Shorts from Australia, Canada, France, and South Korea.
Oct 5 & 6: Q&A with filmmakers
This short film program includes the following films:
On Plains of Larger River & Woodlands
Miguel de Jesus, Australia/Portugal (13 min)
Living in the rural suburbia of Sandy Bay, two Tasmanian teenagers find ways to articulate their isolation and boredom.
Uncommon Ground
Faith Sparrow-Crawford, Canada (20 min)
In the year 2171, Tawni and her aunt live in the Shadowlands. While on a journey to the capital for medicine, Tawni discovers a plane crash survivor and risks her own safety to treat him.
Julian and the Wind
Connor Jessup, Canada (15 min)
Two boarding school roommates share a strange sleepwalking experience.
The Mysterious Adventures of Claude Conseil
Marie-Lola Terver & Paul Jousselin, France (24 min)
An ornithologist experiences a case of mistaken identity via social media.
Get Thee on the Dance Floor
Hyun Hahn, South Korea (27 min)
A middle-aged man, his ailing father, and his father’s caregiver take a day trip together to the bathhouse.
Time Space Love
Marie-Louise Gariépy, Canada (15 min)
A probe equipped with artificial intelligence is launched towards the star Rigel on a thousand-year journey to establish contact with an unknown extraterrestrial consciousness.
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Various
2023-2024
Various with English subtitles
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Freaks Part II
Freaks Part II follows Mary and her daughter Chloe as they flee the Abnormal Defence Force through a country where those with powers are hunted and identified through telltale blood-red tears. A tense, emotionally grounded second chapter.
Image: © Kailey Schwerman - Elevation Pictures
In the Heart of the South
In the Heart of the South, from the director of Slash/Back, brings North of North co-stars Anna Lambe and Zorga Qaunaq together for a propulsive, psychological meta-thriller about an Inuk multimedia writer possessed by her own narrative.
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
When his wife passes suddenly, a devout assassin (Mahershala Ali) is thrust into single parenthood and set on a collision course with a far-right faith leader (John Cho) and his militia. A dizzyingly choreographed, deeply soulful action thriller.
Image: © Jaclyn Martinez
I Play Rocky
In 1975, a broke, unknown actor named Sylvester Stallone bet everything on the screenplay he wrote — with himself attached to star. I Play Rocky tells the improbable story behind one of Hollywood's greatest underdog stories.
Image: © Courtesy of Elevation Pictures
Yellow Letters
Derya and Aziz, a theatre couple based in Ankara, are celebrating the premiere of their latest play when they find themselves targeted by state investigations. Their lives change practically overnight, they find their political convictions put to the test.
Image: © EllaKnorz ifProductions Alamode Film
Short Forum 2: Anthropomaxx
Dogs, frogs, hogs, and more!