All Films

Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!

2017 • 58 min • Japan

The older boys are graduating school and recount their memories together. The next day everyone defends the graduation ceremony against Zundar and Dadacha's Second-Button Monster, but Yumoto struggles using his love power.

An Act of Terror

2017 • 16 min • United States of America

The true story of Virginia Christian, a 16-year-old African American girl accused of murder in the Jim Crow South.

Night Witches

2017 • 4 min • France

We follow the daily life of Yulia, a “Night Witch” aviator, and the one of her friends. In between the moments of glory of the regiment and the most tragic events, we’ll see that Yulia’s fascination and passion for aviation is deadly linked to the horrors of war.

Children Of The Wild

2017 • 56 min

Many cultures have myths about “wolf children”, taken from their families and who grew up in the wild, either alone or with wolves, bears or other animals. How close are these stories to reality? This program looks at the "monkey boy " John Ssebunya of Uganda, and Kipling's fictional boy, Mowgli.

We Together

2017 • 7 min • United States of America

"A zombie is awakened." Short film by Henry Kaplan featuring music by Kerron Hurd.

Broke

2017 • 35 min • Norway

A teenager's millionaire father goes bankrupt, and rumors about the girl's family finances make the school day a painful struggle.

Red-Eyed

2017 • 13 min • Canada

When a heist goes sideways, Cole goes back home and prepares to defend himself from the inevitable.

An American Girl Story: Summer Camp, Friends For Life

2017 • 32 min • United States of America

Aspiring filmmaker, Z and Paz, a budding engineer, arrive at S.T.E.A.M. camp excited for tech heaven. When the administrator makes them explore nature and confiscates all tech, they think their summer’s doomed. Things take a mysterious turn when they meet Jordan, an enchanting “counselor” who sends them on an adventure, opening them up to a world of possibilities — like befriending Drew.

Diabetes

2017 • 5 min

A narcissistic fitness fanatic argues with his significant other over breakfast about who is the healthier of the two.

Ryans

2017 • 17 min • United States of America

A trans woman goes on a blind date with a man named Ryan - which is a total dealbreaker.

Me and My Father

2017 • 30 min • Poland

A businessman must balance personal and professional obligations after his father is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

Wyrdoes

2017 • 15 min • United Kingdom

WYRDOES is a comedy inspired by 'Macbeth', written and directed by Nat Luurtsema and produced by Jennifer Eriksson and Iona Westlake. Three sisters - Elsab, Magrit and Merope - battle through poverty and rumours that they're witches just because they're a little 'wyrd'. Through accidental tragedy, murder and war, the downtrodden Wyrdoes finally fight back

Unforgotten

2017 • 15 min • Canada, Ireland

An elderly man near the end of his life passes lonely days writing letters to an old friend. The arrival of a new occupant in the home opens the doors to his past and changes everything.

Born in the Maelstrom

2017 • 28 min

Rebecca is an eighteen-year-old biracial girl bound in an imaginary world shaped by her black mother’s painful past. She searches for liberation from a world where she does not belong.

It's Getting Weirder! The Making of "House II"

2017 • 58 min • United Kingdom

Retrospective documentary featuring interviews with Ethan Wiley, Sean S. Cunningham, Arye Gross and Jonathan Stark, among others.

Weather Talk

2017 • 17 min

A short film depicting the strained relationship between a son and his father as they drive together across the United States. This coming out story and centers on the new bond formed between these two estranged people.

The Hopeless

2017 • 15 min • Spain

In the Name of Confucius

2017 • 52 min • Canada

One of Canada's top 10 universities and its largest school board found themselves embroiled in a growing global controversy as scholars, parents, and officials question the Confucius Institute program's true purpose.

Bird Dog

2017 • 26 min

An imaginative young girl is confronted by fear and wonder after swallowing the heart of a mourning dove while on a hunting trip with her family.

Ice

2017 • 15 min • Estonia, France, Luxembourg

Harri is a lieutenant colonel in the Estonian army. Divorced, he only sees his 10-year old son during school holidays. Harri decides to make up for lost time by going to an adventurous father-son winter trip to an island. Missing the last ferry, Harri decides to take a local ice road over the frozen sea.

Florida-Montréal

2017 • 17 min • Canada

Mum breaks up with Dad while on vacation in Florida and flies back to Montreal. The kids, Jonathan and Florie, two immature and impressionable twentysomethings, only have a few hours to figure out how they'll welcome her back.

Discreet

2017 • 6 min • France

Two young men from the same neighborhood meet randomly. As they give each other the lowdown of their night out, an unexpected game envelops them.

Brother

2017 • 19 min • Mexico

Two brothers are going through financial difficulties to pay for their mother's medical treatment. One of them also has a significant debt that endangers his life.

Gladys Brown

2017 • 14 min

After being cheated out of her dream job, a long-suffering receptionist plots revenge.