Nancy, a highschooler in Southern California, recalls her memories of her older toxic boyfriend while she teetered on the line of forgiveness and hatred.

Performed by Val Cole

Voice Over: Val Cole

360 words

Performed by Val Cole

https://youtu.be/dhaZ680a4zc

Performed by Val Cole

Question & answer session after the festival screening with filmmakers from the October 30th, 2025 festival at the Carlton Cinemas, in downtown Toronto, Canada.

Conversation with creators:

Ryan Port (The Last Christmas)
Louis Rémillard (Folie Glacée)
Anthony Joseph Spatafora (AN ANATOMY OF GRIEF)

Voice over by Val Cole

Standing Crooked Logline: A boy born with club feet in Troubles-era Belfast survives a traumatic childhood and 42 surgeries, discovering that while the body may falter, the right words can teach a man how to stand.

Performed by Val Cole

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Get to know the writer:

1. What is your short story about?

What if we could be programmed, our circuitry overwritten, erasing any trace of humanity, or attempts to, and if we stray into uncertainty, a threat to the system, we will be targeted and upgraded to fit nic...

Performed by Val Cole:
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POEM:

Where are my Krispy Kremes?
Did someone take them away?
Hot and fresh and slowly glazed,
I must embrace the great sensation.

Where are my Krispy Kremes?
For I’ve watched they as they were made.
Jelly filled, chocolate covered, or Bavarian crème,
The variety of...

Samantha Strohbusch
The Man Or The Bear
Short Horror (2900 words)

The antagonist in this story is lost in dream-like states, sifting through generational trauma. She bites her way out.

Performed by Val Cole

Poetry Reading by Val Cole

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Get to know the poet:

1) What is the theme of your poem?
How the creative process works, and how the different factors – inspiration, tradition, beauty and in particular melody – all work together and relate.

2) What motivated you to write this poem?

I had b...

Jake & Pete's Christmas Special, 20min., UK
Directed by Luke Marley
When the spirit of Christmas seems to have left a small town in Gloucestershire, Jake and Pete must find a way to restore it in time for Christmas.

https://www.instagram.com/jakeandpeteshortfilm/

https://www.wildsound.ca/vide...

48hr made film - THE TERM, 7min., USA
Directed by Andrew Jacobi Jeter
A former HOA president, with a social media influencer as their campaign manager, faces off against a seasoned councilperson led by former boxing coach, in a chaotic and comedic race for city council.

At the Mercy of Faith - S...

SILENT PLAN, 13min,. Turkey
Directed by Omer Yildirim
A groundbreaking new technology offers hope to the deaf: the ability to hear sounds once again. Four young individuals, chosen to be part of this revolutionary step, eagerly await the moment they will finally hear the voices of their loved one...

An actor faces the dilemma of going back to her roots in Austria in pursuit of her vocation and belonging or staying in the UK for love. ‘To be or not to be’ is the question within the question: 'Is love as important as belonging?'

Directed by Aline Jewell

JUMPING AT SHADOWS: ARMAGEDDON, 51min., Australia
Directed by Locky Boaretto
In a world secretly at war with an ancient alien race, a teenage girl discovers a crash landed alien, and uncovers shocking truths about her estranged father… After teaming up with a pair of rebel brothers, she uncovers ...

Don't forget to smile, 8min., North Macedonia
Teacher that's teaching kids to smile in a post a dystopic school.

Get to know filmmaker David Dulev:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

The initial motivation for this movie was the fact that i needed to graduate college and a short film was...

Come the Nightfall, 23min,. USA
Directed by Tom Michaels
A wealthy licentious offers a lift to a beautiful femme fatale in the middle of a deserted road with a shocking aftermath.

http://www.orzelfilms.com/