling to de-mine his mine-polluted land.

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action,
and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. 
And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost. 
The world will not have it.. Dance Film Based on Martha Graham's Vitality featuring Canadian Dancer and teacher Alayna Kellet. Narrated by Avaah Blackwell.

17 year old, Jeremy Owens visits a small town in Ontario, Canada to create a documentary on a local disappearance of 2 kids that has haunted the town for 12 years. After Jeremy arrives in town he begins to suspect that somebody may be watching him, and before long these suspicions quickly become a reality for Jeremy.

‘Wendy’ is a film response to the work of composer, electronic music innovator and polymath, Wendy Carlos. The work orbits a duet rehearsal for four hands on one piano. Together, Frances Scott and Chu-Li Shewring learn to play ‘Timesteps’, transcribed from the original score composed by Wendy Carlos, first imagined for Anthony Burgess’ book, ‘A Clockwork Orange’ (1962), and later realised for the soundtrack to Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 film adaptation.

Seeking YouTube fame, Seamus and Travis somehow find themselves caught in a money laundering scheme run by the "Mexican Drug Cartel". BUT WHAT IS MONEY LAUNDERING? I don't know, and neither do they...

An informercial salesman reconciles his loneliness after 5 years spent in the post apocalyptic ruins by creating an infomercial about killing giant bugs, but the thing is, he's really just lost it after a year in quarantine.

Perception and intelligence in plant life have been gaining scientific attention and recognition in recent decades. Gestures Toward Plant Vision offers a cinematic meditation on how plants might visually perceive their worlds and inspires viewers to consider other ways trees and plants, in all their varieties, might neurobiologically create images to see in stillness, motion, layers, form, colour, light, shadow, and/or time. Imagery and sound for the film were collected and created at the Workshop on Art, Nature, and Technology 2016 led by plant scientist Dr. Stefano Mancuso and held at the garden home of Daniel Spoerri in Tuscany, Italy.

A Starting Point follows three colleagues on a 65 km non-stop winter trek to raise awareness about homelessness in Waterloo Region. Meanwhile, an ongoing discussion examines the impacts of rapid development, the affordable housing crisis, and the community's potential to set an example as leaders social compassion.

A short film about the importance of communication and a balanced diet.

The late elder Ida Smith tells the traditional ‘Nakwaxda’xw legend of the mink.

A short, motion-comic film about a non-binary Afro-Indigenous youth who turns to the water for guidance.

On his last day on earth, Charlie is forced to reflect on what really matters. While spending his day at a hotel, a writer arrives to document his final moments. As the hours go by, Charlie realizes the writer is by his side for a deeper reason than it first appeared.

A Toronto filmmaker returns to his declining hometown to reconnect with his father and grandfather, the two men who have shaped his life. Beautifully shot in black and white, this tender film captures a rural town and family in flux.

Fireworks are used in protest to advocate for prison abolition in "Fly Away with Me" by Maude Matton, Amina Mohamed and Nikki Shaffeeullah. Told through the monologue of a prison drone, the insidious labour of state surveillance is enacted through the mantra 'surveil, contain, protect.'

An Indigenous series of animated short films that explore personal stories of loss. How to cope with the loss of your leg, your children, your marriage, your voice... and everything.

Without any international races held in 2020, Mathieu Blanchard takes on the challenge of crossing the Gaspé Peninsula over the hinterland. His goal is to run over 650km and 30,000m of elevation gain in a week from the Matapedia valley to the end of the world in Forillon. He will confront his physical and mental limits, while the uncertainty about his ability is greater than ever.​

A short film that explores the intersections of queerness, creativity and culture with three Italian-Canadian writers living in Montreal. What does it mean to be queer and Italian Canadian? And what experiences do queer Italian Canadians have when their sexual orientation and gender identity come in contact with their cultural heritage and traditions?

Montreal artistic collective House of Pride takes you behind the scenes of innovative performances in drag, dance and the performing arts. A queer film that plays with gender in a provocative, avant-garde, innovative and legendary way while celebrating female power!

Two women struggle to openly love each other.

Over 20 years have passed since Elwy Yost last served as the beloved host of TVO's Saturday Night at the Movies and Magic Shadows. His infectious enthusiasm for cinema and interviews with actors, filmmakers, and critics influenced generations and left an enduring legacy with audiences across Ontario. Through archival footage and interviews with family, friends, and colleagues, this film tells the story of how a school teacher from Weston, Ontario became a Hollywood film authority.

Made directly on film stock without the use of a camera, hand-developed and optically copied using classical techniques, the images create the appearance of natural structures and flying creatures with immersive foley effects.