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Two early thirty-somethings carry out the most honest job interview ever. A jaded HR recruiter and an uninspired candidate discover that they have more in common than they initially thought.

Blinded by hate, Ellis finds himself on a quest to rediscover clarity, as he stares down his past once and for all.

Along with conceiving of AI as a mutilated potentiality for personhood, autonomy, and self-actualization, another possible avenue of consideration is calling on AI as a form of ritual, and how its manifestations become a form of architecture that facilitates “rituals”, where generative/computing tools and interfaces act as a form of supplication. Like a computational ouija board, familiar frameworks of “AI” (the server, the website, the application, etc.) suppose it as a locus, a place of containment, enclosing the incorporeal, as a sort of archive of objects, ideas, voices, and thoughts. It offers a perceived impenetrable refuge, constructing a reality that is (un)comfortable and (un)familiar. It also represses fear of the known unknown, or the awareness of a vastness that we cannot completely comprehend.

Walking home alone can be scary sometimes, can’t it? For many, walking alone in fear is a daily occurrence. Sometimes you just can’t shake the feeling that something or someone is lurking around the corner waiting for you… even if it never does come.

A little dog dreams big.

A nude cycling event is hounded by a right-wing picketer attempting to sabotage it.... Cartoon Slapstick Ensues! Inspired by the international event "World Naked Bike Ride"

A future tenant visits an apartment, but the owner does not seem to want to give him only a tour...

Entretierra opens with an extended shot of two sun hats on a bag, bobbing along on a seat in a moving train. In voice-over we hear a man talking about the day he was kidnapped and killed, and how his mother went looking for him.

Fifteen-year-old Lily Rosenberg challenges ableism in the fashion industry as her mom guides and supports her dreams.

Waiting Up to Meet the Wolf is a quiet call to action for humanity to reverse the rapid decline of dark skies, told through personal memories of the dark from the director’s childhood and adult life. Coalescing the past, present and future, the film weaves these stories around those of the Moonlight Tower, a short-lived 19th century lighting technology. The film’s day as night ambient audio track, visual shakiness and interruptive transitions are designed to create a slightly off-kilter viewing experience, echoing the widespread confusion or “nocturnal jet-lag” felt by much of the animal kingdom when darkness is lost or altered. Shot on 16mm, the film was hand-processed using homemade eco-reversal techniques that complemented the subject matter; from charcoal development to car headlight exposure. The film owes its very existence to that which it laments, the presence of unwanted and at times uncontrolled light.

Dérailler is an experimental short film of approximately 3 minutes that mixes animation techniques and live action. The entire production was done on the train, round trip, between Toronto and Vancouver. Directly inspired by the environment and the experience of travel, the film takes the audience into the cabin where it was made and where one's thoughts can only wander as they follow the winding railways through ever-changing landscapes. It is a contemplative, aesthetic and sensitive film.

An intimate look into the journey of non-binary artist and drag performer; Mike Hooves, as they navigate their new life and identity after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

In 2023, Carousel Theatre’s drag camp faced extreme homophobic and transphobic backlash. Performers, educators, and youth reflect on the many joys of drag.

The fragmented memories of a Two Spirit Métis person weave into landscapes as they imagine healing after sexual assault.

A poignant documentary short portraying a Michigan library worker and mother of a transgender child as she confronts the rising tide of book-banning in her community. In the face of mounting censorship threats in the United States, from contentious school board meetings to community debates, courageous librarians find themselves at the forefront of a battle to protect the freedom to read. Set against the backdrop of her community library's impending closure due to censorship attempts and escalating threats against librarians, The Canary intimately explores the personal challenges she confronts, illuminating the profound impact of censorship on her family.

What are "Nuisance Animals"? What are "Companion Species"? Alone and together, their stories are revealed through overlapping spotlights.

In Omolola Ajao's enthralling story of the ghosts of migration, a young woman takes a hard look into her family's past and exposes difficult truths beneath the surface of her African Canadian church community.

The picking of sweetgrass becomes an action — and word — with profound meaning in this gently mesmerizing piece by multidisciplinary writer and artist shalan joudry.

A defecting soldier is faced with caring for an orphan she encounters as they try to escape a dictatorship.

When Remington, a new non-binary student at St. Joan of Arc Academy, bumps into devoutly Catholic Jules on the first day of senior year, a forbidden romance blossoms. When cast as the leads in a school production of "Romeo and Juliet", the Shakespeare play blends into real life. Will this be just another Shakespeare tragedy, or can Jules and Remington take back control of their own destiny?

As her cellphone abruptly powers off, what was supposed to be a routine subway journey turns into a nightmare for Ursula. Caught in the grip of an anxiety attack between two stations, Ursula finds herself disoriented, frightened, and suffocated. To overcome this terrifying ordeal, she must delve deep into her subconscious and reclaim control by mastering her breath.

Larry goes door-to-door, convinced he's selling happiness through the images broadcast by a revolutionary retro portable TV.

Quit your whining, it's feeding time!

Witness an innocent little lizard be subjected to thousands of years of technological development in a continuous morphing transition. From a stone wheel to a barrage of factory products, Redevolve snaps nature out of its tranquil state to show us the wonders of high-paced productivity and the toll that industrialization has had on our ability to take things slow and simmer under the sun.

Pandemonium erupts after four high school students discover their math teacher's dead body and turn into self-styled detectives.

A film about growing up in the twilight of industrial Hamilton, Ontario. Sam & Franklin spend an endless, muggy summer exploring their industrial neighborhood. Electrical towers dot the beach and factories loom high above them as strange, hallucinatory experiences take hold.

An audiovisual collage incorporating recorded and found footage, altered super 8 film, still images, and digital manipulations. Birth, Death + Entertainment explores the intersectionality of a queer and neurodivergent identity and its subsequent correlations to existential dread.

In a chamaleonic and confined space lives the perfectionist Eva, however an anomaly progressively humanizes her by showing her fears and doubts. Suddenly her instinct is all she has in her boxed nightmare.

Dive into the depths of the human mind as you encounter a colorful cast of characters and explore more about yourself. All you need to do is let me in.

A musical gardener ejects his hired hand, leading to things on his little planet going horribly astray.

A small town bowling team watch a bowling animation, showing the life of a depressed bowling pin named Jerald.

A short film about sampling.

A soft, split-screen montage of still photos jostles blossoms against a wintry poem from Echo Park Film Center’s Haiku You workshop.

Three best friends travel on a backcountry trip in the Alberta Rockies. Rugged footage contrasted with intimate audio interviews creates a portrait revealing the nuances of masculinity and male friendships.

Retro and satirical vision of Thanksgiving.

In a church, the golden light hits a figure’s wing scars. Their rosary sways from one hand, as sounds of leather against skin rings throughout the air. As they reach the altar on their knees, their hands come together in lieu of prayer. They find themselves transported to a place where they share food offerings and intimate touches with another being.

From the impulses of the body to the union of nature, painting and music become a trance of creation. An impetus that is as internal as it is external gives birth to an experience and a world of moving lights.

A Dadaist adventure in a world of drawings in which two doodles unexpectedly meet a guru, swim in the river of pastel and live in the moment through the pages of a notebook.

A filmmaker searches for the eight winds of the Mediterranean on the island of Corsica.

A man is going insane and cannot remember his face or his other memories.

A dying star painted on scrap 35mm black and white film.

Experimentation on paper exploring artistic appropriation in cinema and how each film borrows from the works that preceded it.

Two teenagers have deep conversation through a message in a bottle and overtime develop feelings for each other.

Two best friends accidentally summon a demon who reveals a secret that might tear their relationship apart.

A lovesick teenager spends the day awaiting a phone call.

A group of explorers and their intern investigate a haunted property

After meeting at an infamous clown school in France, five international theatre artists travel to Calgary, Canada with the goal of creating and staging four original shows in under three months.

In search of independence, a young woman moves out of her childhood home and into a place of her own. But independence comes with a cost as she navigates her decaying relationships in the looming presence of an encroaching spore invasion. A coming-of-age story tinged with climate anxiety, inspired by the real-life environmental catastrophes hitting the Pacific Northwest, including heat waves, floods, and (impending) earthquakes.

Desperate for human touch, a middle-aged man follows the woman of his dreams through an alternate-reality hallucination.

This Instagram post is now a short film—a meme turned theatre. What happens when a meme becomes a film? new phone who dis? The post's essence stretches beyond your grasp. Can memes exist outside the phone? I bleed the meme for you. I bleed real for you. Always shifting, always ending. remember when your body ended? That’s when you saw it on your phone.

Through the impulses and transmissions that animate our existence, where every movement sets the pace of our daily lives, PULSE takes a contemplative look at the pulse of time and questions our place in this relentless race, inviting us to reflect on our ability to detach from it.

When a man wants a piece of cheese, nothing can stop him.