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Retributive Minds
(2020-08-11)Retributive Minds is a narrative short film in which Javid, an Iranian living abroad, returns to his home country to mourn the sudden death of his sister. Throughout this film, we understand that his sister has been the ... -
Color Correction
(2020-08-11)COLOR CORRECTION is a short fiction film that addresses the dilemma of Syrian women refugees who fled their stricken country seeking asylum in neighbouring countries like Turkey, Jordon, Lebanon, and Egypt, where they were ... -
Dr.B
(2020-08-11)Dr. B. is a 40-minute portrait film that reflects on the documentary process by focusing on the life of Juan Blechen (the Dr.), a charming 72-year-old Mexican-American, self-appointed warrior who idealizes indigenous Mexican ... -
Promise Me
(2020-08-11)Inspired by true events, Promise Me is a neorealistic fiction film that centers on Charlie Thomas (15), who is facing the reality that her mother Yolanda Thomas (40) is dying from the complications of living with HIV and ... -
Still Processing
(2020-05-11)A box of stunning family photos unearthed from storage and unseen for decades awakens lost memories as they are viewed for the first time on camera. Part narrative family drama and part personal essay film, Still Processing ... -
The 5%
(2020-05-11)"The 5% is a film that reflects on the true stories of deaf individuals. The filmmaker, Alexandra Hickoxs intent is to leave the audience with thoughts and questions after watching, and to consider deaf individuals actual ... -
Worth
(2020-05-11)Set in a remote Pakistani village, 'Worth' is a 13-minute fiction film about a poor widower who, due to an impending threat to his and his familys lives, decides to sell his infant son and use the money to escape with his ... -
Daffodils
(2020-05-11)Abstract Daffodils is a 19-minute narrative comedy about two estranged siblings who reconnect over the course of a robbery-gone-wrong. When Martha falls into heavy debt following a break-up, she tricks her brother Frank, ... -
Retrograde
(2020-05-11)Retrograde is a feature film screenplay that follows a disagreement between a police officer and a young woman who hold different interpretations of an incident leading to a traffic citation. After a jarring interaction ... -
Point and Line to Plane
(2020-05-11)"Point and Line to Plane" is an 18-minute short film which depicts the psychosis that can arise when an individual attempts to extract meaning from an intense loss. Stemming from Joan Didion and Sigmund Freuds theories of ... -
The Scent
(2019-11-22)The Scent is a short fiction film following Sarah, who is in a relationship with Jake, a PhD student in art history, and works as an intern for a business firm. It unfolds as a flashback. Jake fetishizes Sarahs back and ... -
Our House
(2019-11-22)Our House is a short socio-political drama about Anahita, an Iranian refugee in Toronto, who runs into the man who brutally murdered her parents at their home in Tehran years ago. Despite Anahitas attempts in the past to ... -
The Red Bicycle
(2019-11-22)The Red Bicycle is a 12-minute short fiction film about Mahal (20), a young Afghan woman who is arrested on the charge of a love crime, losing her virginity in a romantic relationship before marriage. After she befriends ... -
Where the Blood Is
(2019-11-22)A feature length fiction screenplay combining the genres of horror, holiday, and family drama, Where the Blood Is tells the story of Bud O'Brien, a rural Ontario cop who must lure his estranged son John home for Christmas ... -
Vuta N'Kuvute (A Tug of War)
(2019-11-22)Vuta nkuvute (A Tug of War) is a feature-length fiction screenplay based on Adam Shafis award-winning Swahili novel, which is taught in high school literature classes across Tanzania. The story explores a forbidden romance ... -
Revolution Moosehide
(2019-11-22)Revolution Moosehide is a 47-minute documentary that follows Melaw Nakehko, a Dene moosehide tanner, activist, artist and actor, from the Northwest Territories. Nakehkos is an extraordinary journey of cultural resurgence ... -
Birthday
(2019-11-22)BirthDay is a 28-minute experimental narrative film set in Toronto, following one day in the life of three immigrants: an Afghani woman, a Serbian man, and a Syrian boy who lives with his grandmother. Their lives are ... -
Miriam's World
(2019-11-22)Miriams World is a multi-screen, multi-media interactive installation piece, based on Martha Baillies novel The Incident Report. Laid out like a journal, the book comprises 144 incidents in the main character Miriam Gordons ... -
Aqui y alla (Here and There)
(2019-11-22)Aqu y All is a 22-minute experimental documentary that reflects on family as an emotional system that operates across generations by focusing on the passing of time, the possibilities of remembering and the construction ... -
El Mundo o Nada (The World or Nothing)
(2019-11-22)El Mundo o Nada (The World or Nothing) is the first non-fiction feature film by Slovak-Canadian filmmaker, Ingrid Veninger. A portrait of 29-year-old twin brothers, Rubert and Rubildo, which begins two-months after their ...
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