directed by Jeremy Lalonde/ A young vampire returns home to come out of the coffin to his parents. “Everyone’s got some kind of coming out story. At one point in your life you’re confronted with having to tell people something about yourself that you might not be comfortable with.” – Jeremy Lalonde, director of out […]
Numbers and Friends
directed by Alexander Carson/ In his search for happiness in North America, a European man discovers the pleasures of Fantasy Baseball. Using his new appreciation for sports as a metaphor to re-imagine his life choices, he begins to find new meaning in the world around him. Numbers & Friends is a playful and amorphous cine-essay […]
Noah
directed by Walter Woodman and Patrick Cederberg/ Noah’s relationship takes a rapid turn for the worse. “The cool thing about anonymity is that you have the ability to be whoever you want…” – Walter Woodman, director of Noah Issue 11: Shorts at Toronto International Film Festival 2013
Method
directed by Gregory Smith/ Officer Daniel O’Shea must go to extraordinary lengths to get a confession. “… as I stepped behind the camera I got bitten by the bug.” – Gregory Smith, director of Method Issue 11: Shorts at Toronto International Film Festival 2013
Impromptu
directed by Bruce Alcock/ This short animation takes a look at the redemptive power of food, wine, music and love through the eyes of our protagonist, Chuck. A husband and father, Chuck is jovially cooking dinner and listening to Chopin when his wife Sylvie spontaneously invites a group of boisterous colleagues over for dinner. The […]
CRIME: Joe Loya – the Beirut Bandit
directed by Alix Lambert and Sam Chou/ Joe Loya, former bank robber and author of The Man Who Outgrew His Prison Cell, recalls the first time he robbed a bank, in this noirish animated short from acclaimed directors Sam Chou and Alix Lambert. “I like the idea of documentary meets animation. It’s different.” – ALix […]
Beasts in the Real World
directed by Sol Friedman/ An experimental mixed-media short exploring the tenuous connections between a naturalist, a rare land-mammal, some ghosts and a pair of sushi chefs. “One of the biggest challenges of the project was getting the footage of the sushi camera. Everyone I asked about doing it was very wary, they all said it […]
A Grand Canal
directed by Johnny Ma/ A Greek tragedy told in Chinese pop music. The tragic events of a boat captain trying to collect a debt to save his fleet of boats, as remembered by his ten year old son. “In China you buy a box of cigarettes and when someone comes around that you want to […]
Waiting for the Thaw
directed by Sarah Hirtt/ Long divided siblings meet for the moving out of one of them. The atmosphere is tense. Valery, Victor and Vincianne take the road, not knowing that the trip will be hazardous… Waiting for the Thaw is questioning the development of family disagreements in the context of a critical and incongruous situation. […]
In the Fishbowl
directed by Tudor Jurgiu/ George and Cristina are trying to break up. But despite their efforts and violent fights something keeps them together. “And at some point in going over my notes I found this pattern of breaking up and coming back together, and breaking up and coming back together and I found it funny […]
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