OPENING NIGHT: Monday, March 24, 7:00 pm | Scotiabank Theatre Toronto

DARKEST MIRIAM

Directed by Naomi Jaye

87 min | Drama | Toronto Premiere

Librarian Miriam Gordon (Lower) lives in a fog of grief while working amidst marginalized members of the public who populate the Allen Gardens branch of the Toronto Public Libraries. When a burgeoning love-affair with Janko, a younger foreign cab driver (Mercier), coincides with her receiving a series of oddly threatening letters addressed to her, Miriam’s sheltered existence is cracked open.

Director: Naomi Jaye
Writer: Naomi Jaye
Producers: Julie Baldassi, Brian Robertson
Editor: Lev Lewis

Cast: Britt Lower, Tom Mercier, Sook-Yin Lee, Jean Yoon

Preceded by the short film:

Do Us Part 🇨🇦

12 min | Drama | World Premiere
ONTARIO

As a man prepares for an evening out with another woman, he and his wife struggle to reconcile their mutual love with the inevitability of separation.

Director: William Phillips
Writer: William Phillips
Executive Producers: Kristin Booth, David Hewlett, Jill Hopkins
Producers: Jane Loughman, Rose Mergler
DOP: Daniel Everitt-Lock
Production Designer: Alexis Fisette
Editor: William Phillips
Music: Jim McGrath

Cast: Kristin Booth, David Hewlett, Josette Jorge, Glee Dango, David Webster