ReelHeART July 03-09, 2023
Live Online!

14th Annual ReelHeART International
Film and Screenplay Festival

Saturday July 7th – 6:45PM

Imagine Cinemas – Carlton
20 Carlton Street, Toronto – College Subway Station


Theme – Something Lost. Something Gained…

Empyrean Lost  – 4:30 – Canadian Premiere
dir. Ryder Ruilyn – China, Brooklyn, NY
Synopsis A 3D linear animation about a boy who dreams of a lost love. Structured as a journey, the boy travels through surreal and uncanny dreamlands. As a narrative centered on a painful yet universal emotion, this animation speaks to the path we must all travel to rediscover personal harmony after a lost love.

KeyWords #Animation #Grief #Loss #HeartBreak #Emotions #Love

Nominated For Best Animated Film


Official Closing Film…

Blur Circle – 92:38   Canadian Premiere
dir. Chris Hansen, Robinson, Texas
Synopsis
Jill Temple is a single mother still grieving the loss of her young son after he disappeared two years ago. Unable to face the possibility that she has lost him forever, she pursues every lead and meets Burton Rose, a man with a mysterious past. The details of that past – and how Burton has responded to it – force Jill to look at her life in a completely new way.

KeyWords #Drama #Kidnapping #Mothers #Crime #Missing #Child #Grief #Loss #Resilience

Nominated For Best Feature Film, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Actress Cora Vander Broek as “Jill” , Best Actor Matthew Brumlow as “Burton”