“Oh playmate, come out and play with me….” Five-year-old Claire refuses to let anything interrupt her play time, even if she sees more of her family’s adult complexity than she should. As suburban development threatens both the inner and outer worlds of her family’s farm, Claire’s life begins to change irrevocably. KM
Mark Van de Ven was raised in Mount Albert, Ontario, and lives in Toronto. His other films include the feature documentary Carnival of Resistance (04) and the short Perennial (06).