PROGRAM 1 – GET TICKETS HERE
(Available to watch starting on August 19th at 12am EST until August 21st at 12pm EST)
Passages: Sulu (Episode 1 & 2) – directed by Gabriel Malvar
Photographer Jacob Maentz journeys to Sulu or Lupah Sug, one of the least visited places in the Philippines with a tumultuous history of conflict, to collect portraits and stories of its people and their celebrations and rites of passage.
Colour Blind – directed by Tai Hara
A self-proclaimed visionary in the world of ethnic casting, Gavin’s life mission is to bring all the shades of the human palette to our screens. However despite his best intentions, Gavin’s whiteness is glaring as he blunders through situations of cultural sensitivity with little to no understanding of the people he seeks to promote.
Young Nomads 2 – directed by Mara Joly
It’s Spring Break and Sam is joining some traveling friends, some vanlife fans! Together, they go to a cabin deep in the woods where anything goes. However, the sense of freedom that she regains, quickly fades away when the anxiety of not being able to write catches up with her.
Detention Adventure, Season 2 – directed by Joe Kicak
After a summer of defeat being unable to make heads or tails of their new treasure map to Cockshutt’s fortune, the gang find new hope when they meet KELLY, a fellow student with a passion for their town’s history. Unfortunately their hijinx land them in a new form of detention: helping the head of Brantford’s Historical Society MISS DUMONT plan the town’s annual historical reenactment.
The group must follow clues that lead them through their town’s historic sites, learning more about the mystery of Ignatious Cockshutt and drawing nearer to their prize. However, a shadowy figure follows their every move, circumventing their plans and trying to beat them to their goal. Who is their mysterious adversary, and who will find the treasure first?
Sextortion – directed by Kent Briggs, Kyan Krumdieck
Chaos ensues when incriminating footage of conservative Christian politician Darren Bellows in a very awkward S&M session with a dominatrix leaks just months out from the 2020 election. Starring Tom Sainsbury.
Small Claims Court – directed by Jens Dahl
Eva Turell is a judge at the small claim’s court but behind her polished facade she is hiding a secret. She is a pathological gambler which has caused her great distress as she owes 50.000 $ to some Copenhagen gangsters. The gang’s debt collector, Daniel, has lost patience with Eva and let’s her know that her debt rises for each day she doesn’t pay up.
In every episode Eva meets new debtors who, like herself, has their backs against the wall. Every case becomes a psychological mystery that Eva has to solve to get to the person sitting across from her. Eva is not afraid to use alternative methods to figure out what she believes is a righteous and as Daniel piles on the pressure these alternative methods become more and more prevalent in Eva’s job as judge.
The Law Is The Law – directed by Vincent RC
The law is the law is a satirical comedy confronting the limits of individual and collective freedoms in a so-called advanced society. The series features Steeve L’Heureux and Éric Contant, a duo of devoted police officers working for the SPTM. Their mission: clean up the city of Montreal and make the law shine.
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PROGRAM 2 – GET TICKETS HERE
(Available to watch starting on August 19th at 12am EST until August 21st at 12pm EST)
Abeba – directed by Zelalem Woldemariam
An infant baby, Abeba, is left on the sidewalk by her mother. 18 years later Abeba seeks and finds what she thinks is her real family and a strange journey begins.
Claire and The Elderly – directed by Charles Grenier
After an emergency call to save her addict mother, Claire, 9 years old, is taken by social services. She quickly ends up with the only relative she has left: her grand-mother Pauline, who lives in a seniors’ residence.
Incompleteness – directed by David Ash
A terminal cancer diagnosis leads a miserable workaholic on a self-indulgent quest to win back his pregnant-and-estranged wife and connect with his unborn son through a self-funded, semi-autobiographical movie about the meaning of life.
The Communist’s Daughter – directed by Leah Cameron
The daughter of two happily married communists struggles between fitting in at a new high school and upholding her family’s beliefs.
Félix, Maude And The End Of The World – directed by Dan & Pag
A phone booth on an ocean cliffside brings together seven strangers whose seemingly different conversations are connected by one harrowing reality. Inspired by true events.
The Extinction Of Up – directed by Randy Boyum
In the near future, when people only recognize each other by their shoes, two boys discuss weird things that are happening in their lives, including a sibling’s accidental weight gain, and a great-grandfather’s bizarre revelations about the past..