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ARCHIVED FILMS
2006
30 Minutes or Less
Graham Stark
- Victoria, BC
Comedy (6:16)
(Best Writing) Johnny is a gritty, hard-boiled man of action whose luck has run out.
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The Moment
Syd Woodward
- Campbell River, BC
Documentary (9:48)
Best Music (Gary Cramer). This is the courageous and deeply moving story of one man’s journey to m...
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The Orchid and the Rose
Lost Boys Studio
- Vancouver, BC
Animation (5:22)
Best Technical. A radiant Orchid and beautiful red Rose grow side by side, falling in love breaki...
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Suspend your Disbelief
Graham Stark
- Victoria, BC
Comedy (6:18)
People's Choice, Best Performance (Andrew Cownden). A musical that explores how ridiculous musica...
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It Haunts Me
Richard J. Olak
- Vancouver, BC
Drama (8:23)
Best Film, Best Performance (Haley Sales). A man, lost in sadness from the tragic loss of the gir...
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2007
Dictators on a Plane (
Best Music
)
Todd Jones
- Nanaimo, BC
An African dictator hires a wily English mercenary to restore him to power with disastrous consequen...
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All May Be Well
Matt Smith
-
Drama (9:49)
Best Performance (Erik Richardson). Brian has a good job, good friends and good life. However, ...
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Android 207
Paul Whittington
- Qualicum Beach, BC
Animation (9:42)
Technical Production, Best Film and People's Choice. A stop-motion animated film about an andro...
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How to Talk Like a Pirate
Graham Stark
- Victoria, BC
Comedy (6:27)
Best Writing. In honour of Talk like a Pirate Day, we present this informational video for the l...
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Gone
Tash Baycroft
- Nanaimo, BC
Drama
Cory Monteith (Glee, Kayla, Kyle XY) and Frederic Robinson (Dark Waters of Crime II, Sight Unseen, G...
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2014
Floodplain
Jeremy Lutter
- Victoria, BC
Drama (10:00)
Rafting across a floodplain in the Rockies, a small-town teen must learn to let go of his childhood ...
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NASA Conspiracy
Graham Stark
- Victoria, BC
Comedy (4:57)
This puts the entirety of the NASA program in a new light.
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Seasick
Eva Cvijanovic
- Winnipeg, MB
Animation (3:28)
Nominated for Best Technical and Best Film Soaking in the sand, a forlorn figure seeks the refuge o...
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Backward Fall
Drama (10:14)
Nominated for Best Original Music & Best Technical, Winner Best Student Film, Best Performance, ...
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White Rhythms, Short Breath
Experimental (6:50)
Olga Zikrata (Winnipeg, MB) A direct experience of tactile sensations, film texture, and contact da...
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Greyscale
Mystery (12:00)
Michael Chen & Aaron Colyn (Nanaimo, BC) A man will do whatever it takes for his loved ones.
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The Evening Cigarette
Animation (1:00)
Matthieu Van Eeckhout (Paris, France) Two years after quitting smoking, a filmmaker offers a tribut...
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The Magic Ferret
Childrens (11:39)
Nominated Best Film Alison Parker (Vancouver, BC) When Sam’s most amazing trick flops, he is def...
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KRUPA
Raymond Knight
- Nanaimo, BC
Music (5:25)
Nominated Best Orignal Music at the 2014 VISFF
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Rain
Sci-Fi (11:29)
Winner Best Technical Shimon Machida (Vancouver, BC) In 2030, the wireless internet has become pow...
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Spring!
Graham Stark
- Victoria, BC
Comedy (2:56)
Nominated for Best Writing and Best Performance Spring is basically the best season ever, bro.
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Expect Something and Nothing at Once
Experimental (3:36)
Michelle Elrick (Winnipeg, MB) Poet Michelle Elrick approaches “home” through blanket forts, po...
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M22
Documentary (1:00)
David Stevens (Breda, The Netherlands) Made from the desire to visualize in a clear and concise man...
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The First Time We
John Gardiner
- Nanaimo, BC
Drama (6:44)
Nominated Best Writing, Winner Most Promising Performance Rich Travale John Gardiner (Nanaimo, BC) ...
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Bome Gnomeski
Comedy (2:43)
Winner Best Original Music Curtis L. Wiebe & Marlon Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB) A cautionary tale abo...
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2015
Sweet Dreams Norma Jean
Drama (7:00)
“Sweet Dreams Norma Jean” follows a girl seeking revenge for the terror brought forth upon her f...
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Tugende Baseballer
Documentary (8:40)
Against all odds, baseball is thriving in Uganda. In 2011, a team from Uganda became the first Littl...
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I am not Perfect
Drama (6:15)
A determined boy who just so happens to be into basketball tries to beat a rival but struggles on th...
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Vancouver Island Traditional Food Conference
Documentary (7:14)
Every year a different community hosts the Traditional Foods Conference. This year up in Fort Rupert...
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Mind Game Demon
Comedy (6:28)
Roxy tries to rebel against her parents. To prove herself, she hangs out in a bad area of town. She ...
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Unlock (Winner
Best Performance
)
Drama (9:17)
People called him the living dead. Ho Jing Man, 35, is a popular author for horror fiction who lived...
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Dude, Where’s My Ferret?
Comedy (12:00)
Skeezix has grown a righteous marijuana plant for the Colorado Cannabis Cup Contest, whose grand pri...
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With Dad
Drama (8:00)
A concerned son extends his visit home to take care of his aging father.
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A Late Thaw (
Best Technical
)
Drama (12:00)
When Tara’s boyfriend presents her with the perfect house, memories of a lover who died years ago ...
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Kindergarten, Da Bin Ich Wieder (
Best Writing
)
Comedy (10:25)
When word gets out that up-and-coming TV jingle writer Audrey Ragnarson doesn’t have a complete ed...
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Moth (Winner
Best Student Film
)
Evan Britz
- Delta, BC
Drama (6:14)
A father beckons for his daughter.
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George Bassler’s Perpetual Motion Machine
Documentary (3:30)
Following his family’s untimely demise, prairie homesteader George Bassler bizarrely crafts a Perp...
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Just Shoot Me
Comedy (6:10)
A seemingly desperate man with a gun to his head finds temporary redemption when an unexpected phone...
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CRAZY LOVE
Helena Marie
- Vancouver, BC
Drama (11:55)
Samantha has learned to get through most days by giving into her boyfriend Alan’s torturous, demen...
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Teenage Dance
Drama (2:35)
A lonely teenager dresses up for the school dance and learns that to trust other people, you must fi...
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Habit
Documentary (7:26)
Everyone has something that they rely on and something that they find solace in.This film is about t...
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Smart Home
Sci-Fi (6:32)
A man lives in a home with smart appliances and technology, but the devices seem to conspire against...
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2016
LOST (Winner
Best Film & People’s Choice
)
Drama (11:40)
A little girl attempts to reunite a lost stuffed animal with it’s rightful owner.
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The Home Show
Graham Stark
- Victoria, BC
Comedy (1:07)
The home show you bring in when other home shows have failed you.
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At Death’s Door
Comedy (9:35)
This is the story of Owen Baines, who meets St. Zed at the end of the bright light that follows deat...
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Fingers Cutting Glass
Drama (3:30)
Two sisters caught in a storm.
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Project Heart – Honouring Residential School Survivors
Documentary (11:56)
Project Heart is the story of an extraordinary school event in Courtenay, B.C. Teacher Susan Leslie ...
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Craven
Drama (9:47)
Dean has been on this drive more times than he’d care to remember – only this time, it’s diffe...
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The Pair (
People’s Choice
)
Graham Stark
- Victoria, BC
Comedy (4:37)
Doing laundry has never been so briefly exciting, and then so enduringly embarrassing.
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Good Beastly Bad
Mystery (11:55)
A murder mystery novelist is tormented by a killer in the motel room next door.
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Alice and Kevin
Documentary (12:00)
Alice was one of the first outspoken First Nations people in Canada, filing a complaint with the Can...
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The Dreamer
Animation (5:37)
A young dreamer embraces his curiosity and discovers an attraction for the moon, which he longs to r...
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2017
Ingrid and the Black Hole
Leah Johnston
- Truro, NS
Drama (6:39)
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‘Mia
Amanda Strong
- Vancouver
Animation (8:00)
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Found
Drama (10:00)
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It’s All in Your Head
Greg Jeffs
-
Thriller (5:49)
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Women’s Christmas Night
Commissioned by TG4 and the Arts Council of Ireland in association with Galway Film Centre, "Splanc!...
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Lemonade Mafia
Anya Adams
- Los Angeles
Comedy (9:02)
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Leonor’s Lullaby
Quentin Paquignon
- Shanghai
Animation (5:30)
Leonor sleeps quietly in her bed until some gentle creatures, the Bobops, take her on a mysterious j...
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Sweat
Kristin Snowbird
- Winnipeg
Documentary (4:44)
A filmmaker explores the transformational experience of a sweat lodge ceremony and grapples with pa...
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Descrambled Eggs
Kayla Jeanson
- Winnipeg
Experimental (4:14)
Poet Steve Currie grapples with the origins of his existence and limitations of his corporeality. Po...
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Drifter
Drama (10:10)
A ruthless bounty hunter discovers the true cost of revenge.
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Reproductive Cycles
John Gardiner
- Nanaimo, BC
Comedy (8:47)
A married couple is trying everything they can to have a baby, but the husband is starting to have s...
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Me, Baby & the Alligator
Jean Faucher
- Montreal, QC
Animation (10:37)
A young couple stop to eat at a roadside cantina in rural Mexico, where the Colonel who runs the to...
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Fish
Saman Hosseinpuor
- Iran
Comedy (4:00)
An elderly couple discovers the power of laughter.
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Croissant
Marius Conrotto
- Barcelona, Spain
Comedy (6:29)
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Cradle
David Holechek
- Los Angeles, CA
Thriller (11:20)
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Isolamento
Carmelo Zucco
- Ottawa, ON
Experimental (5:23)
Carmelo Zucco (Ottawa, ON) Shot on wonderful Super 8, Isolamento is a grand culmination of the them...
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2018
Trying
Shauna Johannesen
- Vancouver
Comedy (11:15)
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Breakdown
Comedy (9:49)
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Do No Harm
Marielle Woods
- Los Angeles, CA
Action (7:32)
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The Contender
Isaiah Berra
- North Vancouver, BC
Documentary (9:23)
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Creature from the Lake
Animation (5:10)
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Oculus Malus
Comedy (5:16)
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Happy Thoughts
John Gardiner
- Nanaimo, BC
Drama (1:21)
With only one minute to live, a man turns to his happy thoughts in hopes of finding peace, but will ...
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Small World – Milad Kassiri
Raymond Knight
- Nanaimo, BC
Music Video (3:43)
Small World is a VISFF 2018 Official Selection.
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#FAFATL
Sean Osorio
- Atlanta, Georgia
Documentary (10:02)
#FAFATL is a VISFF 2018 Official Selection.
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Lemon & Elderflower
Ilenia Cotardo
- UK
Animation (2:41)
Lemon & Elderflower is a VISFF 2018 Official Selection
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Cuba no Vaca
Erik Anderson
- Victoria, BC
Documentary (3:59)
Cuba no Vaca is a VISFF 2018 Official Selection
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Behind Barres
Sophia Bender
- Australia
Drama, Dance (12:00)
Behind Barres is a VISFF 2018 Official Selection
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Princess Syndrome
Zachary Tannar
- Nanaimo, BC
Comedy (4:36)
Princess Syndrome is a VISFF 2018 Official Selection
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Just One Word
Jani Lauzon
- Toronto, ON
Drama (11:52)
Just One Word is a VISFF 2018 Official Selection.
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Films to Break Projectors
Tim Grabham
- UK
Experimental (5:07)
Films to Break Projectors is a VISFF 2018 Official Selection
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Methodic
Colin Williams
- Calgary, AB
Drama (10:00)
Methodic is a VISFF 2018 Official Selection
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Real Artists
Cameo Wood
- San Francisco
Sci-Fi (12:00)
Real Artists is a VISFF 2018 Official Selection
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This is Inala
Daniel Kooman
- Red Deer, AB
Documentary (6:33)
This is Inala is a VISFF 2018 Official Selection
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2019
Lifelines
Catherine Parke
-
Drama (8:30)
Overwhelmed by the trials and tribulations of high school, Arielle finds refuge in a dangerous habit...
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Inanimate
Lucia Bulgheroni
-
Animation (8:36)
Inanimate is a classic stop motion short film featuring Katrine and Patrick. When Katrine makes the ...
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A Boy’s Fear
Comedy (5:00)
A terrified boy must face a very personal fear.
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Fisher Cove
Sean Skene
-
Thriller (8:29)
A Fisherman and his dog hunt down a creature that does not belong in Falcon Lake.
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Claire
Spencer Ryerson
-
Dark Humour (8:00)
Following a brutal attack, a young woman's seemingly inevitable fate is rudely interrupted by a piec...
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Positions
Justin Ducharme
-
Drama (12:00)
Positions tells the story of a queer, Indigenous, male sex worker in Vancouver. Note: This film ...
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Alternating Current
Rowan Gray
-
Drama (7:06)
A woman aging out of a thankless job faces a life of poverty after being suddenly stripped of her ha...
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Piece of Mind
Erin Hembrador
-
Drama (8:33)
An elderly Filipino man finds a young, distraught woman rummaging through his yard. After realizing ...
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The Importance of Dreaming
Tara Audibert
-
Animation (11:42)
The forbidden love between an Owl and a Fox drives them away from friends and family as they search ...
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Roses and Stitches
Drama (8:10)
Losing a loved one is terrible. When Abigale's beloved is killed, her mad scientist father brings hi...
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How to Hide a Dead Body
John Gardiner
- Nanaimo, BC
Comedy (11:55)
Two idiots try to hide a dead body before a local gangster finds out what they did. *Winner 2019 Pe...
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Living With
Raymond Knight
- Nanaimo, BC
Documentary (8:56)
'Living with' is a documentary short film that follows Dexter, a young man who was diagnosed with a ...
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The Wrestler
Drama (11:59)
As a masked wrestler, Terry just wants to be seen as a good guy.
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2020
Asteroid Season
Earthstar Smith
- Vancouver
Animation (3:59)
In a lonesome frozen land, a feisty hermit lives a charmed life. When an enormous asteroid arrives o...
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Bargain Bin Bed
Rob Shaw
- Canada
Horror, Comedy (9:39)
A woman is haunted by her poor decision to buy a used bed.
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Sheep
Theo Chasson
- France
Drama, Social, Suspense (3:33)
A painting as a single window. Buried in silence, fragments of childhood resurface.
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Mandatory
Javad Khorsha
- Iran
Drama (15:00)
A soldier faces a dilemma. *Winner 2020 Best Writing Goldie* *Winner 2020 Best Film Goldie*
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Such a Small Thing
Shelly J. Hong
- Toronto
Drama (9:31)
A woman in her 40's goes back to her small hometown to confront her boyfriend of the assault that ha...
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Minor Accident of War
Diane Weis & Piotr Kabat
- California
Animation (10:00)
"Minor Accident of War" is based on a true story written and narrated by the man who lived it -- Edw...
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Wawatay
Neil Affleck
- Toronto
Animation, Non-linear Narrative, Indigenous (4:40)
“Wawatay” is an Oji-Cree word that translates as “the Northern Lights”. The film is an indig...
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Dust
Shane Book
- Victoria, BC
Adaptation (8:32)
A young poet’s final evening with his girlfriend sparks memories of an afternoon spent with his ai...
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Bark
Ryan Irving
- Calgary
Horror (6:00)
Two women desperately try to escape a stalking axe murderer through a city park. Unfortunately for t...
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Twinless
Sapir Danan & Ronalee Israel
- Israel
Animation (6:20)
On her birthday, Millie is drawn through her birthday cake into the depths of her pain, loss and con...
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Rust Bucket
Mo Wynne & Roddy Hyduk
- U.S.A.
Documentary (2:15)
A portrait of an Edmonton-based artist and his unlikely canvas.
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Laura
Kaayla Whachell
- Abbotsford, BC
Drama (12:15)
Laura, a young half Indigenous woman undergoes a conversation with her lawyer Mr. Wilson to determin...
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Peete
Simon Madore
- Toronto
Drama, Silent (10:00)
A washed-up misfit named Peete moves temporarily into a quiet suburb. As he waits for a loved one to...
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The Girl/La Fille
Keegan Connor Tracy
- Burnaby
Fantasy, Horror (6:45)
A young girl playing in the forest comes across a mysterious curio which transports her to 1920s Fra...
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Deepness of the Fry
August Niclasen
- Denmark
Animation (4:02)
An absurd existential crisis told through a series of animated vignettes that question "Can anyone t...
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Going Up
Forman Howes
- Vancouver, BC
Comedy, Crime, Dark (12:06)
Finn joins a hitman on a ride to the sixth floor in the world's slowest elevator.
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Square One
Emily Jo Sargent
- London, UK
Drama (12:00)
A semi-autobiographical film about the writer/director's experiences of being in a closeted relation...
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Sonatina
Wong Hoi
- Hong Kong
Drama (8:00)
New bodyguard Chow feels puzzled by a strange woman who shrugs her shoulders, shakes her head and sm...
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Nothing to Say
Aubry Mintz
- L.A.
Animation (9:35)
Nothing to Say is an allegory in which a recent arrival at the zoo challenges the zookeeper and othe...
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Tampon
Erica Orofino
- Toronto
Comedy (5:30)
Katie's about to have a romantic night with her guy but her period keeps getting in the ...
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Giltrude’s Dwelling
Jeremy Lutter
- Victoria, BC
Sci-fi, Fantasy, Drama (14:30)
When a life or death dilemma comes knocking, Giltrude must look beyond her front door and learn to f...
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Safety
Fabrice Joubert
- France
Drama (13:54)
On a bright sunny afternoon in November, Michael and eleven other children face a life or death situ...
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River Therapy
Raymond Knight
- Nanaimo, BC
Documentary (6:45)
Richard finds his solitude fishing at the river where he experiences the returning salmon while refl...
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Osuba
Federico Marsicano
- Italy
Drama (5:32)
Osuba is a visual expression and emotional trip about domestic violence.
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Always Dani
Rosa Carranza
- Mexico
Drama, Coming of Age (12:00)
Jaime is a family father that recently found out that his son, Dani, is transgender. In the process ...
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2021
The Blue Bed
Alireza Kazemipour
- Iran
Drama (14:10)
Zahra is a middle-aged woman who visits a temporary marriage agency and signs up to have a young wor...
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Excluded by Design
Simon Madore & Gabriel Tougas
- Toronto & Winnipeg
Documentary (3:55)
Writer and community organizer Dave Meslin thinks that bad public notices are hurting our democracy ...
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Cool Affections
Josh Terry-Brand
- Victoria, BC
Comedy (8:20)
A melancholic man has a turbulent relationship with his refrigerator.
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All-In Madonna
Arnold Lim
- Victoria, BC
Drama (12:40)
When 17-year-old Maddie attends public school for the first time, she discovers dark secrets about h...
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Ohrwurm (Earwig)
Vaughn and Connor Gaston
- Victoria, BC
Drama/Surreal (13:40)
An ex-Stasi informant, holed up in her apartment, has her world upended when her estranged son arriv...
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Before the Beauty is Gone
Mackai Sharp
- Comox, BC
Documentary (13:58)
An unfortunate reality: our fish are disappearing. Not our Salmon or our Halibut, but those will soo...
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Barrier
Sohee Hong
- Mill Bay, BC
Drama (7:32)
A short coming of age dramatic film about an Asian girl facing a subtle prejudice in her class in Ca...
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Gyoro Goes To The Theatre
Shoichi “David” Haruyama
- Japan
Musical/Animation (3:31)
Covid-19 has shuttered theaters everywhere. This film was made as an ode to the power of the theater...
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Baba
Jay Kamal
- Burnaby, BC
Drama (14:30)
12-year old Samir must come to terms with the tragedy of his father’s death while fulfilling his r...
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Freebird
Michael Joseph McDonald, Joe Bluhm & Nick Herd
- Montreal
Animation (5:32)
Freebird is the coming-of-age story of a boy with Down Syndrome who learns to navigate the world wit...
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Rent Do
Gavin Michael Booth
- United States
Comedy (14:51)
Rent Do follows Rich, Winnie and Pete, roommates and reluctant best friends. When each one is uncere...
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Son of the Wind
XU Qi
- China
Magical-Realist Fantasy (9:56)
The fateful encounter at a wind farm in Inner Mongolia prairie makes a lonely young watchman fall in...
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Unsheltered
Brian C O’Malley
- Greenville, RI, United States
Animation (6:21)
A young boy tragically loses both his parents and is forced to grow up fast, learning from his nomad...
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If I Were President
Andrea Arteaga Cote & Andrei Ramos Puerto
- Mexico
Documentary (8:05)
The women of Tahdziú, Yucatán speak about their right to vote as indigenous women, they demand to ...
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2022
MILK
Montgomery Langford
- Canada
Comedy (4:50)
MILK, a not-so-futuristic short film, loosely explores the concept of freedom in a controlled enviro...
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Eureka
Miida Chu
- United States
Drama (14:50)
A young indentured Chinese prostitute must overcome her toxic dependency on the brothel madam on the...
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A Barbaric First Date
Kaliandra Capri
- Nanaimo, BC
Comedy (5:13)
A comedic short about easily-influenced, basic Karen, who is a bit of a " beautiful fool" type, casu...
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To Life
Stefanie Gartmann
- Germany
Documentary (12:00)
Lene lives in solitude by a fjord in Iceland. She calls herself an "old lady," but her curiosity and...
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Mani Pedi
Marlene Goldman
- Toronto, ON
Drama (14:07)
Mani Pedi follows Raymond, a young immigrant from Laos, who learned to fight in the refugee camps, b...
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Mahi
Hoda Ahmadi
- Iran
Drama (14:00)
A girl named Mahi comes to the Iran's capital city, Tehran, to work.
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Dream Book
Connor Gaston
- Victoria, BC
Comedy (10:01)
After discovering his daughter's ability to draw things into existence, a layabout father exploits t...
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Break Any Spell
Anton Jøsef
- Canada
Drama (13:00)
A teenage girl uses Live-Action-Role-Playing to cope and escape from her mother who suffers from ear...
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Cannibal
Ramin Samani
- Iran
Drama (9:00)
While an unknown virus is spreading in Iran, a tow man whose main task is to help others commits a h...
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Orbed
Purple Ear
- United Kingdom
Animation (4:42)
Orbed is a magic realist story about a boy who visits the moon.
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Hail Marie
Arthur Rodger 'Harley' Maranan
- Vancouver, BC
Comedy (13:17)
Having recently moved to Canada, the youngest son of a Filipino family struggles to win the respect ...
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Shadow of the Fox
Noushin Meraji
- Iran
Drama (11:00)
Shahram's wife has left, and while dealing with a terrible mental crisis, he must try to answer his ...
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Are You My Mommy
Gavin Michael Booth
- United States
Comedy (14:30)
While filming his latest blockbuster, Hero, a famous action star, is badly wounded. To the rescue co...
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MeTube: August sings ‘Una furtiva lagrima’
Daniel Moshel
- Austria
Comedy (8:00)
Intergalactic music nerds August and Elfi conquer the opera stage and orchestrate their final advent...
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2023
KC
Mike Palmer
- Peterborough, ON
Art, Documentary (4:13)
Katrina paints canvases bursting with colour and expression, but what separates her is the ability t...
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Rascal News
Amélia Simard
- Vancouver, BC
Documentary, Experimental (06:45)
Kyra and Amélia create short video capsules with a Polaroid digital camcorder; these are episodes o...
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En Dehors de Toi
Kajsa Eklund
- Vancouver, BC
Drama (13:21)
When Mia and Sasha are alone, everything is easy. They are free to love each other, uninhibited by t...
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Johnny The Dime
Joseph Blake Menzel
- United States
Comedy (07:17)
A brash and arrogant man catches a peeping-tom spying on his sister. He vows to take revenge, and di...
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Joanna Makes a Friend
Jeremy Lutter
- Victoria, BC
Drama (15:00)
A young girl, Joanna, is ostracized from kids at school. Lonely, she retreats into the books of HP L...
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Half Samurai
Rashad Haughton
- Japan
Action (11:00)
An ode to Hollywood Westerns and Japanese Samurai Films about a mysterious drifter who wanders into ...
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The Lovely Sky
Amir Mehran
- Iran
Animation (14:00)
An impatient fighter pilot bombs cities every day. He returns to his little girl every night after c...
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Lucid
Jim Watson
- Hamilton, Ontario
Drama (09:27)
A schizophrenic man has a brief moment of clarity, and finds his way back home. LUCID shines a li...
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Curiosa
Tessa Moult-Milewska
- United Kingdom
Animation (09:30)
Curiosa tells the story of overly curious Mary, who visits her boyfriend's flat for the first time, ...
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Məca
Ritchie Hemphill & Ryan Haché
- Victoria, BC
Animation (08:18)
Məca is a stop motion representation of the late elder Ida Smith telling her grandson the 'Nakwax'd...
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BIRDS EYE
Mike Daniel McKinlay
- Vancouver, BC
Documentary, Experimental (05:17)
A single House Finch gives it's viewer a glimpse into the human world from above, beside, and below....
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Zoe and Hannah Forever
Rachelle Younie
- Vancouver, BC
Drama (07:48)
When Zoe falls in love with her best friend Hannah, she recalls conflicting memories of their time t...
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time together
Pauline Gallinat
- Victoria, BC
Animation, Experimental(02:32)
Babe? … Are you listening? Enjoy the main character’s attempt to garner their par...
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Island TRADIES
Shane Watt
- Duncan, BC
Comedy (4:55)
Island TRADIES, like The Office, presents a fly on the wall mockumentary style sitcom where our new ...
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Mystery Meat
Hannah van Dijk
- Vancouver, BC
Drama, Comedy, Horror (10:06)
After a series of bad reviews, a nervous chef must impress an intimidating food critic in order to s...
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Split Ends
Alireza Kazemipour
- Iran
Drama (14:15)
A bald girl and a young boy with long hair whose car has been confiscated due to lack of proper hija...
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What the Dirt Don’t Like
Jenn L Ashton
- North Vancouver, BC
Animation, Experimental, Short (00:37)
A short spoken word Land Back film.
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Culicidae
Greg Moran
- Sydney, Australia
Comedy (6:58)
A late night intrusion leads to a life and death struggle.
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Year of the Tortoise
Connor Gaston
- Victoria, BC
Drama (12:20)
A young woman sets out to prove to her sister that their mother has reincarnated as a tortoise.
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Program 1
KC
Mike Palmer
- Peterborough, ON
Art, Documentary (4:13)
Katrina paints canvases bursting with colour and expression, but what separates her is the ability t...
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Rascal News
Amélia Simard
- Vancouver, BC
Documentary, Experimental (06:45)
Kyra and Amélia create short video capsules with a Polaroid digital camcorder; these are episodes o...
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En Dehors de Toi
Kajsa Eklund
- Vancouver, BC
Drama (13:21)
When Mia and Sasha are alone, everything is easy. They are free to love each other, uninhibited by t...
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Johnny The Dime
Joseph Blake Menzel
- United States
Comedy (07:17)
A brash and arrogant man catches a peeping-tom spying on his sister. He vows to take revenge, and di...
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Joanna Makes a Friend
Jeremy Lutter
- Victoria, BC
Drama (15:00)
A young girl, Joanna, is ostracized from kids at school. Lonely, she retreats into the books of HP L...
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Half Samurai
Rashad Haughton
- Japan
Action (11:00)
An ode to Hollywood Westerns and Japanese Samurai Films about a mysterious drifter who wanders into ...
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The Lovely Sky
Amir Mehran
- Iran
Animation (14:00)
An impatient fighter pilot bombs cities every day. He returns to his little girl every night after c...
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Lucid
Jim Watson
- Hamilton, Ontario
Drama (09:27)
A schizophrenic man has a brief moment of clarity, and finds his way back home. LUCID shines a li...
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Curiosa
Tessa Moult-Milewska
- United Kingdom
Animation (09:30)
Curiosa tells the story of overly curious Mary, who visits her boyfriend's flat for the first time, ...
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Program 2
Məca
Ritchie Hemphill & Ryan Haché
- Victoria, BC
Animation (08:18)
Məca is a stop motion representation of the late elder Ida Smith telling her grandson the 'Nakwax'd...
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BIRDS EYE
Mike Daniel McKinlay
- Vancouver, BC
Documentary, Experimental (05:17)
A single House Finch gives it's viewer a glimpse into the human world from above, beside, and below....
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Zoe and Hannah Forever
Rachelle Younie
- Vancouver, BC
Drama (07:48)
When Zoe falls in love with her best friend Hannah, she recalls conflicting memories of their time t...
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time together
Pauline Gallinat
- Victoria, BC
Animation, Experimental(02:32)
Babe? … Are you listening? Enjoy the main character’s attempt to garner their par...
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Island TRADIES
Shane Watt
- Duncan, BC
Comedy (4:55)
Island TRADIES, like The Office, presents a fly on the wall mockumentary style sitcom where our new ...
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Mystery Meat
Hannah van Dijk
- Vancouver, BC
Drama, Comedy, Horror (10:06)
After a series of bad reviews, a nervous chef must impress an intimidating food critic in order to s...
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Split Ends
Alireza Kazemipour
- Iran
Drama (14:15)
A bald girl and a young boy with long hair whose car has been confiscated due to lack of proper hija...
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What the Dirt Don’t Like
Jenn L Ashton
- North Vancouver, BC
Animation, Experimental, Short (00:37)
A short spoken word Land Back film.
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Culicidae
Greg Moran
- Sydney, Australia
Comedy (6:58)
A late night intrusion leads to a life and death struggle.
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Year of the Tortoise
Connor Gaston
- Victoria, BC
Drama (12:20)
A young woman sets out to prove to her sister that their mother has reincarnated as a tortoise.
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