The Short Forum kicks off with an all-Canadian program.
Sept 27 & 28: Q&A with filmmakers
This short film program includes the following films:
Zoé
Rémi St-Michel, QC (16 min)
Zoé is a captive zombie, whose vague memories of the past motivate her desire for freedom.
Judas Icarus Twists His Wrist
Kerr Holden, BC (15 min)
Vancouver-based wrestler Judas Icarus embarks on an arduous road to recovery. Featuring a cast of active Pacific Northwest wrestlers and musicians.
The Sweater
Maziyar Khatam, ON (9 min)
A young man regrets throwing out his favourite sweater after his girlfriend insists that he should thin out his wardrobe.
One Day This Kid
Alexander Farah, BC (18 min)
Inspired by David Wojnarowicz’s text, this story of the same name follows the quiet struggle for acceptance between Afghan-Canadian Hamed and his father.
Organza’s Revenge
Walter Scott, ON (21 min)
Organza, a broke artist living in deep space, must travel across the galaxy to seek revenge on her ex in order to cure her mysterious illness.
Like a Spiral
Lamia Chraibi, QC (28 min)
Five women share their experiences working as migrant domestic workers under the Kafala system in Beirut.
Supported by
Community Partner
Various
Canada
2024
Various with English subtitles
Graphic violence, drug & alcohol abuse
Book Tickets
Indigenous & Community Access
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Hanami
On the volcanic island Cape Verde, young Nana is on the cusp of self-discovery. When her long-absent mother returns, the lyricism and magic of Nana's childhood take a different shape. Winner of the Best Emerging Director Award, Locarno Film Festival.
Total Recall
The master of the subversive blockbuster, Paul Verhoeven concocts a film about corporate mind-control vs. revolutionary uprising by setting it on Mars and allowing for the possibility the whole thing is just an escapist fantasy...
Reservoir Dogs
Quentin Tarantino announced himself to the world with this ingeniously fractured heist movie, carved into character-centric chapters, riffing breezily on pop culture, but counterpointing all this with blood-soaked intensity.
Jacob's Ladder
Ever feel you're losing your mind? Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) comes back from the Vietnam War with a firefight in his head. Sanity is a losing battle in Adrian Lyne's terrifying psychological thriller.
True Romance
Rockabilly comic book clerk Clarence (Christian Slater) meets dream girl Alabama (Patricia Arquette) with trouble in her wake, in this seminal couple on the run thriller from Quentin Tarantino's excitable mind.