4min | Drama

In a great big forest, the three trees live together on top of a mountain. As the seasons change, the trees discover surprising things in themselves. With help of forest friends, each tree overcomes growing pains and learns about themselves, friendship and their place in the forest and the world.

Director: M.R. Horhager, Aaron Hong
Writer: M.R. Horhager
Executive Producer: Archita Ghosh
Producers: Emily Paige, M.R. Horhager
Music: Tyler Fitzmaurice

Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Noa MacDonald, Graham Horhager, Addison Chou

10min | Historical Fiction, Animation-Live Action Hybrid | World Premiere

Doctor Wilfred Grenfell and his sled dogs struggle for survival lost at sea on an iceberg.

Director: John Hollands
Writer: John Hollands
Producer: Kenji Yukinaga-Paradis
DOP: Nic Peerson
Production Designer: Gurpreet Singh
Editor: John Hollands
Music: Karl Gottschalk

Cast: Andrew Massil, Jack Hollands

16min | Drama

In New France before the British Conquest, Marie, an indigenous slave, serves the local surgeon. Her daily life of household chores is bleak and alienating. The encounter with a young girl she presumes to be her child will give her motivation to undertake radical actions.

Directors: Julien G. Marcotte, Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush
Writers: Julien G. Marcotte, Jani Bellefleur Kaltush
Producer: Geneviève Gosselin-G (Le Foyer Films)
DOP: Nicolas Poitras-Gamache
Production Designer: Rebecca Dory
Editor: Pier-Philippe Chevigny
Music: Maya Belsitzman, Matan Ephrat

Cast: Soleil Launière, Fred-Éric Salvail, Dorothé Gauthier-Nolett, Geneviève Boivin-Roussy, Julian Bailey, Ryan Bommarito, Benoît Mauffette, Adrien Lessard

15min | Drama | World Premiere

In a remote village of Afghanistan, Baheer, a young teenager quietly slips out of his house, determined to meet with his best friend before they are both displaced by the chaos of their world.

Director: Salar Pashtoonyar
Writer: Salar Pashtoonyar
Executive Producer: BadSon Pictures
Producers: Soledad Vega, Salar Pashtoonyar
DOP: Salar Pashtoonyar
Production Designer: Salar Pashtoonyar
Editor: Fjordi Spahiu

Cast: Ahmad Baheer, Ayatullah Khan, Hedayatullah Khan, Saifullah Husseinkhel Soraya Husseinkhel, Roya Husseinkhel, Ibrahim Barekzai, Ajmir Kandahari

15min | Drama | World Premiere

A young man wrestles with the haunting resentment that his friend and roommate leaves behind.

Director: Ammar Keshodia
Writer: Ammar Keshodia
Producer: Michael Ren
DOP: Julian Lomaga
Production Designer: Bradley Capstick
Editor: Ammar Keshodia
Music: Arie Verheul van de Ven

Cast: Mikaël Conde, Dylan Mask, Diana Luong

19min | Comedy, Drama | Toronto Premiere

The last of the northern white rhinos is dead. Lili, a rather well-off 70 year-old grandmother, led a comfortable retired life until these news have her dive deep into eco-anxiety. What kind of world will she leave for her granddaughter Gaby?

Director: Guillaume Harvey
Writer: Guillaume Harvey
Producers: Mylène Corbeil, Estelle Champoux
DOP: Natan B. Foisy
Production Designer: Chiara Fossati
Editor: Valérie Tremblay
Music: Ilyaa Ghafouri

Cast: Louise Laparé, Margaux Vaillancourt, Vincent Bilodeau, Viviane Pacal, Bernard Fortin, Stéphanie Arav-Clocchiatti, Marjorie Armstrong, Jacques L'Heureux