TADFF 2015 Shorts
The short films that screened at the 2015 edition of the Toronto After Dark Film Festival. This list includes both the Shorts After Dark international program and the Canada After Dark shorts screening with the festival features.
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- DirectorBenjamin de Los SantosBefore escaping an intense interrogation, James gets drugged. Now, nothing can stop him... Nearly nothing!!
- DirectorEric MainadeAndres Meza-ValdesDiego Meza-ValdesStarsCarmela ZumbadoFelix CortesAlex GarayAn illegal migrant worker decides it's time to move on from picking crops and find her father. Little does she know, insidious supernatural forces have a different plan for her. Some borders aren't meant to be crossed.
- DirectorPaul Urkijo AlijoStarsOrtzi AcostaTxema BlascoElias GarcíaSir Hector, a brave knight in armor and steed, prepares to enter the wicked Black Forest to deliver a beautiful and virginal lady prey of a terrible ogre.Screened as "The Black Forest".
- DirectorFabian VelascoStarsJim KirbyMilos MitrovicA boxer on death row awaits execution.
- DirectorLyndon HorsfallStarsJennifer GoughTorin LangenRyan LeandresOn the last broadcast of punk rock radio show "Dead Baby Syrup," DJ Eve St. Tilly invites her fans to visit the station. When one convinces her to play his band's record, all hell breaks loose.
- DirectorJosh JonesMorgan Galen KingStarsJon TomlinsonMac RidgeDave HoffensonRotoscope animated by hand, this gritty, violent, fantasy short follows a group of warriors as they face an immortal foe at the gates of a long since destroyed fortress. At stake in the battle are the very secrets of the universe. Like a mix of CONAN THE BARBARIAN and 2001, this fantasy short is as philosophical as it is violent.
- DirectorZachary KerrHoldenStarsMatt FentimanBill MarchantJess SmithFROM OUT tells the story of Milo, an alien who has crash landed on earth.The film primarily takes place during an interview between Milo and a government agent assigned to finding out why Milo has come to our planet, as well as uncover the details of a woman gone missing whom Milo was connected with.
- DirectorNate WilsonStarsSharon BelleAlexander PlouffeGraham JezioranskiPlatonic room-mates Joseph and Ellie try to 'keep it casual' when they find themselves manipulated by an otherworldly force to begin having sex with each other.
- DirectorGigi Saul GuerreroLuke BramleyStarsEdwin PerezLuis JavierArlina RodriguezAfter attempting to cross the US/Mexico border in search of a better life, Armando awakens in an unknown room, his body broken down and a Lucha Libre mask sewn into his neck. He attempts to escape, but is surrounded by a sadistic family, who watch him with hungry eyes. The only chance for Armando's survival in this hellish nightmare is to last in a wrestling match against the most terrifying villain of all: GIGANTE!
- DirectorShane DanielsenStarsCate WolfeMichael WrennMatilda RidgwayAlone in a strange new city, awaiting her husband's return, a new mother has some unexpected visitors.
- DirectorRichard PowellStarsBill Oberst Jr.Robert NolanMateo D'AvinoA touching tale of father and son.
- DirectorFrédéric LefebvreStarsVincent BoucherHélène Bédard-ProvostMario CadieuxAn elderly man is trapped in a nightmarish labyrinth full of monster, and goes on a quest to find his wife.
- DirectorSeth A SmithStarsJay MelansonLaurence StrelkaA woman hijacks a family trip in pursuit of a deceitful kidnapper.
- DirectorEric Michael MckenzieStarsMitch BoudreauShawn KosmerlyPaul ShortA desperate man looks for a new place to live with his creepy cousin but soon finds himself abducted into a pancake worshiping cult. 'There's no time like the pancakes.'
- DirectorMatthew De FilippisElisia MirabelliStarsLiam AikenJessica ClementAlanna De FilippisIn a small town where tradition has reigned, adolescents are rounded up and tested in an ultimate deviation. In their twentieth year, the youth are brought to forbidden territory and in one night will be overcome by the darkness of sin.
- DirectorSimon CartwrightStarsGordon PeastonGlen is barely a man. In a desperate attempt to tap into his masculinity he attends a primal scream therapy session, surrounded by wailing men he cannot even make a sound. When another member of the class pushes Glen too far he finally lets something out- a miniature version of himself which does whatever it wants, regardless of the consequences.
- DirectorAlexandre MullenStarsCaroline BeaulieuNicolas Bouchard CarrierOlivier BradetteA relentless cop sets a trap for the Grim Reaper himself, unaware that Death has a few tricks up his sleeve.Screened as "Chasing Death".
- DirectorChris W. SmithStarsJack De SenaNora KirkpatrickChris W. SmithMOVIES IN SPACE is a comedy sci-fi following the rise and fall of Travis Shepard, a future-earth-ambassador, who unwittingly gets caught up in an alien Hollywood-like system.
- DirectorIan SamuelsStarsLorenz ArnellLauren BairDiane ChernanskyA heart-broken alien dreamer from the moon transitions into adult life in Los Angeles like any other 20-something.
- DirectorSteven McCarthyStarsSteven McCarthyAlyx MeloneSandra ForsellA man races to find shelter in a roadside motel so he can take the necessary steps to feed his companion's addiction.
- DirectorDarcy Van PoelgeestStarsAaron PooleRoland CorkumCamille SullivanAn 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.
- DirectorMichel MoonStarsLillie ClaireAnna McNivenThe crumbling of a couple's relationship manifests itself in mold growing in their bathroom.
- DirectorJustin HardingStarsPeter HigginsonJessica HinksonKristy KennedyA tired coroner is stalked by the living dead -- but only when she isn't looking!
- DirectorVivieno CaldinelliStarsRoddy PiperLaura RobinsonMatt WattsA crusty and recluse superintendent is thrown into the ultimate fight against evil when a pair of cultists open a portal to the ancient and mystical city of R'lyeh, awakening a slumbering god.