Genres: narrative

  • My Last Ten Hours With You

    The final night of Mark and Jeremy’s relationship. They wait it out… drinking, fucking and fighting their way around each other, trying to find a way to say goodbye.

  • Rock Garden: a love story

    An allegory about love, loneliness and the healing power of acceptance, “Rock Garden: a love story” is the tale of two neighbors who struggle and toil with everyday existence and how the most unlikely of objects changes them both. Described as “absolutely beautiful” by director Atom Egoyan, “Rock Garden: a love story” is seemingly a tale about two warring neighbours, but reveals itself as a social commentary on sexual and gender identity. Its unexpected plot twist illustrates how in the most unlikely of ways, we can be freed from our selves. With no dialogue, the film features deeply textured music…

  • Attack

    Steve, the leader of a local gang apprehends a neo-Nazi skinhead in a park,because he has attacked two of his black teenage friends in a nearby alley. The police arrive and take statements from Steve and the two teenage boys. Malcolm, the skinhead, lies unconscious. As we are taken backwards through the story we realise that perhaps the boys aren’t telling the whole truth and things may not be as ‘black & white’ as they appear.

  • Le Weekend

    A young, cynical French film student comes to London for the weekend to make a film project for his course. Disillusioned by his London experience, he’s befriended by a stranger who shows him a side of the city, and himself, that he never would have seen. The story unfolds through his Super 8 film footage, and his voice-over narration gives us an insight into his thoughts and feelings throughout the journey.

  • Dance with Me

    The impressionist, lyrical style of the film is a departure for Nicolaou, who describes this film as “one half documentary and one half fictional narrative.” The film is a collage visually and thematically, though the narration serves to anchor the piece with a freestyle kind of story telling. Nicolaou drew upon experiences in her own life when creating the film. She incorporates footage from her family’s home movies of the 60s and 70s. “A haunting portrayal of the yearning for intimacy between parent and child.” – Henry Mietkiewicz, Toronto Star Life always appears to be more joyous in old home…

  • Social Conflict Management

    A helpful narrator teaches three queer youth how to deal with difficult social situations they might encounter out in the big wide world they are about to enter. Learning has never been so fun!

  • Shelter, The

    After a tragic event that destroyed human civilization, two survivors wander around a destroyed building. The younger one, full of hope, thinks he can arrange the situation by finding other possible survivors, while the elder waits for his hour to come by making art with the debris of the late Civilization.

  • In the Dark (À l’ombre)

    A mother who has recently been incarcerated refuses to give up on her young son, no matter how fragile their connection may now be.

  • Parting Words (Derniers mots)

    In this short bittersweet drama, a young man is accompanied by his friends in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. The good looks of the paramedic distract them from the tension and awkwardness of not knowing what to say. As they arrive at the hospital, everyone is reminded that this may be their last goodbye.

  • ‘Yeah Whatever’ Girl, The

    “The ‘Yeah Whatever’ Girl” is a dramatic comedy delving into the romantic misadventures of Debbie – a cranky and bitter lesbian who has lost in love just one too many times. It is the eve of Gay Pride Day in Toronto as the film begins. In a humorously self-acknowledged homage to Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’, Debbie’s recently deceased Grandmother has decided to intervene. Not only must Debbie mend her ways, but she must mend her heart. Over the course of the night, her Grandmother tells her, Debbie will be visited by three ghosts. And so the fun begins. First is…