Program A-Z

Shorts from Australia, Canada, France, and South Korea.

In Karen Chapman’s sensitive debut feature, a widowed mother desperate to shelter her teenage daughter and son from a surge of gun violence in Toronto takes it upon herself to cleanse the blood from crime scenes in her Lawrence Heights neighbourhood.

Autumn Durald Arkapaw is one of cinematography’s most exciting contemporary voices. Join us as Autumn shares how she carved her path in a highly competitive, male-dominated industry while maintaining her keen aesthetic vision.

From her exuberant outdoor Nana sculptures to her breathtaking masterwork, The Tarot Garden in Tuscany, the playfully vibrant oeuvre of feminist monumental sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle is the subject of Michiko Matsumoto’s delightful documentary.

After the Netherlands loses the FIFA World Cup to West Germany in the summer of 1974, the cautious Jonas and impulsive Daan make their way through their sleepy Dutch town and learn about the complexities of human nature the hard way.

Jeff, a 17-year-old aspiring filmmaker, goes on vacation with his friend Max and his family to an isolated lodge. Philippe Lesage’s film is a tense, mesmerizing tour de force that is both agonizing and cathartic. A Berlinale award winner.

Acclaimed ambient and experimental composer William Basinski presents the Canadian Premiere of Arcadia Archive—an immersive, transcendent live performance.