Short experimental light animation by Tochka.
Many of our Toronto students have experienced being new at some point: They’ve moved to new schools, new neighbourhoods, and even new countries. They created a story about the difficulties of trying to fit into a new environment while still being true to yourself. By exaggerating the experience for comedic effect, their film puts viewers in their shoes, and shows how overwhelming it can be to be the new kid.
The incredibly true and not made up story of Eva - the reincarnated gay Jesus.
A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...
Experimental animation by Nicholas Nedelkopoulos
A game of dungeons and dragons goes badly wrong when a group of misfits manage to bring a Celtic warrior back from the dead.
Griff's parents are concerned about his grandfather's influence when he sets up a tent in the yard.
The stair of steps appear checkerboard room. Conflict between a young man tries to fit the situation and the stickman ridicules him.
A comical short film about a family raising a spoilt daughter.
A heart-warming short film of two brothers and their relationship after their father's death.
A side table and a chest of drawers (played by actors in ingenious soft-sculpture costumes) indulge in a bit of passive-aggressive furniture moving. Do you know what your household decor is up to when you’re not looking? Another characteristically eccentric bit of humor from Dutch filmmaker Sietske Tjallingii, aka "Miss T."
A successful, but unhappy man tries to be himself.
In this comedic docufiction, Javier (Javier Raphael) is a young man who has always wanted to be a football coach like his idol “El Chelís” (José Luis Sánchez Solá), but has never done anything to fulfill his dream. Now, guided by a nosy narrator (Jorge Pietrasanta), he will look for some of the most unorthodox amateur football coaches in Mexico, and for his beloved "Chelís", so that each one can give him lessons until he is fully trained to manage a match and thus become a true "Mexican football coach".
Sam finds a badly beaten woman outside his house.
The quotidian becomes hypnotic as the shapes and patterns of pavements come to life.
Up, left, right, round and round, but not down.
The sunlight cast through a bedroom window breaks free and takes on new shapes as it journeys around the room.
Pete spends his typical morning patrolling a park, teaching himself how to whistle to pass the time. Pete's day takes a turn when he decides he needs a donut. Inside a local donut shop he's mistaken for a police officer and hesitantly basks in the misplaced glory. When suddenly two armed men burst in, guns flashing. As tension mounts, the whole donut shop looks to Pete to save them. Terror will reign. Love will be tested. And one person will rise from the dust a donut shop hero.
In 1982, a fourteen-year-old movie fanatic from an underprivileged family in the Municipality of Manapla coincidentally witnesses the production shoot of Oro, Plata, Mata in his hometown. Full of determination he approaches the director, Peque Gallaga, in the hopes of landing a job that would help in providing for his family, and feed his passion.
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