An eclectic mix of great short films: narratives, documentaries, animations, and music videos.
Schedules and Screening Blocks are subject to changes
Neighbours, Frank and Rose share a distain for each other. When Rose has a bad dementia episode in public and latches onto Frank, the walls come crashing down. Rose encourages Frank to fight his cancer and Frank assists Rose to live at home with her dementia unassisted.
Needing to flee the family home and protect her younger sister from Female Genital Mutilation, Zara reaches out to Maya, an old friend from the same community.
Despite aiding in the escape, Maya ultimately betrays Zara, bringing the sisters back home to face the consequences alone.
In an attempt to make her daughter "perfect" for the ball to attract the gaze of the prince, Haegin's fussy Fairy Godmother physically transforms her daughter with her magic into the "perfect princess". However, Fairy Godmother is about to learn that when she measures her daughter against strict beauty standards, she may lose what makes her unique in the first place.
Hannah ends three-year on-again, off-again "situationship" with Roman due to irreconcilable world views that have potentially serious ramifications. But it wasn't "all a wash."
Michèle has four children, from three different fathers. I’m her only daughter. She’s single, and works in the health sector. Her job carries a lot of responsibility, her bosses are American, and there’s constant pressure for results. Her car is both her workspace and her means of escape. She’s always on the road. She loves driving fast. When she comes home, she feels oppressed by the mountains. She dreams of a new start, by the sea, in the sun. Michèle is what the French call a bonne vivante - someone who enjoys having fun. She smokes far too much, and often drinks too much, too. She loves men, but refuses to get attached. She hasn’t got time for emotional turmoil. She’s a free spirit, who burns the candle at both ends. She’s a warrior. At the age of 56, she was diagnosed with devastating pancreatic cancer. I decided to leave Quebec, where I’d been living since the end of my film studies there, in order to be alongside her, in her battle against the disease. For the very first time, my mother took off her mask and let me in to her intimate world. I managed to get someone who had never stayed still, to open her heart…
Laura Lardeux
A young screenwriter is pitching her script when an old mentor arrives unexpectedly.
After watching her parents' difunctional relationship for years, Danica doesn't have an idea of what a healthy relationship looks like. Now, she is on a quest to gather money, though she keeps silent about what it's for.
From being abandoned in small-town Oklahoma, running with Andy Warhol, becoming homeless in Hawaii, to setting up shop in Santa Fe - this is the life of famed Native American artist Poteet Victory, in his own words.
Beth, an aspiring young artist, and her charming commitment phobic coworker, Brian, definitely have a “thing”. When he invites her along to a Halloween party, she thinks their relationship might actually move out of the “friend zone” spurring her to take a romantic leap of faith.
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