Performed by Val Cole

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1. What is your short story about?

King Harold is insufferable. His bad behavior is poisoning his universe. This goes on until one day, the Angel of Death decides that he has to have a word with the king. My daughter summarized it best: "It's a...

Performed by Val Cole

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1. What is your novel about?

The Edge of Dreaming is a collection of vignettes that paint an overall picture of this new fantasy universe. I have specifically chosen a point in time when the world and its characters are at a crossroads. Technology...

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Wings, by Angie Kinman

Give sorrow words,
Shakespeare wrote.
Lest my heart
should break.

So I tell her story to the Indigo Buntings
as they craft nests of
beautyberry and Indian blanket
in a field abloom with life.

They listen.
I think they know
my little girl who was Li...

Performed by Val Cole

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1. What is your short story about?

“Luz and Corazón” is about the transformative power of genuine love between Luz, an unwanted girl, and Corazón, her little dog, a love which carries Luz safely through a near death experience.

2. What genres w...

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WIND LINES, 13min,. Spain
Directed by Janire Etxabe
As soon as I tried vertical dance, I knew I wanted to keep doing this. At home, in the mountains, flying, hanging. In a incessant search for the indefinable feeling.

https://www.dimegaz.eus/portfolio-item/haize-l...

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EXCHANGE OF FIRE, 5mmin., USA
Directed by Rose Elizabeth Sutton
A love poem on the concept of equations and the element of fire.

https://www.rosesutton.com/
https://instagram.com/roseesutton

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

A showcase of the best Animation short films from around the world in the last year. (This is an encore presentation from the in-person festival on January 16th at the Carlton Cinemas in downtown Toronto.)

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FLY AWAY, FROGGY BOY, 8min., Canada
Directed by Mia Lobo
Fly Det...

A lovesick teenager tries to rekindle her relationship with a past boyfriend by inviting him to a surprise party, only to discover the harsh truth behind their romance and the love lives of the guests.

Director Biography - Katherine Costal

Katherine Costal is a writer and filmmaker from Toronto...

Question & Answer session after festival screening with filmmakers from the January 2025 Animation Festival at the Carlton Cinemas, in downtown Toronto, Canada.

Filmmakers on stage:

FLY AWAY, FROGGY BOY film
Director: Mia Lobo
Voice & Sound Artist: Kyle Testa
Producion Manager/Layout Lead: Mi...

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KITE, 6min,. Canada
Directed by Jerry Trieus
A short film about a dancer on a mission to experience flight. The journey is disappointing and filled with challenges. The result is a transformation as the dance artist finds strength through perseverance and ultimatel...

VOETRY, 28min., Canada
Directed by Affrica Spence
This project captures the depth of filmed day to day moments, and the poetic confessions within them. Each rendition of spoken word poetry paints the picture of individual poets through a series of intimate stand alone short films. Characters expl...

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BOTTOM-FEEDER, 14min., USA
Directed by Brandon D. Hill
A reformed criminal must confront the demons of his past to save his estranged daughter from old sins and prove his innocence.

https://www.instagram.com/bottom.feeder.film/

STEEL MOTHER, 16min., USA
Directed ...

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out of control, 16min., Switzerland
Directed by bellopropello
Machines and robots take care of almost all human activities. The world is automated, and meaningful individual employment isn't possible anymore. A workforce simply is no longer needed – except for some...

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BLUE BLOOD, 12min., South Korea
Directed by Hye won Lee
A world where blue blood is Replicant,
Seogyo and his art teacher Tae-woo stay in the art room after school and practice, then cut their hands with a carving knife.
Seogyo tries to deceive Tae-woo as if he is ...

THE MULTIDIMENSIONALS, 90min., USA
Directed by Ewa Pirog-Rojas
"The Multidimensionals" tells the beginnings of STAR ENVOY, an unacknowledged Defense Intelligence Agency Operations Group assigned to protect US interests among the galactic community via specialized "ambassadors" whom are alien hybr...

ENDGAME, 6min., Netherlands
Directed by Laurens Neels
Endgame explores the slow unraveling of a relationship through intimate, improvisational choreography. Two dancers move between passion and conflict, leaving unresolved tensions in their wake. As the cycle repeats, emerging obstacles turn thei...

ONE, TWO..., 18min., Spain
Directed by Verònica Font
A portrait of people dancing, of gesture, of the body, of pleasure, of emotion... A collage of image and sound in which locations in Barcelona act as a stage and the rhythm of everyday life as a counterpoint.

http://veronicafont.com/
https://...

THE MOMENT, 7min., Canada
Directed by Craig Wrobleski
A poem about resilience and strength as a path to peace. The film follows one woman's extraordinary journey.

https://instagram.com/cwrobleski

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What motivated you to make this film?
I received the poem that the fi...

EXCHANGE OF FIRE, 5mmin., USA
Directed by Rose Elizabeth Sutton
A love poem on the concept of equations and the element of fire.

https://www.rosesutton.com/
https://instagram.com/roseesutton

nor any memories of the turning backs, 15min., Turkey
Directed by Ahmet Mete Balyan, Zeynep Su Topal
[poem_body_memory_voice]
none of them belong to each other and all of them belong to themselves an accumulation over the years// a practice of relating** on love, migration and mourning

http://m...

WIND LINES, 13min,. Spain
Directed by Janire Etxabe
As soon as I tried vertical dance, I knew I wanted to keep doing this. At home, in the mountains, flying, hanging. In a incessant search for the indefinable feeling.

https://www.dimegaz.eus/portfolio-item/haize-lerroak/
https://www.instagram.c...

FAZA, 14min., Poland
Directed by Weronika Frycz-Zeme?ka
"PHASE" is a story about a young Ukrainian living abroad, a tale of an intense life, extreme choices, and the thin line between the pursuit of freedom and the perilous consequences of poor decisions. The film paints a portrait of youthful re...

CHAMBERS STREET, 8min., USA
Directed by Scott Dempsey Keenan
A young man, shadowed by the ghost of his ex-girlfriend, spirals into the loss of the relationship.

http://scottdkeenan.com/chambersstreet
https://www.instagram.com/scottdkeenan/

AFTER COMA, 2min., South Korea
Directed by Soo Hyun Kim
This film is composed of 7 poems that take the viewers into the journey of spending the last moment with the loved one as a views of both people who leave and who is left. Each poems are represented with symbolic image and sound.

Get to kno...