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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.
- '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.
- 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.
- An allegory - where the virtual has taken over the real and where physical bodies are not present.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- While a soldier prepares for his imminent deployment, his partner struggles to capture every nuance of what may be their last morning together.
- A love triangle is complicated by an urban legend, Captivus, whereby an entangled couple cannot physically separate themselves.
- Musical mantra derived from machine-gun micro-montage.
- 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.
- 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.
- Jon and Caitlin imagine in great detail what disasters may occur if they were to lose their heads, follow their hearts and finally kiss.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cyberspace and Cyberwar....what is right and what is wrong.
- A troubled teenager named Harrison Beckett, depressed by his parents' constant fighting, buys a gun. Three different outcomes are presented to the discovery of the gun in his possession.
- 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?
- Over the course of his youth in the country, a boy contends with his domineering father, who believes that if you kill something, you have to eat it.
- Jocelyn works at her Uncle's "Crying Booths" in the country, while crying is forbidden in the cities.
- 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.
- 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.
- Suzette is in an awful jam. Born deaf and poor in the rough and tumble mill town of Big Pine, she struggles to pay down her daddy's gambling debts by working nights as a cigarette girl at Big Jack Montag's swinging club, The Sweet Hippo. Problem is, Big Jack wants more from Suzette than just her time and half her tips. As time wears on, Suzette's hopes and dreams dwindle and fade. And now, making things worse, she thinks she might be falling in love with the club's star performer, Suitcase Sam! What's a girl to do?
- A boy uses his imagination to escape a house filled with violence and drug abuse.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- An exploration of love and sexuality of people with cerebral palsy.
- "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.
- An 8 year old boy and recent immigrant to Canada finds a wallet that leads him on a journey to discover the owner.
- Noodle Boy must face his fears in order to save Miss Fortune.
- 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!
- Officer Daniel O'Shea must go to extraordinary lengths to get a confession.
- The film centers on an unusual photograph dating back to the 1930s. An investigation of its particulars reveals a tapestry of secrets hidden in the details, and a tale of kidnapping and murder captured in a haunting moment.
- Trapped in professional purgatory, four junior bankers must decide what they truly want before it's too late.
- In the final days before Christmas, young Curtis is concerned about his status on Santa's 'List'. Despite his good intentions, Curtis is roped into questionable acts by his evil older brother and delinquent father. Curtis and his best friends - Rex the dog, and his Canuck-Man action figure, come up with a plan to turn things around. But considering the title of this short, their odds of success are low. "The Day Santa Didn't Come" is a story of dearly dysfunctional family life in small-town Canada, and the little guy's struggle to overcome it all.
- 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.
- 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.
- The fight to win the title of next girlfriend is the subject of this hilarious short. Nine women are questioned by an unknown interviewer to see if they measure up.
- 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 beautiful baker teaches eager students the art of baking bread. Set to irresistibly funky dance music, Baking Lessons is a fun filled romp through a most unusual tutorial. You will never view a two-bun loaf in quite the same way.
- Catherine Kelly is a housewife in an insecure relationship. Her world is ruptured by a chance encounter with two grifters as they charm and manipulate their way into the hearts and pockets of vulnerable suburbanites.
- There are strange things done in the midnight sun.
- When Larry wakes up in a stranger's bed with no idea of how he got there, he has only one hope of escape - the ultimate wingman, his best buddy Dave.
- What happens when a ten-year-old boy suddenly learns he has just a few hours to live? When Ben comes down with the flu, his parents call their neighbour, a retired doctor to have a look. The Doc diagnoses a mild flu. However - Ben later hears his father and Doc, talking outside his window. Doc announces that "he probably won't make it through the day." Ben does not realize that Doc is talking about his aged Golden Retriever. Unbeknownst to his parents, Ben is resigned to the fact that he has just hours to live. The film is a poignant, funny description of those hours.