Matthew Toffolo interviewed Ryan Morris, the subject of the documentary "Food Is Everything" from the Documentary Film Festival. Ryan explained that the film explores how society doesn't have a food problem per se, but rather a relationship with food problem. She focuses on how food can be used t...

MARIE / TOWNHALL OF CARDS, 11min., France
Directed by Hamon Keven, Cathelineau Renaud
Marie is a transgender woman. After a late transition, committed to fighting discrimination, through encounters and struggles, she decides to run for municipal elections and wins over 63% of the votes...

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Matthew Toffolo interviewed Hasmik Chakhmakhchyan about the music video "Silence of My Soul," which featured music by Armenian composer Araxia Muhusharyan. Hasmik explained that the video aimed to depict the internal world and feelings of a person when they experience music alone, using minimalis...

RADICAL HARMONIES (a LEGACY film), 88min., USA
Directed by Dee Mosbaher
RADICAL HARMONIES (2002) is an 88-minute documentary produced and directed by Academy AwardTM nominee Dee Mosbacher that chronicles the history of queer music by women (mostly lesbian). Through festival and performance footag...

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POETRY Reading:

Who Poops Up a Tree?

There’s a neighbor dog I do not know
But for the trail he leaves.
It’s something I have never seen
A mutt who poops up trees.

A mystery, really, how it starts
A habit such as that.
I imagine that he stopped to fart
And inadvertently ...

THE CURRENT STATE OF THE BACKYARD POOL INDUSTRY, 18min., USA
Directed by Derek Frey
Divided over the fate of their rundown pool, the Osgood family is visited by a nocturnal stranger who convinces them to take one last plunge.

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SAVIOR COMPLEX, 17min., USA
Directed by Mariah Maynard
In this thought-provoking film, a young superhero struggles with her newfound powers while navigating the recent death of her best friend. This story explores the themes of mental health, sacrifice, self-care, and letting go.

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My Proudest Moment, 5min., Australia
Directed by Imbi Mannik
This independent micro-short documentary captures interviews with two trailblazers changing the narrative discourse in the area of disability in Australia, Tim Cahalan and Joanne Hatchard, through the sharing of their ‘proudest moment’.

Brunch and Hot Flashes, 12min., USA
Directed by Greg Poppa
At a seemingly casual brunch, three women find themselves confronting the unpredictable and often misunderstood symptoms of perimenopause. Brunch and Hot Flashes uses humor and candid conversation to explore a topic rarely portrayed on sc...

THE GREAT DIVIDE, 16min., Australia
Directed by Nadia Townsend
Set at the end of the summer on a camping trip, The Great Divide follows Anna, a 12-year old girl on the cusp of starting high school trying to find her way in the world and her mother, Liz, who is terrified of what will happen if she...

GHOSTS, 14min., UK
Directed by Rebecca Ray Palmer, Alice Millar

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SORRY SORRY SORRY, 24min., South Korea
Directed by Shin Hea KIM
Suna, 70, lives in a 50-year-old traditional Hanok with her 80-year-old husband, Ihan. Once a devoted provider, Ihan has been bedridden for five years following a stroke. As their children remain distant and Ihan rejects outside care...

A Paradox of Quantum Superposition, 8min., USA
Directed by Sandy Parker
When a woman realizes her cat is missing, it will take a dream of a memory of long-ago dreams to bring her into a better reality.

Don't feel sorry for me!, 9min., Faroe Islands
Directed by Eir í Ólavsstovu
After ten years of marriage, Birgit is confronted with the ultimate betrayal. Her younger husband, Hanus, has left her and moved in with a new and younger woman, Maria. Hanus is the kind of man everyone falls for – charmi...

Matthew Toffolo chats with Taylor Gladue about their short film "Intertwined in Blue," which premiered at the LGBTQ+ Film Festival. Taylor, who is from Calgary, Alberta, explains that the French title was chosen as a tribute to Jean-Luc Godard and discusses the film's themes about people presenti...

My Proudest Moment, 5min., Australia
Directed by Imbi Männik
This independent micro-short documentary captures interviews with two trailblazers changing the narrative discourse in the area of disability in Australia, Tim Cahalan and Joanne Hatchard, through the sharing of their ‘proudest moment’....

HELENE, 22min., USA
Directed by Reese Carmen Villella
Years after surviving a traumatic assault, a sexually repressed woman's attempt at intimacy with her boyfriend triggers a grotesque transformation.

NATURMORT - Driven by Silence, 1min. Turkey, Trailer
Directed by Gökhan Yıldız
In a world where silence speaks louder than words, something deeply unsettling unfolds behind closed doors. Reality and illusion begin to blur, as grief, obsession, and creation slowly lose their boundaries.
With almos...