Closing Night: Saturday, March 29, 9:00 pm | Scotiabank Theatre Toronto

LUNATIC: THE LUNA VACHON STORY

Directed by Kate Kroll

114 min | Documentary | World Premiere

The story of WWF villain, Luna Vachon. Raised by a family of wrestling legends, wrestling was her first love. Reaching the peak of her fame in the 90s, Luna’s biggest hurdle was challenging the mainstream wrestling industry and their view on women at that time She aimed to be the biggest, baddest wrestling villain that ever lived. But despite her successes, both her stage persona and reality started to blur. The guilt of abandoning her two sons to pursue her dream job, being diagnosed as bipolar, abuse, and addiction would prove too much. While the crowd yelled out ‘Lunatic’ to her in-ring heel character, little did they know a dark cloud of mental health struggles plagued her in real-life.

Director: Kate Kroll
Writers: Kate Kroll, Aynsley Baldwin
Executive Producers: Ingrid Hamilton, Frederic Bohbot, Andrew Thomas Hunt, James Fler
Producers: Kate Kroll, Pasha Patriki, Michael Paszt
DOPs: Clair Sanford, Alysha Galbreath, Sarah Thomas Moffat
Editor: Aynsley Baldwin
Music: Conan Karpinski

Cast: Appearances by Luna Vachon, Madusa, Gangrel, Van Hurd, Paul Vachon


Preceded by the short film:

BRAVE REBEL ARMY

8 min | Drama | North American Premiere

After a terrifying incident on campus involving one of their own, four young women seek justice by taking matters into their own hands.

Director: Michelle D'Alessandro Hatt
Writer: Michelle D'Alessandro Hatt
Producers: Michelle D'Alessandro Hatt, Emily Andrews, Laura Nordin, Robin Osmond, Jen Pogue, Andrew Ravindran, Naiyelli Romero Agüero, Laura Tremblay
DOP: Phong Tran

Cast: Tamia Bailey, Sunmin Oh, Emma Thomson, Sam McCall, Ethan Laniado, Harry Meddings, Aaron Smail, Alex Kelly, Stefano Furelli, Steve Kasan, Rishab Kalra