Best of STUDENT Festival Canadian Live-Action Shorts
Today's Film Festival
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50m
DREAMS IN TRANSLATION, 16min., Drama, Psychological
Directed by Onyemaechi Mervyn Ojukwu
Mgbeke, a 25-year-old Nigerian Igbo woman living in Newfoundland, returns from her mother’s burial in Nigeria carrying unresolved questions and re-experiencing childhood trauma. Her attempt to settle back into her work as a care worker is disrupted when a client makes a racist remark.
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THE ZODIAC, 3min., Experimental
Directed by Macy Bryce
Out doing her weekend chores, A girl comes across a sinister object.
FISH, 7min., Drama
Directed by Saffron Siu-Kei Cairns, Sydney Wong
After being faced with an unexpected proposal of divorce, Julie finds herself back in her childhood home. Now facing the root of her fears regarding the split, she attempts to rekindle her relationship with her mother.
TIDES OF THE PAST, 13min.,
Directed by Sean Lawton
A former London gangster trying to escape his criminal past is forced to confront buried secrets when his ruthless cousin tracks him down in Newfoundland, pulling him back into a world he thought he left behind.
SUMMONING, 8min., Horror/Mystery
Directed by Sachin Maddumahewa
A weekend getaway takes a terrifying turn when four friends Olivia, Daniel, Maya, and Ethan discover an old Ouija board in the attic of their rental cabin. What starts as an amusing game soon spirals into a waking nightmare as the board unlocks a sinister force that preys on their fears and hidden traumas. Liv, the skeptic, refuses to believe at first, but when the entity begins manipulating their reality, she is forced to reconsider everything she knows.
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