Genres: narrative

  • Doc Mulsic

    An invalid’s fantasy? Desiring his own end and, as it were, discharging himself, Claremore takes revenge upon “the institution.”

  • Vulgar – incomplete ‘n yet whole

    The film is a pornographically baroque excursion through fragmented and discontinuous scenes where indulgence and excess govern. “Vulgar” interweaves pathetic onanistic sex, pointless conversation and petty crime, making for an eruptive and distasteful off-coloured mosaic.

  • Marshmallow

    A sexual predator entices a four-year-old girl into his car and goes to an abandoned rail station. Soon after, a jogger follows an eerie hunch to search the rail station. The musical score and a train are the only sounds in this short, emotional drama about pure wounding. The use of Super 8 gives the feeling of memory.

  • Dizzy

    All of us have experienced times in our lives when the world seems to spin too fast and out of control. Shot in Toronto and Berlin, this film is a love story that tries to make sense of our fragile alignment in the modern world. At the airport on his way to Australia, Adam watches and worries about the check-in lady as she falls ill to some silent and mysterious nausea. Her dizziness triggers a string of memories connected to events in his life. Structured as a series of interwoven vignettes, this film traces the intercontinental wanderings of a modern…

  • Behind the Scenes

    “Spinal Tap” meets “Bullets Over Broadway!” This hilarious comedy short about what goes on behind the scenes of a musical theatre production captures the more interesting side of theatre – a side the audience rarely have a chance to see. A cocky young assistant named Larry P. Vanderville is our guide (and seems to be the only one holding the final rehearsal). Tensions are running high. Apparently the leading man and leading lady hate each other. Did the leading lady really sleep with the producers to get her role? The Director is a critically acclaimed genius. But wait, he’s not…

  • So Beautiful

    A bittersweet love story about modern-day romance versus suicide. Late one night, a woman returns to the apartment she used to live in with her now ex-boyfriend. She knocks on the door and under the impression no one is home, lets herself in and begins to gather her belongings. On her way to the bathroom she passes the bedrom door and glimpses her ex-boyfriend’s naked, sleeping body. Then in the bathroom she finds an an emptied bottle of sleeping pills in the sink. She goes into the bedroom to confront him and during their dialogue they make up and fall…

  • Smack

    Part documentary, part fiction, and highly experimental, Steve Sanguedolce’s “Smack” follows the story of three brothers (Antonio, Sybil and Zed) as they try to find their way in the world. The brothers exercise their youthful autonomy in defiant ways, exploring all that is forbidden (drugs, crime, violence). Their teenage years are filled with unhealthy, dangerous and criminal behaviour that eventually begins to pull them apart. The stories are told by actual subjects talking about their own lives, and range from religious transformations to heroin overdoses; they are funny, frightening, horrifying and all real. Toronto-based director/cinematographer Steve Sanguedolce matches these interconnected…

  • The Scary Bitch Project

    Dubbed “The Cheaper than the Blair Witch Project,” this sketch parody takes place in the small town of Fergus, Ontario. Local legend has it that an elementary school teacher has lost her mind and is now a scary, but gorgeous, hermit in the woods. Yet, parents have no problem sending their children to her woodsy day camp, where they are forced to eat broccoli and roast cauliflower while singing Christian campfire songs.

  • Rape

    A painful story of a follow-up interview with a rape victim, Anita. In an effort to get to the truth, the police officer, Detective Voss, has the difficult task of asking probing questions about an event Anita would much prefer to forget. No less disturbing than the questions he asks is the truth that is finally revealed.

  • Way I Sees It, The

    “Stares and catcalls from construction workers – a springtime hassle for some women with the right feminine look. This work makes us watch the achievements of that look and underscores in its very construction using humorous sound metaphors.” – Images Festival of Independent Film & Video, Toronto, 1999