Greg
Atkins
Canada
Jack’s suit-and-tie career never quite fit. As he summons the courage to dress for the job he wants, he risks changing the way his co-workers and his wife see and treat him.
Firas
Momani
Canada
On the surface, all is calm. In a dark and humid cavern, an abominable ceremony to which grotesque creatures devote themselves is interrupted by the arrival of an intruder. The piercing short The Adder's Bite, inspired by the bol...
Kire
Paputts
Canada
Larry is an amateur taxidermist who, as the pick-up man for the local Animal Services, gets all his specimens through work.
Brandon
Cronenberg
Canada
Quiet Christopher Merk just found a new apartment. Getting to know his neighbours doesn’t require borrowing a cup of sugar; it means picking up the remote.
Hans
Olson
Canada
Clara’s birthday is just another night shift of staging beds at the local furniture store, until she learns her secret crush James is working his final shift.
John
Bolton
Canada
Adapted from Thomas King’s darkly comic story, two old friends trapped in a futuristic American seniors’ residence try to escape to Canada.
Martin
Sokol
Canada
An underperforming chicken is under enormous pressure to produce at work.
Jeff
Barnaby
Canada
Resigned to assimilate and shed his identity, a spiritually exhausted Mi’kmaq man visits a dystopian clinic.
Kevan
Funk
Canada
Pete – with his perfect job, perfect home and perfect wife – seems to epitomize the American Dream. But is his life really so spotless?
Kazik
Radwanski
Canada
Director Kazik Radwanski narrows his lens on Xavier and Liam, two second-grade boys who are moulded by their actions and moralistic educators.
Trevor
Anderson
Canada
Edmonton’s High Level Bridge has a morbid notoriety; it’s a frequent spot for suicides. Anderson pays homage to the people and events surrounding an odd landmark.
Aaron
Phelan
Canada
A young woman works at a retirement home where an elderly man makes scathing comments about her appearance.
Nadia
Litz
Canada
Like any other couple, Sadie and Dennis have problems. Will Sadie’s trust issues remain insurmountable, or will she finally decide to open up?
Nick
Fox-Gieg
Canada
As a Nazi-occupied France has a population under threat, one man’s attempt to thwart a corrupted system shapes a dramatic sequence of events.
Jerome
Sable
Canada
This musical horror comedy follows an unlikely hero – nerdy Danny Zigwitz – at a summer camp listening to fireside stories.
Vincent
Biron
Canada
Selling ice cream, smoking pot, falling in love, dealing with family: it’s just another summer day for a regular group of school kids.
Theodore
Ushev
Canada
Deconstructing a visionary in experimental film, this animated documentary presents the incredible creativity and emotional tumult that defined filmmaker Arthur Lipsett’s life.
Isaac
Cravit
Canada
Living History follows a father and his teenaged son as they make their way to the annual reenactment of the Upper Canada Rebellion.
Darragh
McDonald
Canada
In the wake of a miscarriage, Magda finds herself at a family gathering,caught between denial and acceptance.
Sophie
Goyette
Canada
Trying to avoid some big decisions, Nadège spends a restless night at an arcade and go-kart track.
Emanuel
Hoss-Desmarais
Canada
A mockumentary about inventor Marius Borodine who is on the brink of completing his master stroke creation when something goes terribly awry.
Dan
Popa
Canada
At once an essay and an epic story where we never get to really meet the protagonist, La Métropolitaine conveys with grandeur that love can be everywhere and nowhere.
Halima
Ouardiri
Canada
Based on a true story, Mokhtar recounts the tale of a young boy in a remote Moroccan village as he adopts a fallen owl.
M.
Rankin
Canada
In part three of the Burton Cycle, Rory Lepine gives a personal account of his fateful 1985 encounter with The Guess Who’s legendary lead singer, Burton Cummings, at a 7-Eleven in Winnipeg.
Michael
Vass
Canada
When a judge sentences a child to the death penalty, the court mitigates a public relations crisis with an elaborate and dubious scheme.
Tao
Gu
Canada
On May 12, 2008, the largest earthquake in China’s history devastated the Wenchuan region. Director Tao Gu visits his parents’ home to capture the physical and emotional aftermath.
Cam
Woykin
Canada
A backyard birthday party is consumed with tension when an abusive relationship between the birthday boy’s parents is revealed.
Ky
Nam Le Duc
Canada
Two young men, who have recently returned from military missions, struggle to reintegrate with civilian life while coping with the impact of their respective experiences.
Marie-Josée
Saint-Pierre
Canada, Japan
This homage to acclaimed calligrapher Gazanbou Higuchi utilizes rotoscope animation to illustrate the craft of Japanese shodo.
Liz Van Allen Cairns, Joe LoBianco
Canada
Sad Bear collects people’s saddest objects to help them process past regrets. People are generally amenable to this, except for Steve, who can’t let go of his prized possession.
Emmanuel Shirinian, Russell Bennett
Canada
Chooch and Ponch are hit men. While waiting to knock off a mark, they ponder what life might have in store if they quit their day jobs and pursued their unrealized potential.
Anne
Émond
Canada
Anne Émond delivers a stripped-down study of a young woman participating in a patient interview during her doctor’s appointment.
Claude
Cloutier
Canada
Trench warfare is brought to harrowing life as Claude Cloutier creates a high-stakes world of physical and psychological dangers, by animating archival images with India ink.
Carla
Susanto
Canada
A tsunami approaches a city where the human residents are incapable of saving themselves from imminent disaster.
Sara
St. Onge
Canada
Ally is doing her best to accommodate her husband, two stepdaughters and her husband’s ex-wife for a Thanksgiving dinner, but even she has her limit.
Kaveh
Nabatian
Canada
In this stunning portrait of a shattered psyche, a Mexican man begins to understand his life when he confronts his own deep-seated phobias.
Danis
Goulet
Canada
Josh and his father visit their family cottage for the last time. They are leaving their traditional Cree territory, but Josh has already adopted an urban lifestyle and finds it hard to relate to his heritage.
Caroline
Monnet
Canada
On a solitary portage between the barren wilderness and a desolate city, a young man reflects on his troubled past and hopeful future.
Antoine
Bourges
Canada
A middle-aged woman searches for a place to live in Vancouver. The system should be there to assist her, but amidst all the red tape of applications and waiting periods, she longs for human help.
Brian
D. Johnson
Canada
Adapting esteemed poet Dennis Lee’s recent collection of poetry, film-critic-cum- filmmaker Brian Johnson creates a vivid visual language to lift Lee’s words off the page.