(TIFF) Toronto International Film Festival 2019 l (ALL) Short Feature Films
(TIFF) Toronto International Film Festival 2019 l (ALL) Short Feature Films
(TIFF) Toronto International Film Festival 2019 l Short Feature Films | Female Lead Role
(TIFF) Toronto International Film Festival 2019 l Short Feature Films | Documentary
(TIFF) Toronto International Film Festival 2019 l Short Feature Films | Animation
(TIFF) Toronto International Film Festival 2019 l Short Feature Films | Female Lead Role
(TIFF) Toronto International Film Festival 2019 l Short Feature Films | Documentary
(TIFF) Toronto International Film Festival 2019 l Short Feature Films | Animation
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- DirectorBrandon CronenbergStarsDeragh CampbellNeil BennettIan Ottis GoffA psychiatric patient with a brain implant that allows her to relive her dreams finds her reality being encroached upon in unappetizing and surreal ways.
- DirectorDekel BerensonStarsSvetlana Alekseevna BarandichAnastasia VyazovskayaAlina ChornogubLiving in war-torn Eastern Ukraine Anna is an aging single mother who is desperate for a change. Lured by a radio advertisement, she goes to party with a group of American men who are touring the country, searching for love.
- DirectorQiu YangStarsXue JiayiShuxian LiFrank SunA teenager resorts to desperate measures in her efforts to quit her school's aerobic dance team and assert her independence.
- DirectorSaim SadiqStarsAlina KhanAbdullah MalikMehar BanoAs a new show is introduced at an erotic dance theatre in Lahore, a sacrificial goat goes missing, a dreamy trans girl desperately tries to become a star and a naive young boy falls in love.
- DirectorThomas WoodroffeStarsFrancisca GavilánNicolas SobarzoJosé SozaMiddle-aged Amanda and her teenager son invite his friend to their remote cottage for the holidays. When the friend is wounded, it introduces an unexpected emotional dynamic into the group.
- DirectorChloé RobichaudStarsDaria Oliel-SabbagAïsha Tamisha JolicoeurInes FeghouliDelphine is an ode to childhood, but also an examination of the wounds it can cause.
- DirectorSylvain CruiziatStarsElit IscanGala MoodyThomas ArnoldIn this satire, a famous performance artist faces an unexpected crisis when real-world political matters complicate her latest impeccably provocative and eminently bankable piece.
- DirectorLasse LinderStarsChristian AmannKatjuschaMarmeladeNo mere viral cat video can compare with the feline-centric poignancy of Lasse Linder's astonishingly intimate study of one man's ardent longing to expand his multi-species household.
- DirectorDaria KashcheevaThe bond between a father and a daughter is imperiled by matters that go unspoken and hurts that are slow to heal.
- DirectorDeborah StratmanAn inter-generational tribute to feminist icons of experimental film, and to the complexities, quandaries, and doubt involved in art-making.
- DirectorIrene MorayStarsElena MartínMax Grosse MajenchSergi VilàOn holiday in Catalonia, Pol and Bàrbara share a house with friends. The pair does what pairs do amidst the heat of summer and alongside the body of another. But something is wrong, and is instantly noticeable.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsMatt DillonDaphné PatakiaSusan ElleA professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway which has unexpected and far-reaching ramifications on his life.
- DirectorValentina MaurelStarsAna Camila ArenasDisplaying the intensity of focus only a 16-year-old can muster, the teen at the center of Valentina Maurel's caustic take on coming-of-age tropes does all she possibly can to rid herself of both her head lice and her virginity.
- DirectorNada RiyadhStarsIslam AlaaNabil Nour El DinShaza MoharamAway from preying eyes, a young unmarried couple retreat to the depth of a desolate run-down Egyptian seaside resort, to make love. The power dynamic between them is tested, when the girl reveals she wants their relationship to end.
- DirectorTeemu NikkiStarsLauri MaijalaHannamaija NikanderMaija RissanenBullied by his co-workers and disrespected by nearly everyone else, a sad sack gets the chance to change his life. But, as soon becomes clear, this opportunity may have unexpected ramifications.
- DirectorAgnès PatronWhen a boy's close bond with his mother is imperiled one night by the arrival of a mysterious stranger, matters of nature and nurture collide.
- DirectorElin ÖvergaardStarsKristoffer AppelquistCecilia MiloccoPatrik JägmoThe new refugee home for children is being discussed at a public council meeting. Two people standing on opposite sides try to get heard.
- DirectorYona RozenkierStarsVarda Ben HurAbraham CelektarYoel RozenkierAnother Sunday in April. A Kibbutz in the north of Israel. A natural phenomenon. A family on an impromptu ride, maybe the last one.
- DirectorKaren ChapmanStarsLeslie AdlamJoseph BurkeSandra PascuzziNine year old Shane seems to be wandering the streets of Toronto alone, but he is on a secret mission that is too important to fail. He has one last thing to do before his mother finds out that he's been suspended from school.
- DirectorJosephine Stewart-Te WhiuStarsIsabella EvansMaaka Pohatu9-year-old Ani drifts into a land of play and make believe after her mother runs out on the family - leaving Ani and her father to fend for themselves.
- DirectorSiyou TanStarsSofie Yu Xuan YangDawn Ying YuenWu MamaFor a curious eight-year-old adjusting to a new life with her parents in America, the passing of her beloved grandmother in Singapore yields first encounters with painful truths about life, death, and cultural dislocation.
- DirectorSverre FredriksenHuman Nature is a short animation film about the love animals have for people, and the harm they consciously or unconsciously cause to us.
- DirectorFederico Luis TachellaStarsGraciela NinioRita PaulsYonathan ToledoA girl wraps her grandmother in a spiral of fantasy and pleasure.
- DirectorHiwot GetanehStarsNaif FeyselAlemayehu MaremiHaimanot MulugetaWhen young Mesi steps in for her squeamish brother to perform a traditional - male-only - ritual, she faces blame for the negative outcome. Instead, she defiantly questions the wisdom of her elders' beliefs.
- DirectorManon NammourMariana Abou EliasStarsMounir MaasriCamille SalamehRudy GhafariFor the elderly man preparing for his grandson's wedding in Manon Nammour's affecting and elegant drama, the accelerating rate of change in Beirut threatens to create a city he no longer knows by heart.
- DirectorAnna MaguireStarsKwaku Adu-PokuKeana Lyn BastidasCara GeeRecent graduate, Robin, returns to her parents' house and obsessively starts to dig a hole, encouraged by an impossibly perfect girl; but as she digs, she heads further down a path of self-destruction.
- DirectorEmilie ManneringStarsLeia ScottMaxime RobergeMaëlla Gougeon-LaroucheAs the summer is coming to an end, Léa needs to breath but her brother's mechanical heart constantly reminds her that life hangs by a thread.
- DirectorNicole DelaneyStarsMaya RudolphMichelle ButeauAnna CordellTHIRSTY tells the story of a mosquito who falls in love with a man after she tastes his blood. Through her eyes we explore the ups and downs of sex, intimacy, love, and a bug's unflinching desire to feel human.
- DirectorRajan KathetStarsJeevan BaralLaxmi BardewaSarita GiriA young woman struggles to provide for her son while waiting to receive money from her husband. When she hears that a neighbor's husband has returned from abroad with gifts, she undertakes the long, humbling journey to visit them.
- DirectorAsia YoungmanStarsJana AngulalikKwiaahwah JonesDion KaszasIn this vivid and moving documentary, Indigenous artists throughout Canada strive to reclaim their cultures and identities through a reawakening of tattoo practices, both traditional and contemporary.
- DirectorCarol NguyenStarsThao Nguyen-DuongA collection of family secrets, confessions and confrontation.
- DirectorAlexandre DostieStarsJoseph DeloreyMartine FranckeStéphane F. JacquesA stay-at-home mom gets into a murderous car crash where nobody wants to take the blame.
- DirectorKaren KicakStarsScott CavalheiroHannah CheesmanJess SalgueiroHannah and Jess meet up at a tiki bar, seeing each other for the first time since Hannah's romantic Mexico trip. Hannah has a lot to say about it, except what really happened.
- DirectorTeemu NiukkanenStarsPirjo LonkaMatvei GermanTommi KorpelaAn overprotective mother's assumptions about her son's needs and desires lead to a cascading series of calamities.
- DirectorSofia BanzhafStarsMick RobertsonSpencer MacphersonDaniel MaslanyA young woman explores her sexual autonomy through a series of online dates.
- DirectorThea HollatzStarsGrace GlowickiChristine HorneTyler JohnstonA newscaster is due to go live on local television in the middle of a hot flash, in Thea Hollatz's animated comedy about a woman trying to keep her cool when one type of flash leads to another.
- DirectorDean Colin MarcialA ghost story about love and eco-terrorism in the Philippines circa 2001.
- DirectorCamila KaterStarsHelena IgnezRachel PatricioLarissa RahalFive women, each in a different stage of their life, share experiences about their relationships to their bodies and how others perceive them.
- DirectorJoseph AmentaStarsCarmela AlberoIsabelle FrancaAlastair LoveA queer teenage boy takes his younger sister on an adventure for her tenth birthday until their celebration is interrupted and the cost of their freedom is exposed.
- DirectorAriane Louis-SeizeStarsGeneviève Boivin-RoussyPhilippe BoutinPierre MainvilleJustine searches for solace at her late mother's cottage. When she comes across an old scuba suit, she decides to explore the bottom of the lake.
- DirectorThanasis NeofotistosStarsEnes KozlicicLazar DragojevicSimonida MandicIn a sweaty, overcrowded tram in Sarajevo, a shy teenager is beset by every imaginable impediment as he tries to capture the attention of his object of desire.
- DirectorChristopher AuchterStarsVictor AdamsFlorence DavidsonReg DavidsonIn 1969, fifty years before this film is released, an indigenous community in Canada succeeds in constructing and erecting a totem pole, a practice which had been suppressed for decades by the local authorities.
- DirectorCasey WilsonStarsMichael McKeanCasey WilsonBlair BeekenA daughter and her eccentric father, separately struggling to cope with a tragedy, when Dad comes to visit, they will have to work together to reconcile their unorthodox approaches to grief.
- DirectorChintis LundgrenDrasko IvezicToomas, an exemplary office worker, has to support his family after losing his job, without telling his wife that he also works as a gigolo.
- DirectorSandra IgnagniA beautifully composed and evocative documentary on the 25 houses of worship that line a single road in Richmond, BC, Sandra Ignagni's timely study captures the tensions around multiculturalism and cultural diversity in Canada.
- DirectorAaron PooleStarsCarl MH BrooksSarah Naomi CampbellA child internalizes the chaos of home renovations and his parents' preoccupation, precipitating a fever dream that catapults his consciousness into adult realms of obsession and dread.
- DirectorAline HöchliA big step in the evolution of animals, Slugs have a hard time keeping up with the pace of life in the city of insects. When a financial crisis hits, the industrious bees only see one solution.
- DirectorNicolás PeredaGabino RodríguezStarsMario BellatinGabino RodríguezTeresa SánchezBoldly transforms mundane, realist observations at a rural Mexican schoolhouse into fantasy and a sly comment on childhood, rituals, and race.
- DirectorMiryam CharlesA few days before her wedding, a young woman learns that her fiancé is accused of sexual assault. She goes to Haiti to confront the alleged victim.
- DirectorRyan FerkoAn unconventional, tone-shifting travelogue that stitches together nations of the former Yugoslavia through chance encounters, 1970s rock music, architecture, and inventive editing.
- DirectorAnnie MacDonellIncorporating rephotographed images and clips from Yvonne Rainer's Lives of Performers.
- DirectorTomonari NishikawaShot on Yokohama's famous Cosmo Clock 21 Ferris Wheel using a telephoto lens, Japanese expirmentalist Tomonari Nishikawa's film becomes a disorientingly trippy and constantly regenerating play of structural supports as filmic apparatus.
- DirectorMaureen FazendeiroUnderscored by French film legend Delphine Seyrig's evocative recitation of a Henri Michaux poem, Maureen Fazendeiro's film is a mysterious, multi-textured portrait of eclipse spectators in Portugal.
- DirectorZamo MkhwanaziA teen boy runs errands while being followed by various figures of authority. As he shares his experience with friends, this tense and controlled drama deftly explores the cyclical effects of victimization on the wider community.