Monday 24th – 8:00PM Canadian Makin’ Program

8:00PM           “Canadian Makin” Program
Audience – **VOTE** for your favorite Canadian Film!

THE BIG PICTURE CINEMA (Formerly the Projection Booth)
1035 Gerrard St E Toronto, ON M4M 1Z6

Surprise Performance

The Last Mermaids (Poslednii put’ rusalki)
5:00  (Russia, Canada)
Dir. Nika Belianina

In the beginning there was water. Then there was life. The end is the new beginning in this ode to motherhood.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/39591117
Keywords: Motherhood, Fantasy, Supernatural, Spiritual, Family, Children

The Agreement (Out of Competition)
7:25  (Toronto, CAN)
Dir. Cody Campanale

Maxine and Dale make an agreement: While Maxine is away in Europe; her lesbian girlfriend is ‘fair game’. But what happens when she returns home?

Trailer:
Keywords: Comedy, Drama, Mature/Adult, LGBTQ, Bi Curious

Scars
12:30  (Toronto, ON, CAN)
Dir. Cody Campanale

It’s almost Christmas, and Nathan, a bright but socially awkward rich kid joins his friends for an evening of holiday celebration. They begin a game of sharing secrets, which starts as harmless fun and quickly turns serious when a dark secret from Nathan’s past is revealed that leaves everyone scarred.

Trailer: http://youtu.be/IgMKfj5FWaA
Keywords: Drama, Youth, Teen, Adult, Friendship, Incest, Family Issues

Pretty Pieces
31:30  (Kingston, ON, CAN)
Dir. Leigh Ann Bellamy

We are not special people. We live in the dark. The film explores fragile innocence as it collides with jaded experience in a doomed relationship between two people who desperately crave what the other cannot give.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/63942641
Keywords: Avant-garde, Neo-noir, Women, Substance Abuse, Dysfunctional, Mental Illness

Hills Green
1:10:00  (Toronto, CAN)
Dir. Ryan Glover, Dir. Krista Dzialoszynski

As a trying summer in Toronto comes to an end, longtime friends Shawn and Erin decide to take a week-long camping trip to escape their mounting obligations. At first they revel in the sights and sounds of the countryside, but soon ulterior motives and personal baggage begin to chip away at the foundation of their friendship.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/63912291
Keywords: Drama, Micro cinema, Nature, Road Trip, Personal Narrative