Serious filmmakers Serious subjects
Seriously rewarding
AUGUST 9 PROGRAM
AFTERNOON SCREENING 1:30 - 4:15
USE ME
Vijendra Bhambhani, United Arab Emirates
PAIN
Chico Bennett, USA
When two people with mysterious pasts go on a journey, their true selves are revealed.
Music Video – when it's your pain, you find a way to fix it.
LIBRA
Jonathan Everett, USA
Plagued by nightmares, fledgling vigilante, Thomas, visits a counselor, but the road to balancing his mind is not what he anticipated.
HO BO JO
Kipp Howard, USA
Not all who wander are lost. But some are.
TRIAGE
David Rendall, Canada
For Gemma and James, a simple car ride to the vet escalates into a full-blown crisis, and an exploration of who we truly love when our worlds fall apart.
SHIVA
Josh Saltzman, Canada
An unnerving tale about a recently widowed woman who breaks with a long-held Jewish mourning ritual in hopes of connecting with her deceased husband.
VALE
Kyle Brewis, Josh Klaassen, Canada
An investigator nearing the end of a life-long pursuit, begins to feel the weight of everything he left behind.
STOP THE STIGMA
Mark Wolfe, Kerry McArthur, Canada
This documentary puts a face on one front-line agency looking to address the local drug overdose problem by tackling the social stigma of drug use as an all-important first step.
BLUEBERRIES FOR IRIS
Zoe Cleland, Canada
A young traumatized woman visiting her mother in rural Newfoundland decides to go blueberry picking, only two become inexplicably lost in the company of an unknown man – causing her to question reality and her own health and sanity.
VOYAGER
Pablo Pagán, Spain
A shy, socially anxious night janitor discovers a mysterious drug that lets her shed the boundaries of her physical self ... but her newly gained freedom comes at a heavy price.
EVENING SCREENING 7:00 - 9:30
WRATH MERCY
Brian Whisenant, USA
Adam is a drug addict nearing the end of his life when he meets Irina, a mysterious woman who gives him an opportunity to change his fate.
THE LAST SKETCH
Edgar Huebert, Germany
On the anniversary of their son’s death, Alex appears to be speaking through the sketches of his distraught father, ultimately guiding Teo to re-connect with Mia, whose been grieving alone in her own way.
WASTE
Paddy Francis, Steven Dorrington, United Kingdom
When Freya runs into the clutches of a ragtag group of heroin addicts, Damo’s attempt to rescue her tests his love for her beyond measure.
WE HAVE A CAT
Dane Helg, Australia
A struggling alcoholic amid separation from his partner, looses his finger in a drug-fuelled relapse leading to a series of events that will question his ability to discern reality from fiction.
CHILD OF THE GOVERNMENT
Jayli Wolf, Canada
Jayli Wolf's powerful tribute to familial strength and resilience in the face of institutional and social abuse and trauma.
THE BATHTUB
Sergi Marti Maltas, Spain
Ramon Riera is taking a farewell bath when his cell phone suddenly rings. On the line is Clara, a girl who insistently tries to sell him a life insurance.
AS EASY AS CLOSING YOUR EYES
Parker Croft, USA
The story of a grieving mother who battles her addiction to a black-market drug that gives her life-like dreams about the son she lost.
DON'T TELL YOUR MOM
Topher Graham, Canada
When Kyle goes to work for his dodgy older cousin Jax, he's shocked to discover Jax’s clientele don’t thirst for drugs.
BLEEDING TREE ONLINE
NOSTALMAGIA
Simon Sciacovelli, USA
Nostalgia voyages through reality, seeking to rectify past mistakes – in this case, through quest to amend the tragic loss of a mother and child while guiding Susan, a grieving playwright.
STUTTER (Feature film)
Sebastian Matthias Weißbach, Germany
After the tragic death of his wife, Jon immediately starts an affair with the enigmatic Red. The closer he gets to her, the more is his life dominated by an ominous digital signal - the stutter.
LATE SLEEPER
Peter Morris Hardy, USA
Nightmares don't always come at night.
01
Daniil Denisov, Germany
Immersed in a surreal story of choices within a dream, a woman attempts to see her own future. But what is dream and what is reality, where is the truth and where is the lie?
ALL IS WELL IN CITIUM
Chase Vardy, Canada
A man goes through a rapid breakdown upon realizing the harsh truth about the universe.
SINGULARITY
Adam Pike, Canada
Amy's desperate attempt to reconnect with her high school friend takes an unexpected dark turn.
ALPHA HOUSE: A LONG ROAD HOME
Tim Lopers, Canada
Alpha House has helped many men stay clean and build their lives back up and no one knows this more than Andrew McLeod.
As his world begins to crumble around him, a troubled police detective must finally confront his past in order to begin healing and reclaim his present.
DISCHARGE
Ken Schwartz, USA
RED TILES
Phillippe Bouret, Canada
A girl's constant state of inertia is interrupted when her nose bleeds.
ENTER THE ROOM
Harry Waldman, USA
Personalities begin to clash as Jeremy's presence poses a threat to his brother, bringing to the fore a traumatic past and the blurring of reality and nightmares.