10 min | Sci-Fi, Drama, Comedy | Ontario Premiere

The Sculptor carves The Stone into the world’s first Patavision. It plays only commercials.

Director: Joshua Banman
Writer: Joshua Banman
Executive Producers: Joshua Banman & Janis Banman
Producer: Joshua Banman
DOP: Chase Gouthro
Production Designer: Joshua Banman
Editors: Chase & Josh
Music: Tchaikovsky

Cast: Joshua Banman, Nadia Fastabend, GeNie Baffoe, Jane Borne, Noble Borne, Scarlett Borne, George Borne

8 min | Drama | Toronto Premiere

Beaupré the Giant marked his era with his 8’3” height. Gone too young and far from home in 1904, his journey as a phenomenon was only just beginning. In a stunning series of twists and turns, his mummified body will take more than 80 years to find its way home.

Director: Alain Fournier
Writer: Alain Fournier
Producer: Alain Fournier
DOP: Etienne Boilard
Production Designer: Mathieu Girard
Editor: Alain Fournier
Music: Patrick Lavoie

Cast: Gérard : Marcel Sabourin Camille: Fanny Mallette

12 min | Documentary

Tailor Made is a short documentary about the passion and perseverance of Tam Nguyen, a refugee from Vietnam who came to Canada in the ‘80s as part of the Vietnamese “boat people” and used his masterful tailoring skills to craft a new life for himself and many others.

Director: Quan Luong
Writer: Quan Luong
Executive Producer: Quan Luong
Producers: Stephen Ground, Sarah Koehn, Meegwun Fairbrother
DOP: Quan Luong
Editor: Nathalie Massaroni
Music: Justin Delorme

Cast: Tam Nguyen

6 min | Sci-Fi, Comedy | Toronto Premiere

After signing up for a literal elevator pitch, a screenwriter is torn between the conflicting advice of three very different producers, testing his grip on reality.

Directors: Jason Speir, Ben Speir
Writer: Jason Speir
Executive Producers: Jason Speir, Ben Speir, Kevin Eade, Paul D. Maxwell, Dan Abramovici
Producers: Jason Speir, Ben Speir, Kevin Eade, Cole Doran
DOP: Paul D. Maxwell
Production Designer: Gary McDonald
Editor: Jason Speir
Music: Carl Steinhauser

Cast: Dan Abramovici, David Hewlett, Naomi Snieckus, Antony Hall, Francis Melling, and Lisa Berry

15 min | Comedy, Drama | Canadian Premiere

They rip! They Pluck! They tear! The agony!
A casual afternoon of ritualistic hair removal between three witchy Iranian sisters marks the chaotic coming-of-age for 12 year old Nora. Between bouts of feverish tea drinking, explosions of family gripes, and one stubborn hair, Nora is thrust into the covenant of middle eastern womanhood.

Director: Sara Jade Alfaro-Dehghani
Writer: Sara Jade Alfaro-Dehghani
Producers: Tyler Klementti, Rebeca Ortiz
DOP: Grant Cooper
Production Designer: Adrienne McLaren
Editor: Paul Skinner
Music: Kat Burns

Cast: Amy Arora, Banafsheh Taherian, Baharan Baniahmadi, Parastoo Amanzadeh, Niaz Salimi

6 min | Drama | World Premiere

The short film tells a slice-of-life story set in a family-run Chinese bakery, exploring parenting philosophies and the pressures faced by the younger immigrant generation. The film challenges the parenting doctrines that immigrant parents pass down to their children, especially the assumptions and expectations about success and relationships.

Director: Carri Chen
Writer: Carri Chen
Executive Producers: Chara Ho, Carri Chen
Producer: Jodie Man
DOP: Kevin Lien
Production Designer: Meryl Allysa Romo
Editor: Jake Lee
Music: Chihiro Nagamatsu

Cast: Jing Cui, Bing Shao, William Hu, Linda Cong, Kang Ho, Seona Kim, Seowook Kim

19 min | Drama

Director: Amir Zargara
Writer: Amir Zargara
Producers: Amir Zargara, Iman Tahsin
DOP: Jelan Maxwell
Production Designer: Eda Aslan
Editor:  Iman Tahsin
Music:  KB

Cast: Sia Alipour, Mehdi Bajestani