SEE THE FULL LINEUP OF FILMS:

1 - THE WATCHMEN, 7min., France
Directed by Chris Moreira
In a world where women are a scarce commodity, a man, watchman from generation to generation, is responsible for collecting them in order to sell them to the highest bidder. But an event will change the fate ...

African-American Army Sergeant Stella Freeman's college-bound daughter Keisha goes missing on the day Freeman becomes the first woman to train the Army’s new Urban Terrorism platoon. A single mom and widow, Freeman is fighting to find her daughter while the Army pressures her to represent women i...

Richard
by Adam Swimmer

Richard Mann woke up screaming the morning his penis went missing. As the years passed, friends would claim he'd become an even bigger dick.
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WHOLE MILK, 6min, USA, Comedy
Directed by Ian Michel Phillips
Ryan Hostetter has been enamored by the world inside his fridge since he was young. Now unemployed and struggling to embrace his adult life, Ryan takes one last interview for his dream job. A job inside his fridge.

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KAOTIC DRUMLINE: DRUMMING WITH A DIFFERENCE, 12min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Aaron Steinberg
On the South Side of Chicago, the Kaotic Drumline brings people together with creativity, energy and hope. [Documentary Short] . . . Conceived as a follow-up...

Performed by Allan Michael Brunet

An island of disagreeable people find themselves headed for the falls and build a fleet of hot air balloons to save themselves.

Performed by Allan Michael Brunet

FEATURE FILM SHOWCASE:

THE RUNNER, 102 minutes, USA, Thriller
Directed by Michelle Danner

After Miranda (Elisabeth Rohm) calls the cops on her son Aiden (Edouard Philipponnat) and he gets arrested for drug possession, he is given a terrible choice by Detective Wall (played by Cameron Douglas): ...

POLY ANDREW, 11min., Canada, Comedy
Directed by Brad McDermott, Fred Kuhr
Andrew and Trevor are a happy gay couple, until Andrew's secret girlfriend - who also happens to be Trevor's best friend - shows up, and Andrew is forced to come to terms with his sexual identity.

A young woman abandons her dying mother to free laboratory animals; capturing the world’s attention and forever changing the vivisection industry (based on real events)...

CAST LIST:

Narration: Steve Rizzo
Sarah: Hannah Ehman
Marcu: Bill Poulin
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THIRD DATE, 6min., USA, Comedy
Directed by Michael Kellman
Third Date is a comedy about the heightened stakes of romantic encounters, and ultimately the attempt to escape loneliness. Daniel is very excited for his date with Samantha, until he gets locked in his bathroom. As he struggles to get ou...

Performed by Allan Michael Brunet

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Before I read Lorca
My words were blunt swords for
Slicing rotted wood
Constructing
Rackety trellises
To fortify
Pathetic castles of sand
Praying never the waves
Or even harsh winds
Ascend to my feeble heights
Where from above with disdain
Cupid mocked
My...

ROOTS AND VEINS, 38min., Norway, Musical Documentary
Directed by Shaun Bartlett
"Roots and Veins" is the first of its kind; a poetic documentary music video mountain trekking album film by Brit-Norwegian singer-songwriter, artist and producer Shaun Bartlett. His new album is a 7-track universe th...

I won the lottery
by Elleni Javier

Walked into the kitchen waving an unopened envelope from the lottery company. Slightly opens it and announced to my family, “It’s a cheque from Princess Margaret Lottery!” and everyone stops. “It’s for $75.” Everyone just continued what they were doing.

Suffragettes cross ideological and class lines in their pursuit of both liberation and love.

CAST LIST:

Narration: Steve Rizzo
Emily: Hannah Ehman
Thomas: Bill Poulin
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Performed by Allan Michael Brunet

Type of Story: Fiction based on fact (Faction).
It's about: A few guys and girls leave the ghetto and arrive in Las Vegas to participate in the changing of the guard from the "Mob" ...

DON GARBAGGIO, 8min., USA, Comedy
Directed by Steve Alleva
A comedy short about 3 Sanitation men who are really passionate about trash!

CREATION, 8min., USA, Comedy
Directed by Jedi Kang
A student filmmaker struggles to write an original story, so until he writes one he locks himself in his room.

Performed by Allan Michael Brunet

Tiffany Ann's Dilemma
by Jon Michael Johnson
“I don’t know! I don’t remember!” sobbed Tiffany Ann. “Was it the red one or the black one? I can’t remember…and I’m late!”

Out of Breath
By Kimberly LaRocca
He started the timer and went underneath the water in the tub. At the 8 minute mark he began to get nervous.
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75 CENTS, 9min., USA, Drama
Directed by Safi Jafri
The midnight bus greets a Boy just trying to catch some sleep, but the Man who boards after has more intimate ideas in mind... plus tip.

THEY/THEM, 11min., Canada, Drama

Directed by Goldbloom Micomonaco

A day in the life of Silas – a young queer trans person who is trying to navigate home life, life in the queer community, and figuring out their pronouns.

WUHAN EXPRESS, 6min, USA, Comedy
Directed by Kiran Gordon
In this mockumentary, the only thing harder than running a Chinese restaurant during the pandemic is running one with your traditionalist and stubborn mother.