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All Her Dying Lovers
Available until June 24
A nurse, a Nazi and a fish: this is the incredible tale of a young Czech woman who, in the face of Nazi occupation, trumps the invaders with her unique form of resistance. Her story is given an animated retelling that explores the collision of history, truth and myth-making.
| | Runtime: | 6 | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Czech Republic | | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | Czech | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Shorts | | Website: | https://annabennerstudio.com/All-Her-Dying-Lovers | | | Director(s): | Anna Benner | | Eluned Zoe Aiano | | Producer(s): | Linda Dedková | | Anna Benner | | Martin Hulovec | | Composer: | Raphael Tschernuth | | Sound: | Michal Krajczok | | Vojtech Knot |
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At the Bottom of the Sea
Available until June 24
Attended by thousands in Seoul in December 2018, “The Courage to be Uncomfortable” was a demonstration against misogyny, surveillance and widespread sexism within the justice system. In the lead up to the protest, the filmmaker journeys through rural and urban areas, capturing women’s voices in this poetic, experimental film.
| | Runtime: | 11 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Premiere Status: | Ontario Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | English | | Korean. | | Program Category: | Shorts | | | Director(s): | Caroline So Jung Lee | | Producer(s): | Caroline So Jung Lee | | Editor(s): | Caroline So Jung Lee | | Writer(s): | Caroline So Jung Lee | | Cinematography: | Caroline So Jung Lee | | Composer: | Robin Lough | | Sound: | Caroline So Jung Lee | | Doug Paterson |
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At the River
Available until June 24
This astute film swings from the calm of a forest stroll to the cacophony of a family in upheaval on the Fourth of July. A perceptive observation of family and landscape in crisis, At the River speaks to the anxieties of middle America at the beginning of the 21st century.
| | Runtime: | 10 | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | USA | | Premiere Status: | International Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | English | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Shorts | | | Director(s): | A. Madsen Minax | | Producer(s): | A. Madsen Minax |
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Bible Camp Memories
Available until June 24
He didn’t fit in at school—but maybe he would at bible camp? Damien revisits the summers of his youth, including past traumas with oblivious camp counsellors, fresh air, nature, evangelical Christianity and, worst of all, a cabin full of other 13-year-old boys.
| | Runtime: | 14 | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Premiere Status: | Ontario Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | English | | Program Category: | Shorts | | | Director(s): | Damien Ferland | | Producer(s): | Damien Ferland | | Writer(s): | Damien Ferland | | Cinematography: | Dylan Baillie |
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Broken Orchestra
Available until June 24
Inventively peppered with elements of animation, this film profiles the educators and advocates of the Symphony for a Broken Orchestra—a project that mobilized a community to repair hundreds of instruments for students, in response to funding cuts for music education programs in Philadelphia.
| | Runtime: | 12 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Premiere Status: | Toronto Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | English | | Program Category: | Shorts | | Website: | https://www.topic.com/broken-orchestra | | | Director(s): | Charlie Tyrell | | Producer(s): | Julie Baldassi | | Executive Producer(s): | Mona Panchal | | Anna Holmes | | Ryan Chanatry | | Editor(s): | Michael Barker | | Writer(s): | Josef Beeby | | Charlie Tyrell | | Cinematography: | Chet Tilokani | | Composer: | Colin Sigor | | David Lang | | Sound: | Joe Coupal |
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The Brother
Available until June 24
During his waking hours, Kais is in his bed or mobility device, completely dependent on his devoted family for round-the-clock care. At night, he dreams of himself as a manga character, starring in a story of love and bravery that mirrors the selflessness of his parents and siblings.
| | Runtime: | 28 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Premiere Status: | Ontario Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | French | | Japanese | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Shorts | | Website: | https://jeremiebattaglia.com/fr/projets/le-frere/ | | | Director(s): | Jérémie Battaglia | | Producer(s): | Amélie Lambert Bouchard | | Editor(s): | Andrea Henriquez | | Writer(s): | Jérémie Battaglia | | Cinematography: | Jérémie Battaglia | | Composer: | Anais Larocque | | Sound: | Marie-Pierre Grenier | | Isabelle Lussier | | Jérémie Battaglia | | Lenny Fontaine |
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The Chimney Swift
Available until June 24
Based on a meticulously detailed letter, the hard-knock lives of young 19th century chimney sweeps are uncovered in this exquisite animation, which masterfully articulates the finer points of preparing children as young as four for a life of hard labour up the flues of the bourgeoisie.
| | Runtime: | 5 | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | English | | Program Category: | Shorts | | Website: | https://www.fabianfred.com/chimney/ | | | Director(s): | Frédéric Schuld | | Producer(s): | Fabian Driehorst | | Executive Producer(s): | Fabian Driehorst | | Editor(s): | Frédéric Schuld | | Writer(s): | Frédéric Schuld | | Fabian Driehorst | | Composer: | Frédéric Schuld | | Sound: | Alex Müller-Welt |
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Comfort Zone
Available until June 24
Brigitte lives with a mysterious, invisible presence: her 21-year-old son, who has shut himself in his bedroom for the past three years. Communicating only via WhatsApp, mother and son are locked in a codependent waiting game. Will his door ever open again, or will it have to be forced?
| | Runtime: | 24 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | German | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Shorts | | Website: | http://www.jonasegert.de/komfortzone | | | Director(s): | Jonas Egert | | Producer(s): | Emilia Möbus | | Editor(s): | Julia Furch | | Stefan Strüber | | Writer(s): | Jonas Egert | | Julia Furch | | Cinematography: | Felix Riedelsheimer | | Composer: | Pablo Jókay | | Sound: | Tobias Rehm | | Moritz Müller-Preißer |
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Día de la Madre
Available until June 24
As night becomes day, a feisty group of youths make a decidedly unconventional ruckus that is sure to go down in the history books for the tired and shocked people at the receiving end of their exuberance.
| | Runtime: | 6 | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | USA | | Premiere Status: | Ontario Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | Spanish | | English | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Shorts | | | Director(s): | Ashley Brandon | | Dennis Höhne | | Producer(s): | Nevo Shinaar | | Editor(s): | Ashley Brandon | | Cinematography: | Ashley Brandon | | Dennis Höhne | | Sound: | Ashley Brandon |
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Egg Cup Requiem
Available until June 24
Octogenarian Johnny Green is a dedicated pocillovist, or egg cup collector. His vast collection, numbering more than 9,000, is crammed into his Auckland home. This touching portrait brings Johnny’s collection to life and creates a tangible link to precious memories from his past.
| | Runtime: | 12 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | New Zealand | | Premiere Status: | Canadian Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | English | | Program Category: | Shorts | | Website: | https://www.loomfilms.co.nz/eggcuprequiem | | | Director(s): | Nick Mayow | | Prisca Bouchet | | Producer(s): | Nick Mayow | | Prisca Bouchet | | Editor(s): | Nick Mayow | | Cinematography: | Prisca Bouchet |
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Êmîcêtôsêt: Many Bloodlines
Available until June 24
A Cree filmmaker and her white partner document their pregnancy and journey to parenthood. From the search for an Indigenous donor and midwife to their concerns about raising a child as an interracial queer couple, the joy of having a child together gives them the courage to overcome any obstacle.
| | Runtime: | 11 | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | English | | Cree | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Shorts | | | Director(s): | Theola Ross | | Producer(s): | Alex Bailey | | Editor(s): | Lucius Dechausay | | Cinematography: | Alexandre Nour Desjardins | | Sound: | Anthony Wallace |
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The Fantastic
Available until June 24
Former North Koreans recount their experiences watching forbidden foreign films and how these informed their perception of the outside world. Speculating solely from these illegal movies, fiction takes on a surprising new form, where reality, imagination and plausibility meet the unknown for both the North Koreans looking out and westerners looking in.
| | Runtime: | 30 | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | Finland | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | English | | Korean | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Shorts | | | Director(s): | Maija Blåfield | | Producer(s): | Maija Blåfield | | Editor(s): | Maija Blåfield | | Cinematography: | Maija Blåfield | | Composer: | Tuomo Puranen | | Sound: | Olli Huhtanen |
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Fat Kathy
Available until June 24
The lives of millions depend on eight small clams working hard to detect contamination in the city’s water supply. Clams are the new canaries in the coal mine in this stranger-than-fiction peek at how humans create problems for the planet and then use living organisms to protect themselves… from themselves.
| | Runtime: | 14 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Poland | | Premiere Status: | International Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | Polish | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Shorts | | Website: | https://www.facebook.com/Gruba-Ka%C5%9Bka-Fat-Kathy-106542297490730 | | | Director(s): | Julia Pelka | | Producer(s): | Ewa Jastrzebska | | Editor(s): | Andrzej Czarnecki | | Julia Pelka | | Writer(s): | Julia Pelka | | Cinematography: | Szymon Kluz | | Sound: | Weronika Bloch | | Julia Pelka | | Grzegorz Kucharski |
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The Flame
Available until June 24
In the Australian Outback, the stories of the past are reframed through a series of interwoven portraits. The Flame beautifully explores the powerful and shifting properties of fire and wind, bringing the stories of ancestors—and the upheaval that the white fella brought to the community—into the present.
| | Runtime: | 12 | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | Australia | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | English | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Shorts | | | Director(s): | Nick Waterman | | Producer(s): | Nick Waterman | | Raphaela Rosella | | Executive Producer(s): | Kim McConville | | Editor(s): | Nick Waterman | | Writer(s): | Nick Waterman | | Megan Washington | | Dayannah Baker Barlow | | Tyrese Fernando | | Paul Spearim | | Connie Taylor | | Lance Whitton Jr. | | Cinematography: | Adric Watson | | Composer: | Megan Washington | | Sound: | Sasha Zastavnikovic |
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Gun Killers
Available until June 24
Steeped in the atmospherics of a taut spy thriller, Gun Killers portrays retired blacksmiths John and Nancy Little as national heroes. The couple are employed by local police to engage in the mass destruction of firearms, in a noble effort to protect the lives of all Canadians.
| | Runtime: | 11 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Premiere Status: | Ontario Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | English | | Program Category: | Shorts | | Website: | https://mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/gun-killers/ | | | Director(s): | Jason Young | | Producer(s): | Rohan Fernando | | Executive Producer(s): | Annette Clarke | | Editor(s): | Andrew MacCormack | | Writer(s): | Jason Young | | Cinematography: | Paul McCurdy | | Composer: | Dave Anderson | | Paul Frehner | | Jason Michael MacIsaac | | Sound: | Luke Batiot |
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Hollie's Dress
Available until June 24
As 14-year-old Hollie sews her first dress with her mother, she faces the decision all Mennonite girls must make as they reach adulthood. Will she put on the dress, become a full member of the Mennonite church and assume her role as a mother, or will she join the wider world?
| | Runtime: | 25 | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | English | | Program Category: | Shorts | | Website: | https://www.anniesakkab.com/hollies-dress | | | Director(s): | Annie Sakkab | | Producer(s): | Paul Lee | | Annie Sakkab | | Editor(s): | Annie Sakkab | | Writer(s): | Annie Sakkab | | Cinematography: | Annie Sakkab | | Vanessa Tignanelli | | Composer: | APM Music Library | | Ken Young | | Sound: | Amanda Ann-Min Wong |
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Hydebank
Available until June 24
A 21-year-old offender serving his sentence in the Northern Irish countryside forms an unlikely bond with the facility’s flock of sheep and begins to accept the brutal act that landed him in prison. A quiet and contemplative film about repentance, Hydebank shows a young man’s internal struggle with innocence and evil.
| | Runtime: | 17 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | UK | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | English | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Shorts | | | Director(s): | Ross McClean | | Producer(s): | Chris Kelly | | Editor(s): | Anders S Jepsen | | Cinematography: | Ross McClean | | Sound: | Ciaran Devlin-Rushe |
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In the Shadow of the Pines
Available until June 24
Inspired by the filmmaker’s own upbringing, this deeply personal animated documentary about a difficult father-daughter relationship questions ideas of shame around being othered as an immigrant in North America and how life-defining experiences can inhibit us from claiming and owning our identities.
| | Runtime: | 7 | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | English | | Japanese | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Shorts | | | Director(s): | Anne Koizumi | | Producer(s): | Sahar Yousefi | | Editor(s): | Anne Koizumi | | Writer(s): | Anne Koizumi | | Composer: | respectfulchild |
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Invasion
Available until June 24
Urgent and timely, Invasion documents the Unist’ot’en camp, Gidimt’en checkpoint and larger Wet’suwet’en First Nation as they stand up to the Canadian government and corporations behind the Coastal GasLink pipeline, opposing colonial violence in an era of supposed reconciliation.
| | Runtime: | 18 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Premiere Status: | Toronto Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | English | | Wet'suwet'en | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Shorts | | Website: | https://www.mutualaidmedia.com/invasion | | | Director(s): | Michael Toledano | | Sam Vinal | | Producer(s): | Franklin López | | Michael Toledano | | Sam Vinal | | Editor(s): | Franklin López | | Cinematography: | Michael Toledano |
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Jo
Available until June 24
Jo is the fierce, self-assured protagonist of this profile of a working-class hero. She embraces the troubles of her past while forging an unapologetic path forward, guided by uncompromising principles and a deep love for only two people: her daughter Karine and singer Diane Dufresne.
| | Runtime: | 13 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Premiere Status: | Ontario Premiere | | | Festival Year: | 2020 | | Language: | French | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Shorts | | | Director(s): | Carmen Rachiteanu | | Producer(s): | Kristine Thelle | | Editor(s): | Martin Morisette | | Writer(s): | Carmen Rachiteanu | | Cinematography: | Nicolas Canniccioni | | Composer: | Nicolas Borycki | | Sound: | Yann Cleary | | Marco Fania |
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