Question & answer session after the festival screening with filmmakers from the October 9th, 2025 festival at the Carlton Cinemas, in downtown Toronto, Canada.

Conversation with creators:

Director Olivia Bronwyn & DP Jannah Aly (BEEKIND)

Director Raymond Cruzzola (I'M TRYING)

I am at the grocery store three to five times a week. It has become a ritual, picking out the items, going over the shopping list, interacting with the same people year after year. It seems to me, an important aspect of my and many other people’s lives. Something utterly familiar. Though filmed i...

Roots of Resilience: Stories of Caribbean Women in Agriculture, 48min., Saint Lucia
Directed by Curmiah Lisette, Keithlin Caroo-Afrifa
Roots of Resilience: Stories of Caribbean Women in Agriculture is a moving portrait of St. Lucia’s agricultural journey, celebrating the strength of its women and...

Oh！My God, 1min., China
Directed by Urchin Shang, I-Wen Chn
An elderly man meditates, but his mind is overwhelmed with worries, preventing peace. He makes a wish to the Rabbit God, symbolized by a pendant on his necklace. The Rabbit God guides him to a realm where his worries fade away, but he fi...

A poetic exploration of a love story, of a widower that is going through the lonely journey of coming to terms with the sudden loss of his wife.

Directed by Eleana Theophilou

Director Biography

She is a filmmaker and an artist. In her artistic practice, she engages with various disciplines i...

Cloistergeist, 3min., France
Directed by Paige Hering
A monk’s quiet monastery life is upended by a playful ghost, and just when he’s about to exorcise the spirit, he discovers the ghost has a secret soft side.

https://www.instagram.com/cloistergeist.film/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audien...

IRABŪ of the Kudaka Island, Okinawa, 102min., Japan
Directed by Kazuo Okada
　Kudaka Island in Okinawa is home to just over 200 people and holds a sacred cultural legacy centered on the grand IZAIHŌ festival, celebrated once every 12 years for more than six centuries. The island is renowned for it...

AN ANATOMY OF GRIEF, 15min., Canada
Directed by Anthony Joseph Spatafora
A mother grieving the death of her son while being haunted by his corpse.

https://www.instagram.com/ananatomyofgrief_shortfilm/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-an-anatomy-of-grief

Nothing happened in 205...

NAMASTE, 6min., USA
Directed by Matan Zrachia
Every Sunday, Jenny and Hailey hit Central Park in full yogi performance of matching mats and just enough spiritual jargon to pass. It’s not about wellness. It’s the cute guy who jogs by at 10:42 a.m. sharp. But when he finally stops to say hi, their ...

This hand drawn animated film is based on the classic song If I Were a Carpenter and sung by the great Bobby Darin. How can love conquer the social divide? This film is a tender slightly tongue in cheek story of how love can transform us and ultimately bridge our differences.

Out Of Order, 95min., USA
Directed by Guy Jacobson
In an attempt to win back his supermodel ex-girlfriend, a young NY lawyer ends up working at two opposing law firms, representing both sides of the same case.

https://www.instagram.com/thefilmoutoforder

The Christopher Nolan Experience, 77min., Canada
Directed by Matthew Putnam, Diego Pereira
When struggling creative Christopher Nolan is dumped by his girlfriend upon her discovery that he is not the legendary director of films such as Oppenheimer and Interstellar, he decides to prove himself by ...

A Film by Roland Wehap, 29min., Austria
Directed by Roland Wehap
The film "A Film by Roland Wehap" is a work by the filmmaker of the same name, Roland Wehap, who, as a "one-man show filmmaker," challenges the concept itself by embarking on an extraordinary experiment: Is it possible to produce a ...

THE OUTCASTS, 15min., USA
Directed by Jenn Page
An unlikely team of gifted misfit kids battle against a corrupt government organization to save other kids like themselves. They must harness their powers and fight for justice, pushing the limits of friendship, family, and sacrifice.

https://www.w...

The Hand of Darkness, 8min., USA
Directed by Rowan Kelley
In 1978, Astoria, Oregon, newcomer Alice Mitchell becomes the target of an otherworldly entity hell-bent on consuming her soul to regain its former power.

https://www.instagram.com/rowanrkelley

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-...