Luke Avoledo

Jessie, a Chinese Canadian photography student takes on a self-portraiture assignment. After discovering the work of Cindy Sherman, she is torn to reflect on her own shifting identity and artistic voice, while juggling her role as a daughter to meet her her mother's expectations.

Toronto-based singer-songwriter Lukas Clay brings earnest lyricism and coming-of-age fantasies with a textural alt-pop and well, gay, sound. Produced in the living room with producer Aaron William Smith, Lukas Clay's Debut EP and film 'Wasted Lies' is a self-portrait of a younger self, struggling with sexual and gender identity within the LGBTQ+ community, relationships, and a rude introduction to a world outside of the safety of 'home'.

Perpetually disturbed by the world around them, two twenty-somethings navigate their lives as underdogs in Toronto’s queer community. As a chubby gay man and misanthropic trans girl, they don’t exactly adhere to the “ideal gay image,” While the pair have their share of grievances with fellow queers AND society at large this jaded and judgmental duo aren’t completely innocent either.