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- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartKim NovakBarbara Bel GeddesA former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.
- DirectorPhilippe GarrelMay 68 events seen through various 16 & 35mm shots, anonymous images made by young protesters who were filming during the night.
- DirectorBen WheatleyStarsTom HiddlestonJeremy IronsSienna MillerLife for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
- DirectorMegha RamaswamyStarsSyesha P AdnaniFaizan MohammedRidhima SudBunny is a love letter to the fantastical childhood we leave behind. The story explores a delicate relationship between a little girl and her pet toy - Bunny. Things take a sad turn when Bunny is found 'dead' under mysterious circumstances on a rainy afternoon. An adventure explodes when the eager-to-please boy next door buries Bunny in the neighboring woods, only to discover later that Bunny has disappeared from his soggy grave...
- DirectorDavid VerbeekStarsGrégoire ColinLizzie BrocheréSlimane DaziFull Contact is a contemporary tale of a man trying to find new purpose in life after accidentally bombing a school through a remotely operated drone plane. Ivan, operating the plane from a far away air force base, has never been to the foreign countries of his attacks, nor has he ever touched the plane he uses to kill. Modern warfare keeps him safe and disconnected from his prey. However, after this incident Ivan's disconnectedness starts to apply to everything in his life. He is overwhelmed by feelings of guilt that he is unable to process.
- DirectorEva HussonStarsFinnegan OldfieldMarilyn LimaLorenzo LefèbvreIn the well-to-do suburbs of a small town, a group of pretty average, well-adjusted sixteen and seventeen year olds are ordinary adolescents who take a singular path.
- DirectorMartin ZandvlietStarsRoland MøllerLouis HofmannJoel BasmanIn post-World War II Denmark, a group of young German POWs are forced to clear a beach of thousands of land mines under the watch of a Danish Sergeant who slowly learns to appreciate their plight.
- DirectorVivieno CaldinelliStarsRoddy PiperLaura RobinsonMatt WattsA crusty and recluse superintendent is thrown into the ultimate fight against evil when a pair of cultists open a portal to the ancient and mystical city of R'lyeh, awakening a slumbering god.
- DirectorKimie TanakaStarsSachiko MatsuuraMasaki MiuraKuniaki NakamuraShoichi, a Japanese male nurse living in the city, returns home in countryside after his mother's sudden death, in order to sort out the situation of his younger brother Kotaro, who's been 'shut-in' (never comes out from his room) over a decade. Shoichi seeks for help from public social service, only to be disappointed with their bureaucratic treatment. Frustration accumulated, Shoichi makes a radical decision...
- DirectorMisha Manson-SmithStarsNeil ArnoteNoah Kaye BentleyCarmina GarayDavid (Michael Sheen) is a middle class guy with middle class problems, despite his lovely home and beautiful middle class wife (Radha Mitchell) His son Gary (Ty Simpkins) is the same, just thirty years younger. Both are looking for a way out from suburbia and all it's trappings. one Sunday lunchtime, however, when the police come knocking...David's world suddenly becomes even more claustrophobic.
- DirectorFabienne BerthaudStarsDiane KrugerNorman ReedusGilles LelloucheRomy (Diane Kruger) is on holiday in the USA with her French husband, Richard (Gilles Lellouche). But the journey quickly turns into a settling of old scores for this worn out couple. After an ultimate fight, Romy decides to break free. She cuts off her ties to a stable and secure life that has become alienating and escapes to the unknown.
- DirectorZamo MkhwanaziStarsAbena AyivorMomo MatsunyaneFana MokoenaA pregnant prostitute, A taxi driver and an iPhone come together on an ordinary Johannesburg afternoon to decide the value of a life. Can two people who do not know how to love, create a home?
- DirectorDiastèmeStarsAlban LenoirSamuel JouyPaul HamyA former Neo-Nazi and skinhead, Marco Lopez, tries to get his violent, racist and hateful past behind him. The man struggles to take distance with his Neo-Nazi friends and all their doings.
- DirectorLaura VandewynckelStarsThomas BellinckLiesje De BackerJerom SturmFollows people heading for a better place on either side of the ocean. Although at times their paths do cross, they never really seem to meet.
- DirectorTheodore UshevA surrealist journey through colors and shapes inspired by Federico García Lorca's poem "Romance". Visual poetry in the rhythm of fantastic dreams and passionate nights.
- DirectorClemens RothStarsElisa SchlottFlorian ProkopThe fantastic love story of beeboy and flowergirl, whom are falling in love hopelessly. A life together requires them to face the hard reality, which soon threatens to break them apart as well as their love.
- DirectorFyzal BoulifaStarsZehra ZorbaDemilade AdesanyaAlex AkindejiA portrait of teen escort, 'Coco'.
- DirectorDylan RiverStarsWayne BlairKhan ChittendenAudrey MartinFresh out of the academy, White Cop experiences his first taste of Aboriginal community life, as Black Cop puts him to the test.
- DirectorOlivia BoudreauStarsMarilyn CastonguayJasmine LeméeAriane Patry-JacquesBrought by her mother to her first swimming lesson, a 7-year-old girl must find, on her own, her place in the unfamiliar world of the pool.
- DirectorKerstin SchroedingerIn music a fugue is a contrapuntal composition technique in two or more voices. A motive that is introduced at the beginning in imitation and recurs frequently in the course of the composition. Fugue (2015) is a formal, personal and physical experiment in order to explore the relation between movement, sound and image. Movements and setting are informed by motion studies from the 1920s as well as ideas from bio-mechanics, a form of actor's training. The movements that appear in the image are also printed on the side of the optical soundtrack of the film stock. What you hear is what you see. Or the image recurs as sound and the sound recurs as movement.
- DirectorZack RussellStarsKayla LoretteJulian RichingsBruce DowA struggling performer stumbles upon a real-life version of the character she plays in this doppelgänger rom-com.
- DirectorOndrej HudecekStarsJulius FeldmeierCyril DobrýMarie PoulováA twisted gay romance set in the 19th Century picturesque Bohemia telling a tabooed true story of birth of one of the nation's most influential writers, starring Julius Feldmeier (Tore tanzt). Suspense, laughter, violence, hope, heart, nudity, sex and happy ending. Mostly happy ending.
- DirectorEly DagherStarsElie BassilaDisillusioned with his life in the suburbs of segregated Beirut, Omar's discovery lures him into the depth of the city. Immersed into a world that is so close yet so isolated from his reality, he eventually loses track and finds himself struggling to keep his attachments, his sense of home.
- DirectorMalina Maria MackiewiczStarsVictoria HaralabidouLech MackiewiczChristopher StolleryWhen Magda visits her lover Jedrzej, neither of them know when his execution will take place. For two years each visit could have been their last, and so could today.
- DirectorHalima ElkhatabiStarsKim RattéElizabeth Tremblay-GagnonAt 16 years of age, Nina is helpless with regards to her 4-month-old baby Jessie's incessant crying. Without any escape from the cries and from this new presence is her life, she ventures out from her tiny apartment in a working-class neighbourhood of Montréal for a brief escapade. A pilfered evening is her life buoy that allows her to be 'normal' again, if only for a few hours. Adolescent games, loud music and provocative encounters do not prevent Nina from hearing Jessie's resounding cries. It is a beneficial adventure that permits Nina, the child-mother, to better understand who she is.
- DirectorSteven McCarthyStarsSteven McCarthyAlyx MeloneSandra ForsellA man races to find shelter in a roadside motel so he can take the necessary steps to feed his companion's addiction.
- DirectorCaroline IngvarssonStarsSara Chaanhing KennedyPer LassonSelma Modéer WikingA story about an unusual but harmless friendship between a young girl and her older neighbour; together they are inseparable until the outside world peeks in.
- DirectorMaria GuskovaStarsKahramanzhon MamasaliyevErkin gets out of prison and wants to return to his former life. But everything has changed and he does not know if he can live as a free man.
- DirectorZiya DemirelStarsMelis BalabanZeki OcakYonca HiçAn ordinary school day for a teenage girl in Istanbul until she meets three different men during her day. She encounters something very different from each of them...
- DirectorKathleen HepburnStarsDylan PlayfairTina HedmanParris JuRayA young man returns home from the oil fields shouldering a heavy secret.
- DirectorMijael BustosMy uncle is schizophrenic and my grandmother suffers from a terminal illness. My grandfather, who is unable to take care of both, must decide between his wife or his son.
- DirectorMateo BendeskyStarsClaudio KustinIván MoschnerClaudio RangnauAldo is 55 years old and lives with Pablo, his older brother. From their home, they conduct a religious practice invented by their father and whose congregation meets mainly online. Aldo is tired of being a preacher, but doesn't know how to say it.
- DirectorKent MonkmanStarsAlex BeriaultGillian EdwardsKent MonkmanA celebrity artist and humanitarian tours a hospital specializing in the treatment of conditions afflicting Modern and Contemporary Art.
- DirectorDavid BryantKarl LemieuxElectromagnetic sensitivity is a phenomenon whereby the fear of electricity and radiation takes over your life. Lemieux manages to visualise this extreme sensitivity, described in a taped interview, in an exceptional manner. He paints a crumbled, peeling reality using chemically corroded film celluloid. The electrified images make the film a hypnotic search for a radiation-free zone.
- DirectorAndreea Cristina BortunStarsRares AndriciCatalin BortunNicoleta HâncuA day in the life of a solitary woman in her thirties, as she has to part from her teenage lover.
- DirectorLuiza CocoraStarsEmma CatoCatalina PopHaving recently moved to Quebec (in Canada), Sofia, a 10 year old Romanian girl, lives with her mother in a small flat in Montreal. In a world where new technology imposes human isolation, Sofia is trying to understand her new life.
- DirectorPatrice LalibertéStarsTéo Vachon SincennesSandrine BissonStéphane F. JacquesOne night, Mathieu, 17, goes under an overpass to do a graffiti.
- DirectorJoël VaudreuilStarsIsabelle BrouilletteSophie CadieuxJulien CorriveauWhen we take a closer look to The Magnificent Life Underwater, we realize how it is at the same time, so mysterious and so familiar.
- DirectorMark SlutskyStarsAaron AbramsAnna HopkinsMia KirshnerA pair of business travellers have an affair and decide it might be easier to just forget about it.
- DirectorCristina MartinsStarsMartin DubreuilSarah-Jeanne LabrossePregnant and homeless, Joëlle shows up at her father's house. Even if Jeff, a solitary non-conformist former punk is reluctant to the idea, Joëlle decides to stay. Jeff is overwhelmed by the casualness of his daughter, whom he barely knows.
- a short film from baghdad-iraq, talks about the freedom that we need and our right of talking
- DirectorKevin PapatieKevin Papatie, participant of the Wapikoni Mobile for 10 years, presents a beautiful experimental film, a tribute to his grandmother, his kokom, and, through it, to the Anishnabe people who have survived the trials of history and remained strong.
- DirectorPeter TscherkasskyA sunbathing woman has a phantasmagoric vision of ecstasy, derived from various found footage sources.
- DirectorKasra FarahaniStarsSalman RushdieJunes ZahdiSimon Sion EbrahimiBased on a short story by Donald Barthelme, and read by author Salman Rushdie, 'Concerning the Bodyguard' is a story about dictatorship and overthrow. An omniscient narrator questions the thoughts and loyalties of a bodyguard entrusted with the protection of an important and dubious leader.
- DirectorDaniel ClaridgePacho VelezDrivers, mechanics and drag racing fans stare at the objects they love.
- DirectorClara RoquetStarsJúlia DanésMercè PonsJenny RiosA Bolivian maid attempts to honor her late mistress's last wishes.
- DirectorMaïmouna DoucouréStarsSokhna DialloMaïmouna GueyeEriq EbouaneyThe 8-year-old Aida lives in an apartment in the Parisian suburb. The daily life of Aida and the whole family is overwhelmed when her father comes back from Senegal, their country of origin. Actually, he did not come back alone. He returned with the young Senegalese Rama whom he introduced as his second wife. Aida is very sensitive to her mother's distress. She decides then to get rid of the new visitor.
- DirectorMarc KatzStarsLibby WoodbridgeDavid RossSean CullenJohn and Eleanor work to save their marriage after discovering her tendency to turn into a cloud.
- DirectorBracken Hanuse CorlettAmanda StrongTransformed into a salmon, an Indigenous street artist travels through decayed urban landscapes to the forests of long ago, in this sublime mixed animation.
- DirectorNora el HourchStarsMarie TirmontCharlie BartocciCamille LelloucheThe daily life of 5 girls living in a hosting center in Paris. All haunted by their heavy past (rape, violence, abandonment..), they even try to move forward. They all try to progress, except one : Sam.
- DirectorDon McKellarStarsHumberly GonzálezCynthia Jimenez-HicksEmma LaishramRelationships can be an endless cycle of breakups.
- DirectorJean-François LeblancStarsSerge BoulianneMarjolaine LaurinÉric RobidouxRaynald is a family man who has been working in the same tire plant for over 30 years. This week, nothing unusual in his daily life: work, hockey games with the 'guys', family night. However, this week, Raynald will make the biggest move of his life.
- DirectorArgilaStarsAntonio De LucaExitentrance is a visual and poetic essay on what it is like to be displaced as a person. The protagonist is a painter who wanders the town in which he lives to sketch and paint oscillating between nostalgia and desire to belong.
- DirectorNick ThorburnStarsJanicza BravoMichael CeraJon DalyA dark comedy of errors unfolds as two interloping idiots inadvertently wreak havoc on the lives of others.
- DirectorConnor JessupStarsKyle HentschelJoanne KellyGeorge McFarlaneThe ghost of a young boy explores the world on the day of his death.
- DirectorAlice EnglertStarsMorgan DaviesThomasin McKenzie12 year olds, Tomika and Edith set out in the bush to play the Boyfriend Game, only to struggle when the lines between real and pretend become blurred
- DirectorMaurice JoyceStarsAidan Gillen'Violet' is the haunting, cautionary tale of a young girl who despises her reflection.
- DirectorHector HerreraStarsKenneth WelshTHE BALLAD OF IMMORTAL JOE is the third "chapter" of Beastly Bards, written with a nod to traditional cowboy songs and to the northern ballads of Robert W. Service. "Immortal Joe" puts a haunted twist on a tragically romantic Western. Voiced by the wonderful Canadian actor Kenneth Welsh (Twin Peaks, The Aviator, The Day After Tomorrow). Produced in partnership with our awesome friends at Varipix, The Ballad Of Immortal Joe is the third "chapter" in the silly rhyme collection "Beastly Bards".
- DirectorMarie-Ève JusteStarsMarie-Emmanuelle BoileauJérémie DesbiensRose-Anne DéryFlorence is 37 weeks pregnant. On the evening of December 31st, as her friends visit, she prepares for the arrival of new year and the rest.
- DirectorChelsea McMullanDoug NaylerIn a dark room seventy pairs of beady eyes stare back at you from behind illuminated glass boxes. Each a pair of tiny gopher eyes populating the dioramas of the Torrington Gopher Hole Museum. The museum opened in 1996, a double wide trailer in rural Torrington, AB (pop. 200) presenting taxidermized gophers dressed up as members of the community arranged in elaborate dioramas of daily life. World Famous Gopher Hole Museum is a short documentary that turns its lens on the town, the museum, and the people who live in both worlds. Invoking the Pyramids of Egypt, the film questions the human desire for legacy in the face of mortality. This struggle is visually represented through the Gopher Hole Museum, as the gophers are destroyed, taxodermied, and recast into an idealized version of the country town of Torrington.
- DirectorSol FriedmanStarsRazie BrownstoneA short doc following an elderly Jewish woman as she tries bacon for the first time.
- DirectorDenis CôtéWinter persists. Something happened. At the heart of the woods, on the slopes of mountains, in the streets and even inside homes, a strange silence took up residence. Will there remain a soul to witness the recent event?
- DirectorAshley McKenzieStarsSofia BanzhafAndrew GillisMelissa KearneyAn overworked student is entangled in a wicked problem when trying to nurse a fledgling friendship with a troubled, young drug addict.
- DirectorMyrsini AristidouStarsAthos AntoniouKimon ApostolopoulosParis AristidesA school note is just the excuse for Semele to visit her long absent father.
- DirectorAlan ZweigStarsSteve FonyoHurt (2015) is a documentary portrait of Steve Fonyo, a one-legged cancer survivor who successfully completed a cross-Canada run in the '80s, only to spend three decades mired in crime and addiction.
- DirectorPing HeStarsJiajia WangZhiwen WangYi ZhangA young ballet dancer moves to Beijing in pursuit of her career and aspires for a better life in big city.
- DirectorBarry AvrichStarsBarry AvrichJack PashkovskyChronicles the life of photographer Yasha (Jack) Pashkovsky, from his humble beginnings as a Jewish-Russian immigrant to his self-appointed position shooting the biggest stars in Hollywood's golden era.
- DirectorDaniel AugustoStarsFernando TeixeiraA railroad signalman is haunted by a series of strange events in this adaptation of a Charles Dickens short story. Are they truly ghostly manifestations, or the signalman's psychological response to his isolation and repetitive work?
- DirectorPavlos PrantsidisStarsNikos KousoulisA man wants to escape his daily routine, but a monster has overpowered him.
- DirectorCaroline MonnetIn this bracing short cut from archival footage, people from Canada's First Nations move from the woods to the tops of New York skyscrapers-almost all of which have been built in part by Mohawk iron workers.
- DirectorGrayson MooreAidan ShipleyStarsMartha BurnsHannah CheesmanLara Jean ChorosteckiReturning to boxing class after a traumatic event, Sheila has a tough time coping with a classmate's far-from-selfless efforts to express her concern.
- DirectorJoachim LafosseStarsVincent LindonLouise BourgoinValérie DonzelliAt the head of his NGO Move For Kids, Jacques Arnault pulls some humanitarian workers in a country of Africa "to take in" orphan children. The operation is transformed in a panic.
- DirectorMatthew Taylor BlaisTrevor MackStarsElias LouieTrinity StumpQuelemia SparrowA brother and sister's carefree childhood in a Native American community is torn apart when the sister is forced to attend a Canadian residential school in the early 1970s.
- DirectorMatt RossStarsViggo MortensenGeorge MacKaySamantha IslerIn the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.