ReelHeART July 03-09, 2023
Live Online!

14th Annual ReelHeART International
Film and Screenplay Festival

Friday July 6 – 3:00PM

Location:
Hart House – 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 3H3
University of Toronto Campus – (College, McCaul TTC Stop)


Theme – The Unwanted…

Abnegation 10:45 min – Canadian Premiere
dir. Nicole Rosas – Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Synopsis Set in the early 1900s, the details of a young woman’s love affair are discovered putting her future and life in danger.

Keywords #Drama #VictorianEra #Ukranian #Orphans #LGBTQ #Love #Relationships #LoveIsLove #Abuse #Violence #PeriodPiece #Victorian


Second Chance at Caprock 15:12 min – Canadian Premiere
dir. R. T. Higgins, dir. Ahbra Perry, Amarillo, Texas

Synopsis A short documentary about the Dove Creek Equine Rescue and the rescue and healing of one of nature’s most splendid beasts – The Horse. Laurie Higgins-Kerley founded the rescue in September of 2012. She was profoundly changed from time spent with a small herd of horses at Dove Creek who assisted her in healing from a grief stricken state after the loss of her husband in 2008.

KeyWords #Documentary #Horses #Rescue #Animals #Amarillo #Texas

*Nominated For Best Short Documentary


The Children Of The Noon – 81:35 – Canadian Premiere
dir. Olga Pohankova, dir. Diego Fiori – Austria/Kenya/Italy
Synopsis The Children of the Noon deals with the universal subject of life. The time passes marked out by daily activities for the group of children and teenagers in the orphanage in Nchiru, the small Kenyan village. Soon emerges how orphan conditions and genteel poverty they share are not the only problems that unite them and determine their days. A sudden death of one of them breaks the narrative rhythm and changes all points of view intertwining a dense web of pains and joys, friendships and hopes.

KeyWords #HIV #HealthCare #Poverty #Nchiri #Kenya #Children #Orphanage #AINA

*Nominated For Best Feature Documentary, Best Foreign Film, Best Cinematography, Best Sound