SKATEGOAT, 84min., Australia
Directed by Van Alpert
Leandre Sanders was born in Venice Beach, LA, into a world of gangs and crime. While his older brothers joined the family gang life, Leandre spent his time at Venice Beach skatepark with his younger brother Leontay. He caught the eye of filmmake...

THE KENTUCKY COWBOY, 58min., USA
Directed by Mike Goldberg
Despite becoming a success on the football field, a man struggles internally with mental health issues all his life, as he continuously tries to gain acceptance from his father and legendary football coach.

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Q&A discussion at the COMEDY Festival on December 12, 2024 at the Carlton Cinemas in downtown Toronto.

Conversation with director Gabriel Després
Moderated by Matthew Toffolo

VERDURE PRO, 11min., Canada
Directed by Gabriel Després
A small team of professional filmmakers is shooting a commerci...

Q&A discussion at the COMEDY Festival on December 12, 2024 at the Carlton Cinemas in downtown Toronto.

Discussion with:
Director: Jajube Mandiela
Writer/Star/Producer: Jacqueline Godbout
Actor: Aaron Heels
Actor: Brittany Miranda

Moderated by Matthew Toffolo

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TURNCOAT, 28min., South Korea
Directed by Jason Montgomery
A shrewd merciless crime boss must investigate the scene of his brother's assassination for answers, revenge, and to avoid the same fate.

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WE ARE WE DANCE WE PAINT, 37min., USA
Directed by Leslie Dektor
For decades, the poor and dispossessed have been herded and confined to Skid Row. In Passing Through, the seemingly lost find a new sense of community.

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1.11 is a dystopia that takes place in 2060 when, to curb population growth, an algorithm selects each year, on a random basis, 100 million people around the world to be euthanized.

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Young Male Voice: Shawn Devlin
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A Double Life unveils the gripping true story of Stephen Bingham, a lawyer accused of passing a gun to prisoners’ rights leader George Jackson in 1971. Forced into a life on the run, Bingham spends 13 years underground, eluding capture while fiercely determined to clear his name.

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FAN LETTER, 15min., Belgium
Directed by Zeb Daemen
Set in the glamorous 1950s, Fan Letter follows Ricky, a renowned singer at the height of his fame. One evening, before another sold-out show, Ricky receives a letter from someone he thought was lost to time—his first love, whom he hasn't heard fr...

ÀSAKA, 30min., Spain
Directed by D ( Edduardo Viera )
Elba and Paula are spending the day at the pool of the resort where they’re staying. That’s when they realize how well they’re doing since they first met, a long time ago. But when exactly did they first meet?

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ARGIE BERMAN, 9min., USA
Directed by Fon Davis
A recovering alcoholic uses her coming out story in her stand-up act and her therapy sessions to explain her addiction and her relationship with her mother.

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THREE VENDORS OF IPANEMA, 24min,. USA
Directed by Jonathan S. Lee
These words cap a mural in a favela high over Rio De Janeiro. Epictetus’s words frame the lives of three street sellers descending from the hills to sell their homemade foods on the “Farme” section of Ipanema Beach. The independent...

SECRET IDENTITY, 35min,. UK
Directed by Gurjoeth Singh Bassra
A closeted gay actor who's known for playing a superhero character on an 80s TV show must confront his dual identity.

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VIATICUM, 14min., USA
Directed by Derek Frey
A priest performing Last Rites is challenged by a hospice nurse who believes her patient should not be absolved of a deadly sin.

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BARON MUNCHAUSEN, 20min., Ukraine
Directed by Ilya Noyabrev
Eternal love or eternal life? This difficult choice is facing a brilliant actor. His life in the gray real world and the life of the world of fantasies are so closely intertwined that bright pictures of visions in his imagination layered...

AN ARTIST'S CURSE, 10min., Australia
Directed by Steven J Mihaljevich
When a malevolent creature resides inside the artwork of a 10 year old girl, fate is sealed, with trauma from her childhood echoing across her life. Art and horror collide when the girl becomes a Mother and desperately tries to...

REMEDY, 30min., USA
Directed by Pat Mitchell
An intelligence agent must relive his past to remedy a mistake he once made.

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THE COORDINATES, 15min., Greece
Directed by Despina Moraitou
A husband and wife lawyer-team are caught between an ethical and a moral dilemma in the aftermath of their guilty client’s acquittal when the victim’s mother begs them to reveal her grave.

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BUDDY, 10min,. USA
Directed by Yeonwoo Kim
Buddy is John’s pet parrot. Every morning, when John’s mom opens the cage door, Buddy wakes up and helps wake John for school. This is a part of the routine that Buddy loves. John always makes sure Buddy doesn’t enter the bathroom, as it is a strict hous...

TOXIC INFLUENCE: THE DARK SIDE OF DOVE, 6min,. UK
Directed by Alice Russell
You wouldn’t poison your daughter’s future, but Dove is doing it every day. Greenpeace research found that every minute, Dove floods low-income communities with 12,000 highly polluting plastic sachets. These super-polluti...

JOYCE, 25min., Norway
Directed by Tomas Martinsen-Hickman
Joyce, a 40-something closeted alcoholic, hits her breaking point after a series of bad choices, her husband stages an intervention but it goes awry and she risks losing her family and her life, based on true events.

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HENRIETTA FINDS A NEST, 7min., USA
Directed by Hannah McNally
In the animated short film Henrietta Finds a Nest, a young chick named Henrietta embarks on a heartwarming journey from neglect at a factory farm to friendship with a little girl. With tender moments, gentle humor, and a timeless messa...

TURN IT OFF, 7min., USA
Directed by Senda Maud Bonnet
A woman races through the woods, hiding from an unseen threat. After injuring her leg, she finds refuge in a house, but we see a girl curled up on her couch, safe at home watching the same film we are. As the woman hides, the girl realizes the...

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 monitoring activities – and hum...