Genres: narrative

  • Minus Twenty

    A cold storage worker’s job follows him around.

  • Good Citizen: Betty Baker

    ‘Good Citizen: Betty Baker’ follows a civic-minded housewife as she tracks the missing Prince Phillip. This madcap chase takes our heroine Betty from our neighbour’s trash, to a strangely exciting all-girls bar, to the arms of a handsome lady golfer. Cherry pie never looked so good.

  • Grace Eternal

    Neil Burns’ experimental drama offers a poignant, pixillated, pop art account of disconnection, death, and digital immortality. Suppose you died – and nobody noticed?

  • The Birth of a Beautiful Butch

    “The Birth of a Beautiful Butch” is a story about Alex, a gay high school senior, caught between who she is and what she’s supposed to be. On the day of her school pictures, Alex feels struck with an appearance that doesn’t fit right with her body. When she retreats into her mind, she is able to imagine the person she wants to be. Ultimately, she transcends the judgement of others through fashion in an authentic expression of herself.

  • The Expanding Horizon

    A 16-year-old wants to buy weed from his drug dealer classmate, but he has an unusual request.

  • Boys of My Youth

    Through eerie iPhone photographs of empty high school hallways and dimly lit locker rooms, an unknown narrator reflects on his teenage sexual repression.

  • All Us Choir Boys

    Peter has not left his apartment in two years and spends most of his time in video chat rooms. He fears that Dylan, an online hookup, has met a violent end. Day after day he hunts for the file of their last video chat so he can send it to the police. Vernon, a love interest from Peter’s former choir, wants him to get over his obsession and attend Vernon’s solo choir debut. Meanwhile, Peter’s therapist encourages him to explore past trauma rather than online fantasy. When Peter finds the file, he is shocked to his core. Now he must…

  • Grandpa’s Fingers

    A grandfather recounts a story to his two young granddaughters, explaining what happened to his fingers. A short fable about family, storytelling, and cannibalism that gives new meaning to the phrase “finger food.”

  • Grateful

    Lindsay and Murray are an attractive couple who are content to spend their time together reading the weekend newspaper at a popular cafe. Their quiet and nondescript behaviour sets them apart in a room full of warmth, excitement and camaraderie. A passing waitress disrupts their repetitive routine of cigarettes, coffee, and newspapers with the standard check-in – “Is everything all right here?” The vagueness of the question plants a seed of doubt in Lindsay’s mind. Looking at Murray as he continues to read his paper without missing a beat, she is chilled by the fear that he has lost his…

  • Next Time Might Be Yes

    Audrey, an anxious college student who’s holding herself back in life confronts her fear of rejection with the help of her therapist. Along with her best friend Sienna, she finally does the things she’s always wanted to: crash a party, ask for a raise. However, there’s one big thing that she’s been too scared to do – telling Sienna that she has feelings for her.