“The Longest Way 1.0”, Dir. Christoph Rehage (Germany)
North America Festival Premiere
5:19 Short Documentary :: This self-directed, staggering, time-lapse and superbly edited documentary is made up of roughly 1400 photographs that depict a one-year walk from Beijing to the Chinese city of Ürümqi.
- Trailer:
- Web: http://www.thelongestway.com/
Tags: Walking, Distance Walking, Spiritual Walks, China, Travel Stories, Master Walking Teacher Xie
“The Marvelous Girl”, Dir. Johnny Vong (Canada)
14:00 Dance and Music Related :: A young paraplegic girl has an encounter with the ‘boy from her dreams’, who moves her in unexpected ways.
Tags: Dance, Contemporary Dance, Fantasy, Paraplegic
“John Lennon’s Turd”, Dir. Phil Peel (UK)
Canadian Premiere
14:45 Short Film :: Dec 16th 1969. John Lennon, en route to meet the Canadian Prime Minister, stops off to use a stranger’s toilet. Über-fans can’t believe their luck and hatch a plan to sell their idol’s unflushed poo. *Director In Attendance*
- Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJn2x9yRYO0
- Web: www.johnlennonsturd.com
Tags: The Beatles, Comedy, Toilet Humor
“Narcissist”, Dir. Eric Casaccio (USA)
Canadian Premiere
17:52 Short Film :: Evan, a hard working writer discovers the painful truth of a handsome and charming, yet manipulative and toxic love interest.
Tags: LGBTTIQQ2SA, Fidelity, Romance, Lust, Relationships, Monogamy
“Bebete e Daniboy”, Dir. Ruy Veridiano (Brazil)
Canadian Premiere
35:35 Experimental :: Shot as an experimental post-gay sci-fi musical – Daniboy (Rodrigo Pavon) is a young bisexual who faces the problems of every teenager at his age, always counting on his friend Bebete (Katiana Rangel). His life changes when he literally falls for Felipe in a club and breaks his teeth, a few hours before seeing his dying father in hospital. Also stars, the Spanish electropop diva La Prohibida and Brazilian opera singer Francisco Campos Neto.
- Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIzLiLThNt8
- Web: https://pt-br.facebook.com/pages/Bebete-e-Daniboy/447585128644208
Tags: Sci-Fi, Transgender, LGBTTIQQ2SA, Dramedy, LGBTQ, Youth/Teen
“Mousse”, Dir. John Hellberg (Sweden / France)
40:54 Short Film :: During the year’s biggest horse race, a remote betting shop gets an unexpected visit from a desperate Frenchman. His plan is to rob the shop, free his buddy from custody and flee the country.
- Trailer: http://mousse.nu/trailer.php
- Web: http://mousse.nu/
Tags: Friendship, Loyalty, Police Comedy, Smalltown Idiosyncrasies, In Bruges, French Comedy
“Monty Mouse”, Dir. Deanna Dewey (UK)
World Premiere
5:30 Animation :: Monty Mouse is different – can he find a new friend who will accept him for who he is?
- Trailer:
- Web: http://www.gullfilms.com/
Tags: Acceptance, Disability Culture, Compassion, Animation
The Interviewer
*Encore Screening*
13:25 (Petersham, NSW, Australia)
Dir. Genevieve Clay, Dir. Robin Bryan
Thomas Howell gets more than he’s bargained for in a job interview at a prestigious law firm, an insult about his tie, a rendition of Harry Potter and the chance to change the lives of a father and son.
Trailer: http://vimeo.com/45737098
Keywords: Family, Comedy, Drama, Disability Culture, Inclusive Filmmaking
“An Adventure in Humanity”, Dir. Sean Schiavolin (USA)
Canadian Premiere
33:22 Short Documentary :: Recounting his life after suffering a substantial loss of memory, Father Oscar Sarmiento recalls his traumatic childhood in Cuba and his providential journey to becoming an artist and ultimately a Catholic priest.
- Trailer: None
- Web: None
Tags: Religion, Spiritual, Realism, Post Modern, Culture, Art, Spiritual, Biography, Personal Narrative, Senior/Aging, Disability Culture, Hispanic
“BulletProof”, Dir. Peter Lazarus (USA)
Canadian Premiere
33:47 Short Film :: ‘Bulletproof’ is the story of young Benny Jackson, who is in danger of losing the beloved family business, the Bulletproof Jackson Saloon to an avaricious developer. ’Bulletproof’ is made by Zeno Mountain Film Camp, where since 2004 they’ve been supporting lifelong friendships between people of diverse abilities through the magic of making films.
- Trailer: https://vimeo.com/62796391
- Web: http://www.zenomountainfarm.com/
Tags: Experimental, Comedy, Drama, Western, Period/Historical, Disability Culture, Inclusive Filmmaking
“Sometimes I Float”, Dir. Jason Hammond (Canada)
*World Premiere*
11:23 Short Film :: For the past few years Belle has suffered from chronic nightmares. As we go into her psyche, we experience them firsthand for ourselves.
- Trailer: https://vimeo.com/88221610
- Web: http://twitter.com/Jason_Hamms
Tags: Surreal, Drama, Childhood Trauma
“Street Rituals – 5 Variations”, Dir. Gili Noyman (Israel)
North American Premiere
7:09 Experimental :: Meeting, greeting, laughing, kissing, hugging, partying or gathering regularly on beach, those are familiar tasks that ‘Street Rituals’ focuses on. The film documents spontaneous street encounters and public gatherings and presents the poetic and ritual aspects of our daily routines.
- Trailer: https://vimeo.com/87024083
- Web: None
Tags: Israel, Social Observation, Public Displays of Affection
“What If”, Dir. Mike Garrick (Australia)
North American Premiere
10:37 Short Film :: A coming of age story of a young man born with cerebral palsy seen through the eyes of his mother, as she reflects on what her son’s life would have otherwise been if he were born “normal”.
- Trailer: None
- Web: None
Tags: Raising Kids, Rebellious Teens, Nature vs Nurture, Family Drama
“Folded Hope”, Dir. Jenna Leung (USA)
Canadian Premiere
11:15 Short Film :: A terminally ill girl and her mother struggle with the physical and emotional implications of illness which drive the girl to a task to find hope, despite her condition.
Tags: Family Drama, Health/Medical, Disability Culture
“Spin”, Dir. Tom McIntire (USA)
Canadian Premiere
14:00 Short Film :: ‘Spin’ twists a letter of love around a broken relationship and the memory of a long-dead friend and lover.
Tags: LGBTTIQQ2SA, Fantasy, Laundromat
“Horse For Sale”, Dir. Katarzyna Kochany (Canada)
Toronto Premiere
14:46 Short Film :: A mysterious letter spurs a young girl to sabotage the sale of her sister’s prize stallion.
- Trailer: https://vimeo.com/78789468
- Web: http://vimeo.com/dustbunnies
Tags: Horses, Sibling Rivalry, Sisters, Forgiveness
“The Help”, Dir. Oliver Yan (China)
North American Premiere
14:53 Short Film :: A car on the streets of Shanghai hits an old man. Soon one by one, passersby form a crowd but nobody dares to help. When the old man gradually regains consciousness, the truth of what really happened begins to unravel…
- Trailer: None
- Web: None
Tags: Drama, Crime, Reality, Social Issues, Chinese Culture
“Seven Days” (שבעה ימים), Dir. Oded Raz (Israel)
North American Premiere
56:12 Short Film :: Sigalit and Noga, diametrically opposed sisters, are forcefully reunited for their mother’s ‘Shiva’ in their childhood home . Both wish to peacefully abide by the ceremonial protocol. But the powder keg on which they sit is full of kindling from their childhood that they have yet to address.
- Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ5Kse1yD30
- Web: None
Tags: Jewish, Family, Drama, Religion, Culture, Social Issue
“Marie et les Gargouilles” (Mary and the Gargoyles)
Dir. Nicolas Trame (France)
North American Premiere
29:55 Short Film :: Prophetic and apocalyptic messages from the Virgin Mary during her various appearances around the world from 1873-1975, with some Gargoyles…
- Trailer: None
- Web: nicolastrame@orange.fr
Tags: Religious, Supernatural, Spiritual, Mystery
“Mousse”, Dir. John Hellberg (Sweden / France)
North American Premiere
40:54 Short Film :: During the year’s biggest horse race, a remote betting shop gets an unexpected visit from a desperate Frenchman. His plan is to rob the shop, free his buddy from custody and flee the country.
- Trailer: http://mousse.nu/trailer.php
- Web: http://mousse.nu/
Tags: Friendship, Loyalty, Police Comedy, Smalltown Idiosyncrasies, In Bruges, French Comedy
“Jean Olivier Hucleux, du travail à l’oeuvre”
(Jean Olivier Hucleux, from the Work to the Artwork)
Dir. Virgile Novarina (France)
North American Premiere
59:08 Short Documentary :: Painter of international renown, Jean Olivier Hucleux (born in 1923) is one of the pioneers of the hyper-realist movement which grew in Europe and in the United States. Since 1980 Hucleux has been producing ‘deprogramming’ drawings that he creates intuitively, without any plan, trying to get to a forgotten memory, hidden in the brain of all men. Shot since 2005, this film is the first documentary entirely dedicated to this unique artist.
- Trailer: https://vimeo.com/79771185, https://vimeo.com/79774481
- Web: http://www.hucleux-lefilm.com/index_en.html
Tags: Realism, Post Modern, Culture, Art, Spiritual, Biography, Personal Narrative, Senior/Aging, Dyslexia
“Artful Dodger” by iNCH, Dir. Felipe P. Soares (USA)
Canadian Premiere
3:32 Music Video :: While searching for a missing person in the Redwood Forest, iNCH uncovers a conspiracy surrounding one our greatest myths – – Bigfoot.
- Trailer: None
- Web: None
Tags: Music Video, Pop Music, SynthPop
“Spin”, Dir. Tom McIntire (USA)
Canadian Premiere
14:00 Short Film :: ‘Spin’ twists a letter of love around a broken relationship and the memory of a long-dead friend and lover.
Tags: LGBTTIQQ2SA, Fantasy, Laundromat
“45 RPM”, Dir. Juli Jackson (USA)
Canadian Premiere
97:14 Feature Film :: An artist struggles with the source of her inspiration and finds help from an obsessive record collector in the search for her deceased father’s lost music by trying to track down a rare copy of his song on a 45 record.
Tags: Dark Comedy, 60’s Garage Rock, Record Collecting, Father Daughter, American South, Road Movie
“Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus”
Dir. Tim Mahoney (USA)
Canadian Premiere
119:32 Feature Documentary :: Challenging the traditions of history, science, culture and religion. Debate rages over the question of the validity of history found in the Bible. What does the hard evidence really have to say about the Exodus out of Egypt – the foundational story of the Old Testament? Documentary filmmaker Tim Mahoney brings top experts into an investigation spanning the ancient and modern worlds.
ReelHeART Director’s Note: Eye-popping productions values as awesome as the new “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey” TV series by producer Seth MacFarlane. For those who loved John Romer’s Egypt, who are into Biblical archeology and the history behind the Bible. Ten times BETTER than the “Da Vinci Code” film. More mystery and superior thrills. Profound and intriguing to watch. Tom Hanks ain’t got nothing on Tim Mahoney…”
Tags: Religion, Bible debate, Egypt, Science, History, Ancient Civilization
“Living Canvas”, Dir. Ronnie Cramer (USA)
Canadian Premiere
7:00 Experimental :: Award winning Ronnie Cramer has been a longtime favorite of ReelHeART. He’s an American artist, composer and filmmaker who manages to work both in the underground scene as well as mainstream garnering grants for his work from National Endowment for the Arts. Cramer lives and works in Denver, Colorado.
His latest film is a documentation of the Xcentricity Gallery farewell exhibition in Boulder, Colorado where he captures body painting at a whole new, erotic level.
Tags: Alternative, Erotic, Avant-garde, Post Modern, Culture, Art, Women
“Forty-Seven Views of Leslie Laskey”
Canadian Premiere
Dir. David Wild (USA)
46:14 Short Documentary :: Shot over an 11-year period, Forty Seven Views of Leslie Laskey is a chronicle of the 91 year old artist, poet and legendary teacher, Leslie J Laskey. Often described as passionate, demanding, insightful, magical, inspirational and above all creative. He is a force to be reckoned with, as illustrated in this beautifully shot film portrait.
- Trailer: http://vimeo.com/32112467
- Web: http://leslielaskeyfilm.com/
Tags: Educational, Avant-garde, Post Modern, Culture, Art, Personal Narrative, Biography, Senior/Aging, LGBTTIQQ2SA
“Alumbrones”, Dir. Bruce Donnelly (Brazil, USA)
Canadian Premiere
75:20 Feature Documentary :: This documentary feature looks at the work and lives of twelve contemporary Cuban artists, living in Havana today. Through in-depth interviews, the film covers a diverse range of subjects and issues, from supply shortages and constant blackouts (‘apagones’) to sex and music. We get to explore each artists’ varying styles, techniques, themes, philosophies and ideas present in their work.
- Trailer: http://vimeo.com/52405079
- Web: http://www.alumbrones.com/
Tags: Educational, Human Rights, Environmental, Culture, Art, Social Issue, Biography, African, Black, Hispanic, Latino
“Steven Myerschmidt Bites the Big One”
Dir. Gregory Breen (Ireland, Canada)
Ontario Premiere
7:31 Thesis Film :: An unfortunate manager of a solar panel manufacturing company, tries to quell a workers revolt with disastrous results.
- Trailer: ~
- Web: https://www.facebook.com/SMBTBO
Tags: Union Strikes, Animal Farm, Work Culture
“Catch The Westbound Train”
Dir. Sean Patrick Shaul (Canada)
Ontario Premiere
26:30 Short Documentary :: Noteworthy as this is the first film to explore the effect “The Great Depression” had on the west coast of Canada, by examining its unique history in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the influx of transient men. Through archival materials, personal research, and expert interviews, this film offers an entertaining and educational portrait of these desperate times and a look at what effect they had on current events.
Tags: Educational, Period/Historical, Great Depression, Culture, Social Issue, History
“IGGSTOCK”, Dir. Tracy German (Canada)
Canadian Premiere
76:18 Dance and Music Related :: A story of a group of small town Canadians too young to go to Woodstock who decide to grow their own music festival. This documentary traces the genesis and evolution of “IGGSTOCK”s key founders, performers and artists, tracing the 25-year history of this remote Ontario music festival back to a simpler time and space, a manifestation of the ‘back to the land’ Hippie movement.
- Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPFeKYun7V0
- Web: http://palefoxpictures.com/productions/iggstock/
Tags: Woodstock-era, Music, Music Business, Rock Music, Garage Rock, Indie Folk
“Go Scratch: A Dreamer’s Documentary”
Dir. Adam Bertocci (USA)
Canadian Premiere
20:57 ReelTube :: Reality and art collide in a social experiment about four women, one hundred lottery tickets and a million dreams just a lucky scratch away.
Tags: Lottery, Fate, Karma, Luck
“Perfect Strangers”, Dir. Jan Krawitz (USA)
Canadian Premiere
69:00 Feature Documentary :: Perfect Strangers tells the story of two unique and engaging characters. One is Ellie, who embarks on an unpredictable journey of twists and turns, determined to give away one of her kidneys. This documentary raises questions about what motivates an individual towards this act of compassion. Why are we unnerved by the idea of such an extreme gift?
- Trailer: https://vimeo.com/67921595
- Web: www.perfectstrangersmovie.com
Tags: Organ Donation, Kidney Donation, Medical, Spiritual, Altruism
“Paradiso”, Dir. Maite Bermudez (Spain, Netherlands)
North American Premiere
13:32 Dance and Music Related :: Its two levels, “senses” and “spaces,” address sensory awareness and kinesthetic learning. Open spaces, amazing scenery and infinite nature. A body that observes and is observed. Imagined Paradiso as a dialog between a body, a camera, nature, sound and image with no beginning or end. The film was shot in the eternal ice of the Arctic and Antarctic, in the deserts of Africa and in other inhospitable parts of the world.
- Trailer: https://vimeo.com/69545727
- Web: http://www.movingimages.de/?type=performing&txt_id=110&lng=eng
Tags: LGBTTIQQ2SA, Avant-garde, Interpretive Dance, Nature
“Spin”, Dir. Tom McIntire (USA)
Canadian Premiere
14:00 Short Film :: ‘Spin’ twists a letter of love around a broken relationship and the memory of a long-dead friend and lover.
Tags: LGBTTIQQ2SA, Fantasy, Laundromat
“Narcissist”, Dir. Eric Casaccio (USA)
Canadian Premiere
17:52 Short Film :: Evan, a hard working writer discovers the painful truth of a handsome and charming, yet manipulative and toxic love interest.
Tags: LGBTTIQQ2SA, Fidelity, Romance, Lust, Relationships, Monogomy
“Transbeing”, Dir. Gabrielle Pescador (USA)
Canadian Premier
26:39 Short Film :: Danica, Kael and Emily redefine their identities in their own terms showing resilience and strength in their fight to live their true heart and soul throughout the various phases of their life cycles and transitioning process. In spite of facing ignorance, prejudice and discrimination, their personal horizons mirror the vicissitudes, aspirations and dreams of the trans communities in contemporary society.
- Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsaMpfcU54w
- Web: https://pescadorarte.wordpress.com/category/transbeing/
Tags: Transgender, LGBTTIQQ2SA, Alternative, Educational, Human Rights, Personal Narrative, Social Issue, Health/Medical, Biography
“Breaking Through”, Dir. Cindy L. Abel (USA)
Canadian Premiere
67:56 Feature Documentary :: Openly LGBT elected officials at all levels – including the first gay US Senator, Tammy Baldwin – share their stories of self-doubt and triumph over multiple barriers ranging from race and poverty to gender and sexual orientation, revealing a deeply personal, rarely-seen side of politicians and gay people.
- Trailer: www.breakingthroughmovie.com
- Web: www.breakingthroughmovie.com
Tags: LGBTTIQQ2SA, Politics, Gay Rights, Culture, Gay Marriage
“Count to Five”, Dir. Christian Vinces (USA/Canada)
North American Premiere
9:11Short Film :: Junkies Billy and Addison rob money from a gang and try to leave town. Addison needs one more bump, and that delay may cost them all.
- Trailer: http://amarufilms.com/amarufilms/stories.html
- Web: http://amarufilms.com/amarufilms/stories.html
Tags: Drama, Crime, Urban, Hispanic, Latino, Student
“Save The Planet”, Dir. Jesús Galindo (USA)
North American Premiere
15:08 Short Film :: Esperanza, a quiet, withdrawn person, lives her life under the radar. She gets by with limited resources and does the best she can with what little she has. Destiny has other plans for her when she goes to have lunch. Today, everyone will notice Esperanza.
Tags: Drama, Crime, Urban, Hispanic, Latina
“Across Dot Ave.”, Dir. Mark Ezovski (USA)
Canadian Premiere
93:05 Feature Film :: Based on actual events, a tightly woven drama based on the true story of Kevin Hearns who broke away from his ‘skin head’ past in the tough streets of Dorchester, Massachusetts to become a successful stock broker in New York City.
- Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pagMHv7DHZQ
- Web: http://www.dotnews.com/2008/dorchester-ave-dividing-line-skinhead-flick
Tags: Skinheads History, Neo-Nazis, Racism, Boston History, Gang, Kevin Hearns
“Don’t”, Dir. Deanna Dewey (UK)
North American Premiere
2:20Short Film :: A lonely man on a roof . Can a stranger stop him from jumping?
- Trailer: None
- Web: http://www.gullfilms.com/
Tags: Drama, Loneliness, Despair, Kindness of Strangers
“William’s Lullaby”, Dir. Nicholas Arnold (Canada)
Canadian Festival Premiere
111:23 Feature Film ::While battling his unforgiving childhood and an increasingly rampant depressive paranoia, a middle-aged, broke, and newly single father, struggles to raise his spirited but troubled five-year-old son, in this haunting drama that examines the effects of grief in children and adults alike.
Tags: Grief, Childhood Trauma, Single Parenting, Depression
“Ochre and Ink”, Dir. James Bradley
(New South Wales, China)
Canadian Premiere
27:33 Short Documentary :: This is an extraordinary Art Can Break All The Rules story of Chinese-Australian artist, Zhou Xiaoping and his inspiring but sometimes controversial 23 year collaboration with Aboriginal artists in remote Arnhem Land. Xiaoping and artist Johnny Bulunbulun prepare for the highly anticipated opening of their exhibition in Beijing, but events take a dramatic turn.
- Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=airjuPdVwes
- Web: www.ochreandinkmovie.com/
Tags: Art, Aboriginal Australia,Aboriginal Australia Culture, Chinese Art, Chinese Culture
“A Song for You”
Dir. Sharon Karp (USA), Co-Dir. Silvia Malagrino (USA)
Canadian Premiere
83:18 Feature Documentary :: George and Gisela Karp and their infant daughter escaped the Nazis crossing the Pyrenees with the help of the French Resistance. The film reveals the impact of the holocaust on the next generation and celebrates the bravery of those who risked their own lives to save the family.
Tags: Holocaust, French Resistance, Family, Drama, Holocaust Facts, Holocaust Survivors, Holocaust Stories
“A World of Difference”, Dir. Gerald Guthrie (USA)
Canadian Premiere
8:16 Animation Category :: ‘A World of Difference’ is a digital animation that moves along a bumpy path through Space and Time to discover Truth, Perfection and Meaning.
- Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ_x3Mm5WPA
- Web: http://www.geraldguthrie.com/index_world.htm
Tags: Animation, Experimental, Short, Family, Avant-garde, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Surreal, Science, Satire, Art, Mystery
“MayFly”
Dir. Parker Mott, Dir. Sebastian Diaz (Toronto, CDN)
World Premiere
14:31 Short Film :: Loosely based on the life of the late Franz Kafka,
Mayfly is a surreal drama about a shamed writer who discovers the idea for his next masterpiece in a twisted, unexpected way.
Tags: Mystery, Kafkaesque, Naked Lunch, The Metamorphosis, Grief, Trauma, Depression
“Things I Don’t Understand”, Dir. David Spaltro (USA)
Canadian Premiere
111:18 Feature Film :: Violet Kubelick, a brilliant young grad student studying near-death experiences, now withdrawn and closed-off after a mysterious, failed suicide attempt. She and her two artist-roommates are forced by financial matters to finally step out of the protective bubble they’ve created for themselves in their Brooklyn loft while Violet herself forms a cathartic relationship with a young, terminally ill girl in a hospice she is interviewing for her thesis and the damaged bartender who lives downstairs.
A story of changing, relationships, love, life and what comes after we die.
- Trailer: http://vimeo.com/27955235
- Web: http://www.tidu-film.com/cast/
Tags: Mental Illness, Terminal Illness, Near Death Experience, Afterlife, Life After Death, Supernatural
“Living Canvas”, Dir. Ronnie Cramer (USA)
Canadian Premiere
7:00 Experimental :: Award winning filmmaker Ronnie Cramer has been a longtime favorite of ReelHeART.
He’s an American artist, composer and filmmaker who manages to work both in the underground scene as well as mainstream garnering grants for his work from National Endowment for the Arts. Cramer lives and works in Denver, Colorado.
His latest film is a documentation of the Xcentricity Gallery farewell exhibition in Boulder, Colorado where he captures body painting at a whole new, erotic level.
Tags: Alternative, Erotic, Avant-garde, Post Modern, Culture, Art, Women
“Narcissist”, Dir. Eric Casaccio (USA)
Canadian Premiere
17:52 Short Film :: Evan, a hard working writer discovers the painful truth of a handsome and charming, yet manipulative and toxic love interest.
Tags: LGBTTIQQ2SA, Fidelity, Romance, Lust, Relationships, Monogomy
“Confessions of a Womanizer”, Dir. Miguel Ali (USA)
Canadian Premiere
90:37 Feature Film :: Find Gary Busey! What happens when a compulsive womanizer becomes best friends with a transgendered prostitute? Part hybrid-improv film, in that, some of the scenes are done using improv, while other parts of the film are scripted.
This comedic romp-fest stars Gary Busey, C Thomas Howell, Andrew Lawrence, Jillian Rose Reed, The Bella Twins of WWE and transgendered rising star, Kelly Mantle.
Tags: Rom-Com, Comedy, Coming of Age, LGBTTIQQ2SA, Transgender, Hispanic, Gary Busey
“Don’t”, Dir. Deanna Dewey (UK)
World Premiere
2:20 Short Film :: A lonely man on a roof . Can a stranger stop him from jumping?
- Trailer: None
- Web: http://www.gullfilms.com/
Tags: Drama, Loneliness, Despair, Kindness of Strangers
“A World of Difference”, Dir. Gerald Guthrie (USA)
Canadian Premiere
8:16 Animation Category :: ‘A World of Difference’ is a digital animation that moves along a bumpy path through Space and Time to discover Truth, Perfection and Meaning.
- Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ_x3Mm5WPA
- Web: http://www.geraldguthrie.com/index_world.htm
Tags: Animation, Experimental, Short, Family, Avant-garde, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Surreal, Science
“On Blitzen”, Dir. Greg Koorhan (USA)
Canadian Premiere
22:28 Short Documentary :: Dog lovers can relate and unite in this touching story of family, love and connection created between a champion dog breeder and her pure bred pointer.
- Trailer: None
- Web: www.crossbowstudiofilms.com/films/on-blitzen/
Tags: Dog Breeding, Pets, Animal Lovers, Biography, Loyalty, Inspired by Pets
“Common People”
North American Premiere
Dir. Stewart Alexander (UK)
Dir. Kerry Skinner (UK)
85:45 Feature Film :: Six stories of disparate Londoners intertwine when they encounter an escaped parrot in this bittersweet comic tale of love, loss and life in a London park.
- Trailer: https://vimeo.com/54594790
- Web: www.commonpeoplethemovie.com
Tags: Rom-Com, Coming of Age, Senior, Aging, Loss, Birth, Cycle of Life, Inspired by Pets
“Artful Dodger” by iNCH, Dir. Felipe P. Soares (USA)
Canadian Premiere
3:32 Music Video :: While searching for a missing person in the Redwood Forest, iNCH uncovers a conspiracy surrounding one our greatest myths – – Bigfoot.
- Trailer: None
- Web: None
Tags: Music Video, Pop Music, SynthPop
“The Longest Way 1.0”, Dir. Christoph Rehage
North American Festival Premiere
5:19 Short Documentary :: This self-directed, staggering, time-lapse and superbly edited documentary is made up of roughly 1400 photographs that depict a one-year walk from Beijing to the Chinese city of Ürümqi.
- Trailer: None
- Web: http://www.thelongestway.com/
Tags: Walking, Distance Walking, Spiritual Walks, China, Travel Stories, Walking Mastern Xie
“Une Histoire Banale” (“Behind Closed Doors”)
Dir. Audrey Estrougo (France)
North American Premiere
82:00 Feature Film :: Nathalie, 32 years old, is an ordinary woman of her age who is in love with her boyfriend. But her life will totally change when a co-worker rapes her after a party. Life is now a struggle where every detail is a fight to get back a normal life.
En s’attaquant au thème du viol et du silence, Audrey Estrougo souhaite réaliser un film coup de poing, un cri de ras-le-bol. Aidez-nous à rendre ce film possible en participant dès aujourd’hui à son financement !
Nathalie, 32 ans, est une jeune femme tout à fait ordinaire. En couple et amoureuse, cette infirmière de profession voit soudain sa vie basculer lorsqu’en la raccompagnant, Damien, un collègue de travail, la viole. S’ensuit pour Nathalie le début d’un long combat pour retrouver la lumière. A travers cette «histoire banale» Nathalie devient ici la porte parole de toutes ces femmes condamnées au silence.
- Trailer: http://youtu.be/iUFefi2xnsE
- Web: une-histoire-banale.fr
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/filmunehistoirebanale?fref=ts
Tags: Violence Against Women, Rape, Date Rape, The Effects of Rape, Societal Denial, Recovery