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- A politician has just a couple of minutes to convince people to vote for him, and tries to seduce his audience with promises he thinks they want to hear.
- A Man is lost in the memory of his wife and the last good day they spent together.
- A love triangle is complicated by an urban legend, Captivus, whereby an entangled couple cannot physically separate themselves.
- 'Where Are the Dolls' follows a woman as she embarks on a late-night journey through an unfamiliar urban landscape, searching for something she cannot name. The film is inspired by the poem 'Where are the dolls who loved me so....' by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979). An impressionistic dream that emerges from the woman's subconscious, the film navigates issues of femininity, intimacy and sexuality.
- An allegory - where the virtual has taken over the real and where physical bodies are not present.
- Set in Ottawa's historic grand hotel on the eve of a young couple's arranged wedding, Chateau Laurier offers a wry slice-of-life glimpse into romance in the 1900s.
- Musical mantra derived from machine-gun micro-montage.
- A gripping meditation on masculinity and violence, A Man's Story follows young painter Kam after a triggering boxing practice forces him to confront his father about his domestic abuse.
- Jocelyn works at her Uncle's "Crying Booths" in the country, while crying is forbidden in the cities.
- Cyberspace and Cyberwar....what is right and what is wrong.
- After an absence, Evan unexpectedly returns to face his now-famous, former bandmates. The surprise reunion is bittersweet, in this intimate depiction of the knotty complexities of relating to old friends, after everything has changed.
- A blacklisted reporter reinvents a dead-end tabloid as a credible online news source, only to discover her true voice and that through small press, she can make a big difference.
- Where futures are known and happiness is guaranteed by G.O.D., a mother is given a choice- her child or her perfect future.
- Four young trick-or-treaters set out on a door-to-door adventure - making their way from house to house, collecting strange treats as they go - that could very well end up being... the Last Halloween!
- Bradley Moore is having a BAD day. He gets dumped, evicted and fired all before lunch. But when a stranger offers Brad a Golden Ticket, allowing him act without consequence for the remainder of the day, things take a turn...
- An injured policeman is surgically enhanced and recruited for a Special Ops team.
- A jovial shirtless man attempts to rouse a contingent of lethargic dancers to life in NUDE CABOOSE. His highjinks really get the deadbeats bustin' out until something unusual catches his eye. Dance floor seduction distilled into a fateful moment!
- A young woman is found in the middle of an empty Montreal street, lost and without any recollection of how she got there. She's brought in by police who proceed to interview her - does she remember who she is? Can anyone else remember?
- While a small-town sheriff investigates a mysterious multiple murder scene, a brilliant young software engineer is bizarrely linked to the crime and to a much bigger conspiracy.
- Everyone has "that" friend - the one who shows up uninvited, drinks all your booze, and hits on your girlfriend - who we all secretly hate and wish would just go away; one night, a group of friends decide enough is enough and there's only one way to get rid of him for good - they MUST KILL KARL.
- An old woman must triumph over Death in a Mexican wrestling match if she wishes to save her husband and daughter.
- Jon and Caitlin imagine in great detail what disasters may occur if they were to lose their heads, follow their hearts and finally kiss.
- Packing up his office on his last day, a university professor discovers that retirement may not be what he had hoped. A poignant glimpse of the fragility of meaning in human existence.
- At the defining moment of his military career, Sir Francis Drake risks everything to engage his nemesis in a battle of honour. It's 1596. Spain declares war against England. Sir Francis Drake and his navigator and best friend, Giovanni Battista Boazio, are called upon to protect the Queen's shores and lead her Navy to victory. Before the battle begins, Sir Drake encounters his old nemesis, Vice Admiral Lord Howard of Effingham. The men are quickly embroiled in a surprising yet fiery showdown, the force of which not even an attacking Spanish Armada can extinguish. 'First we finish the game, then we finish the invincible Armanda.' --Sir Francis Drake
- Group Home tells the story of Pat (Louza) a single dad running a home for abused kids and teens in early 1980's Toronto, while struggling to raise his own two sons, Jason and Reggie. His co-worker, Winnie (Bent) is everything that Pat isn't - charming, good looking, witty and a hit with the ladies. The two share a brotherly bond, highlighted by their mutual motivation to improve the lives of kids who never asked to end up on the doorstep of the Group Home.
- A science fiction, off-beat comedy about a boy who has an existential crisis about his place in the world after learning that the universe will one day collapse in an epic big crunch.
- On a summer day in the 1950s, a native Cree girl watches the countryside go by from the backseat of a car. A woman at her kitchen table sings a lullaby in her Cree language. When the girl arrives at her destination, she undergoes a transformation that will turn the woman's gentle voice into a howl of anger and pain.
- Canadian First Nations actors Tara Beagan, Lorne Cardinal and Thomas King recite a poem about what it means to First Nations. They explain that society's perception is guided by images in films and other media of "Indians", but that they are not "the Indians (we) have in mind" as portrayed in those images. Although some of those images are positive and some negative, they tend to be stereotypes. First Nations people in Canada, they explain, live like everyone else - they're your neighbors, your bus drivers, your shopkeepers. But First Nations people have to live in the way that is provided to them from decisions made by the earliest settlers.
- A warming planet has made water scarce, food a rarity, and wearing plants like jewelry fashionable. James, a hapless office worker, becomes obsessed with nurturing his plant in order to obtain the respect of his peers and risks everything to not Wait for Rain. Wait for Rain is a futuristic comedy about James the pitiful office worker who must sacrifice himself to get the attention of the girl he desires. WAIT FOR RAIN is the winner of the National Screen Institute Drama Prize, the Bravo!Fact, the National Film Board FAP, and the festival winner at the Okanagan and Comic Con Film Festivals. It is the anticipated follow-up to Kyle's first short film Hop the Twig.
- A young hairdresser with big hair and an attitude to match, thinks she is much better than the bargain-basement salon where she works.
- Inspired by true events, residential school survivor Jacob Wematim, struggles to hang onto his land and indigenous identity as his personal demons resurface and manifest in the form of the Wendigo spirit.
- An unsolved homicide in a small, rural town leaves two former police partners in ruins and unearths a dark secret that's since formed between them.
- Officer Daniel O'Shea must go to extraordinary lengths to get a confession.
- It's the end of the evening on a rooftop bar. The only two people remaining are the waitress/bartender named Sylvia and a male patron, who is cleaning his revolver in front of her. As Sylvia slyly handles the revolver, the two talk of its intended use to kill the man's wife. As the two tango with the revolver in Sylvia's possession, they speak about who will be the one to pull the trigger. The man is planning on hiring a professional, Sylvia who volunteers to be that professional. But as the man poses the rhetorical question of who would hire a woman to be a hit man, Sylvia provides him with an answer.
- While a soldier prepares for his imminent deployment, his partner struggles to capture every nuance of what may be their last morning together.
- When his girlfriend kicks him out of their apartment, a repentant young man tries to win back her heart by serenading her with his trusty guitar. The results are not quite as he'd expected.
- A profile of author Mordecai Richler.
- A dance interpretation of the poem Nothing Twice by Wislawa Szymborska, seen through the eyes of a older poet at her typewriter.
- Nothing is what it appears when a young woman meets a young man outside a wedding.
- Sidney, a female android discovers she has feelings for Markus, her owner and must put her life on the line to gain a human connection. His girlfriend, Natalie gives a great help.
- David Karr, husband, father, White House press reporter, film producer, powerful millionaire, defense contractor, Corporate CEO, renaissance businessman. . . Soviet agent? A fast paced, introspective look at the enigmatic life of a most influential ancestor. Taking a clear-eyed, comedic look at the life of this complex character and the events surrounding his untimely demise, the film reaches to understand the forces that push an individual to immerse himself in a nefarious web of danger and infamy.
- "Brunt Toast" is the brainchild of the same team that created "Toothpaste", the 6-minute domestic opera that has been screened throughout the world has received numerous international prizes. Also featuring Scott Thompson, Mark McKinney, Colin Mochrie and Jessica Holmes, "Burnt Toast" is a series of eight comedic vignettes which were written by Dan Redican (story editor for Kids in the Hall). The stories follow the arc of the modern relationship from a darkly comedic viewpoint with each vignette using a different set of characters to tell stories from unrequited love through to marriage and on to divorce. What truly makes this project unique? It's an opera! That's right, all of the characters within these contemporary domestic settings spontaneously break out into grand operatic song in order to express even the most mundane thought - often with extremely funny results. This is achieved through pre-recording the tracks with famous opera singers and playing them back on-set where a mix of talented actors and opera stars bring these characters to life.
- The toughest kid at school puts the fear of god into the scrawniest 8 year old on campus by telling him vicious rumors of The Strap. But sometimes the little guy can really topple the giant.
- Based on Sonnets 14 and 66 by William Shakespeare, the piece is also inspired by the paintings and artwork of, and dedicated to, Maple Batalia. Maple was a nineteen year old Simon Fraser University student, model, actress and aspiring doctor who was gunned down in the parkade of the SFU campus after a late-night of studying. The House of Kiran and The Batalia Family have created the Maple Batalia Memorial Fund, which is comprised of a SFU Health Sciences Scholarship and The Maple Batalia Bursary for The Arts.
- Rediscovers a tale of judgment, condemnation, hope, faith and redemption.
- Lenore, Monty and Trevor work in adjoining cubicles, and have the same boss, Taylor. To Taylor's face, the three are all smiles and cooperation for what Taylor asks them to do, but behind his back, they hate him despite Taylor being a less than harsh boss to them. The three decide to kill Taylor, violent fantasies of which each has had without previously telling the other two. Lenore ends up being the one with the torturous plan - they don't want his death to be quick and painless - and the equipment on hand to carry it out. But an incident outside of their control may change their plans.
- A woman searches for her next girlfriend.
- Noodle Boy must face his fears in order to save Miss Fortune.