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STATIONS ()
/ 2010 / B & W / 62 min / Dir.: Onur Karaman
Cast : Adrien Benn, Anne-Marie Saheb
FICTION. Daniel and Lyne have lived together for some time, but their relationship is deteriorating. They look outside of their relationship for a solution, but that might not be wise. The decline continues...

TAIS-TOI, JE GÈRE (PM)
/ 2009 / Colour / 103 min / Dir.: Wyatt Tessari, Alexandre Boivin
Cast : Alexandre Carreau, Bernard Boire, Damien Jacobs, Gaetan Madies, Julie Gaétan
FICTION. Éric, a French exchange student here for a year at l’École Polytechnique, discovers a surprising world. His stay ends up changing not only his life but that of his apartment mate, Thomas.

A Lonely Man ()
/ 2010 / Couleur / 9 min / Dir.: Nelson Talbot, Graham Talbot
Cast : Richard Toews
FICTION. One man deals with loneliness.

A Mouthful of Dynamite ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 18 min / Dir.: Matt Sawatzky
Cast : Liviu Rain, Daniel Joseph, Fran Carbonneau, Marlo Franson, Jose Luis, Sean Carrier
FICTION. A story about love, revenge, and moustaches, all set in the dangerous world of hot sauce competitions.

A Paperback Life ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 6 min / Dir.: Alexandra Caulfield
Cast : Karen Elizabeth Austin, Jennifer Lorbetski, Manuela Sosa, Oscar Davila, Brendan Riggs
FICTION. An examination of a woman’s life through the filter of cognitive decline.

A Rolling Canvas ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 27 min / Dir.: Corie Levitt
DOCUMENTAIRE. The history, art, culture and passion of the world of “lowriding” cars.

Absence qu'il reste, L' ()
/ 2009 / Colour / 8 min / Dir.: Tobie Fraser
Cast : Jean Fraser
DOCUMENTARY. In a world where work is associated with identity and productivity, we meet a 50something man who hasn’t worked for years.

Age of Consent ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 15 min / Dir.: Sarah Frazier
FICTION. During a weekend at a cottage, Elle, Bill, and Elle’s teenage daughter Lucy face the complications of love and identity.

Angel ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 12 min / Dir.: Dennis Envoldsen
Cast : Tim Humphrey, Elle Noir, Bridget von Snaps, Seann Skelding
FICTION. An eventful evening in the life of drag queen Angel Divine.

Anthony Dancing Part One ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 3 min / Dir.: Ryan Alexander
Cast : Anthony Ellis-Henry
EXPERIMENTAL. A colourful twist on multiple exposure printing inspired by Norman McLaren’s 1968 film, Pas de deux.

Arctic Circle, The ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 4 min / Dir.: Kevin Parry
ANIMATION. A tale of greed in the wild, untamed Arctic that crowns our earth.

Bad Habits ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 4 min / Dir.: Kalena Mackiewicz
ANIMATION. Two badly behaved Catholic schoolgirls discover the mystery behind the meanest nuns around.

Beneath the Falls ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 7 min / Dir.: Chris de Rosa
Cast : Dave Hill, John Crayder
DOCUMENTARY. Niagara Falls is well known as the honeymoon capital of the Canada, but many people are unaware that Niagara Falls is also the country’s suicide capital.

Blush Response ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 18 min / Dir.: Ian Burns
Cast : Cheryl Hann, Glen Matthews
FICTION. WHEN THEIR TRAIN OUT OF TOWN IS DELAYED, TWO STRANGERS, MAY, AN ARTIST DEVOID OF INSPIRATION, AND mARK, A DETERMINED BUSINESSMAN, HAVE ONE NIGHT TO reset THEIR LIVES.

Cantame ()
/ 2009 / Colour / 10 min / Dir.: Irene Boleda
Cast : Ashley Coombs, Roberto Souza, Laura Eva Steinmander
EXPERIMENTAL. A woman’s summerful of contemplations and memories.

Catch of the Play, The ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 16 min / Dir.: Bryn Hewko
Cast : Adam Beauchesne, Tyler Smith, Courtney Montgomery
FICTION. Henry is determined to complete a reading of Hamlet to a tank of fish before their owner returns.

Change Over ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 13 min / Dir.: Liam Higgins
Cast : Vanessa Walton-Bone, David Middleton
FICTION. As the curtain closes on the repertory theatre they’ve operated for over 20 years, Rita Greer and David Mitchum realize that they’re losing more than a business.

Chroma ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 8 min / Dir.: Colin L. Racicot
Cast : Pierre Mont-Bach, Justin Picard, Claude Loizeau
FICTION. A man returns to his childhood home and the memories it contains.

Comment se noie une légende ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 11 min / Dir.: Mirek Hamet
Cast : André Nadeau, Jean-François Boisvenue
FICTION. Virtuoso pianist André Mathieu moves to the country where he plans to give a concert by a lake. Nobody gets to attend, yet a man lives to tell the story.

Complicity ()
/ 2010 / B & W / 20 min / Dir.: Dylan Adkins
FICTION. Lester discovers an affair between a client’s wife and her husband’s accountant. A scheme is hatched. 

Coup Sauvage ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 7 min / Dir.: Stéphane Moukarzel
Cast : Charlotte Laurier, Stella Courchesne-Laurier
FICTION. A woman. A drama. A desperate attempt to correct the past.

Curling ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 9 min / Dir.: Michaël Poirier Martin
DOCUMENTARY. The members of an east end Montreal curling club meet for a special tournament. Portrait of a convivial community.

Demain peut-être ()
/ 2009 / Colour / 5 min / Dir.: Halima Elkhatabi
DOCUMENTARY. A voyage in time and space as a loved one’s life expires.

Denendeh ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 22 min / Dir.: Karin Yeske
Cast : Larry Montgrand, Deardre Janvier, Marie LeMaigre, Alfred Cheechan
DOCUMENTARY. The conflict between western culture and aboriginal traditions continues to roil the inhabitants of La Loche.

Désarçonné ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 16 min / Dir.: Julie Laplante
Cast : Louis Courchesne, Pierre Lenoir, Marie-Josée Bélanger
FICTION. A cowboy discovers that it’s no longer the “wild west” out there.

Down and Out ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 10 min / Dir.: Howie Pun, Nicolas Fafard-Trudel
Cast : Kayla McKibbin, John Thomas, Gian Carlo Bono, Nico Racicot
FICTION. After a small accident, Lara realizes that she has swallowed her own tooth.

Echo ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 9 min / Dir.: Noémie Hordies
Cast : Alexandre Quesnel, Chloé Ross-Rogerson, Gauthier Carnat, Kimberley Ritchie
FICTION. A couple’s daily routine is threatened by an unexpected discovery.

Empire City ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 15 min / Dir.: David McDonald
Cast : Conor Gomez, Steve Weller, Daniel St. Andrews, Dru Williams
FICTION. When Mickey gets involved in the Empire City criminal underworld, the whole city may be affected.

Empty ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 9 min / Dir.: Max Parr
Cast : Robert Van Wart, Rosemary Dunsmore, Peter Van Wart, Ben Mayer-Goodman
FICTION. William feels empty inside, and not because of a broken heart. It's because he is literally losing his organs. He must dig deep down and finds the guts to take matters into his own hands.

Fardeau, Le ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 11 min / Dir.: Simon Goulet
Cast : Patrick Lauzon, Bernard Fontbulé, Émilie-Lune Sauvé
FICTION. In the middle of a desert of ice and snow. Charles can’t remember why he needs to dig a hole in the frozen earth.

Fight Song (Alarm Bells) ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 7 min / Dir.: Ryan Flowers
Cast : Andrew Lee, Ashley Poon, Steven Watts, Ryan Flowers
FICTION. Whenever the band goes out to eat, which is quite often, it always ends up being a Chinese restaurant and the Asian dudes always end up ordering all sorts of weird food that isn’t even on the menu!

Fixed ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 3 min / Dir.: Jeffrey Thompson
FICTION. A patient scours the hospital to find a cure to his aching leg.

Flocons et Carottes ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 4 min / Dir.: Samantha Leriche-Gionet
ANIMATION. A little girl steals all the snowmen’s carrots.

Frugal ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 9 min / Dir.: Ian Daly, Ryan Alexander
DOCUMENTARY. Kimberly Clancy, owner of Frugalshopper.ca is just that -- a frugal shopper.

Gateway ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 15 min / Dir.: Jon Tomas Neal
Cast : Steve Carey, John Henley, Alex Simms
FICTION. A Kansas farmer, a mysterious glowing green orb, and the old man who changes the farmer’s life forever.

Ghastly Grim ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 2 min / Dir.: Amber Dimock
Cast : Amber Dimock
EXPERIMENTAL. Bridging the gap between art and reality.

Ghost in the Machine ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 10 min / Dir.: Ewout Buckens
Cast : Marcell Rentemeister, Samantha James
FICTION. Two decoders working in a basement in Communist Chirokystan live in constant conflict with each other.

I'll Believe in Anything ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 14 min / Dir.: Kiefer Doerksen
Cast : John Russell, Lynna Goldhar, Danielle Benton
FICTION. Failed romance and family scandal disrupt Michael's enjoyment of an otherwise pleasant country wedding.

Impromptu pour un cor solo ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 5 min / Dir.: Frédéric Barrette
Cast : Rémi Goulet, Marie-Élyse Nadeau
FICTION. Two teenagers wonder what put an end to their relationship.

Irradiate ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 12 min / Dir.: Julia Hutchings
Cast : Deanna Milligan, Eugene Lipinski
FICTION. Amid the isolation of windswept fields, Loretta confronts her loss.

Kazu & Azul ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 10 min / Dir.: Esteban Diaz
Cast : Isai Rivera Blas, Heather Marie Annis
ANIMATION. Kazu, a lonely fisherman, longs for Azul, the mermaid of his dreams.

Killa-EF ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 14 min / Dir.: Thomas Szacka-Marier
DOCUMENTARY. Portrait of the Montreal graffiti artist Killa EF.

Letters, The ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 10 min / Dir.: Jung-Sun Song
Cast : Jadyn Wong
FICTION. On the eve of high school graduation, April writes a letter to her childhood friend Jiyoon.

Limp Clown ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 9 min / Dir.: Wayne Robinson
Cast : Jono Elliott, Anna Louise Sargeant
FICTION. Ed is a part-time clown stuck in the full-time circus of impotence.

Little Big Kid ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 9 min / Dir.: Kathleen S. Jayme
Cast : Thomas Orr-Loney, Dawson Dunbar
FICTION. Eighty-year-old Matthew Little experiences a brief, magical return to childhood when he meets 8-year-old Johnny at a lemonade stand.

Lost Places ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 4 min / Dir.: Toni Zhang
Cast : Sydney Cochrane, Lawrence Chew
ANIMATION. A girl arrives at a small, English town, and gets lost in a fairy tale.

Love Me Tender ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 11 min / Dir.: Patrick Bilodeau
Cast : Maxime Carbonneau, Guy Thauvette
FICTION. A youn man’s visit to his sick estranged father goes horribly awry.

Main d'oeuvre ()
/ 2009 / Colour / 8 min / Dir.: Elisa Inno
Cast : Fernando Laureiro, Francisco Pacheco, Steven Pacheco, Teresina Da Costa
DOCUMENTARY. A young woman returns home through an alley filled with city life.

Mandroid ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 14 min / Dir.: Dylan Innes
Cast : Nathanael Vass, Courney Montgomery, David Neale, Lani Claxton
FICTION. SU-357 has everything a serving android could want. Maybe not for long.

Maze ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 5 min / Dir.: Martin Gilbert
ANIMATION. Conflict is being.

Moi et Pimpin' Sleeping Bag ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 7 min / Dir.: Philippe Grégoire
Cast : Jean-Nicolas Bédard, Rémy Pinglot
FICTION. Gabriel is a talented artist. But he doesn’t yet know it.

Murmures ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 18 min / Dir.: Alexandre Labbé
Cast : Normand Daneau, Alexandre Agostini, Yvon Aucoin, Myreille Bédard
FICTION. A man attempts to disrupt the monotonous routine of life in an apartment building.

Nassara ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 5 min / Dir.: Joffrey Monnier
DOCUMENTARY. A young European visitor to Africa sees all his prejudices exploded.

Object Permanence ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 16 min / Dir.: A. J. Korkidakis, Megan Whitcher
Cast : Alex Goldrich, Katie Nolan, Cat Lemieux, Johnny Sta, Robert Stephens
FICTION. Confronted with the monotony of the 9-to-5 workday, Zach takes refuge in his imagination, bringing Isabelle along with him.

Oiseau Moqueur, L' ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 15 min / Dir.: Gabriel Argüello Tercero
Cast : Zakaria Mestari, Leo Argüello, Luz Tercero, Abel Rodriguez, Pascual Ferrand, Nayeli Argüello
FICTION. Lost in the forest, a young soldier begins hallucinating and makes a macabre discovery.

One ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 3 min / Dir.: Frederick Cheung, Henrik Dyb Zwart
Cast : Frederick Cheung, Henrik Dyb Zwart, Ray Barbosa, Kyle O’Brien
ANIMATION. The life of a dollar bill.

Our Future Is Bright ()
/ 2009 / Colour / 16 min / Dir.: Rebecca Gruihn
Cast : Ulla Laidlaw, Carmen Grant, Anthony Cortese
FICTION. A young woman struggles with the pressure to reproduce in a post-apocalyptic setting.

Paaizeb ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 11 min / Dir.: Fazilaà Atiqullo
Cast : Sefareh Atti, Firieba Sarwarzadah, Mohammad Yaseen Mirzari, Usman Karimi
FICTION. A story of child brides in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Two girls married under the Taliban try to escape a life of slavery.

Paper Hearts ()
/ 2009 / Colour / 4 min / Dir.: Jessica Baum
Cast : Elmira Ayatizadeh, Jessica Baum
FICTION. A young gay woman struggles with her feelings and with outside prejudice.

Plancher des Vaches, Le ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 28 min / Dir.: Mathieu Quintal
DOCUMENTARY. A portrait of the director’s family and their life on the farm.

Que je vive en paix ()
/ 2010 / B & W / 5 min / Dir.: Paul Tom
Cast : Alain Cadieux
ANIMATION. The testimonies of genocide victims.

Regarding Vancouver ()
/ 2010 / B & W / 23 min / Dir.: Laurynas Navidauskas
DOCUMENTARY. A panorama of Vancouver’s mythologies and image-making.

Republic of God ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 11 min /
EXPÉRIMENTAL. A satire on the relationship between ruler and subject in a day of political turmoil set in a fictitious nation.

Second Cycle ()
/ 2009 / Colour / 8 min / Dir.: Joffrey Monnier
Cast : Rajaa Ellahmar, Mehadji Bouguenaya
DOCUMENTARY. Algerian immigrants Rajaa and Mehadji struggle to set up a recycling business in an industrial quarter of Montreal.

Seeing Maggie Pootoogook ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 15 min / Dir.: Jordan Tannahill
Cast : Eden Tootoo, Daniel Verreault, Rosemary Kilpatrick, Laura-Lynne Conley
FICTION. A gently comedic short exploring tensions between the north and south among youth in contemporary Iqaluit.

Seven Generations ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 9 min / Dir.: Craig Becker
DOCUMENTARY. Chris Prince returns to his hometown of North Buxton, 300 kilometres west of Toronto, a community founded by abolitionists and runaway slaves.

Snooze ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 10 min / Dir.: Cameron O’Donnell
Cast : Brian Cook, Luke Welland, John Prowse
FICTION. Mustaches. Vaseline. Sleepwalking.

String of Genius ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 6 min / Dir.: Stephen Dohnberg
DOCUMENTARY. Laid off as a boat builder, Pete Swanson found his passion in life as a custom guitar builder.

Tale of Manford, The ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 9 min / Dir.: Geoff Manton
Cast : Billy Marchenski
FICTION. A man and his sword. What happens when he uses it for its intended purpose?

Terre de Mammon, La ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 7 min / Dir.: Anne-Marie Leclerc
EXPERIMENTAL. Three scenes from an environmental apocalypse.

Therefore You Aren't ()
/ 2009 / Colour / 10 min / Dir.: Tyler Hagan
Cast : Tyler Hagan, Scott Hagan
FICTION. The director attempts to enlighten his younger brother, and ends up being outwitted.

Un trou dans la mémoire ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 13 min / Dir.: Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
Cast : Gabriel Gascon, Aubert Pallascio, Danielel Ouimet, Catherine Renaud
FICTION. Jacques looks for a memory donor to save him from amnesia.

Vaseline & Pepper ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 5 min / Dir.: Neil Rathbone, Fraser Munden
ANIMATION. A baby-faced 12-year-old comes up with an ingenious disguise in an attempt to get into a strip club.

Ventra ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 8 min / Dir.: Rami Katz
Cast : Paul Fowles, Kate Crutchlow, Giovanni Mocibob
FICTION. The Ventra Corporation regularly sends employees into consumer's homes for mandatory upgrade checks and to confiscate old technology. One employee, however, doesn’t exactly follow company procedure.

Visiting Hours ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 13min / Dir.: Caitlin Byrnes
Cast : Martin Jung, Anna Hagan, Carolyn Stever, Bill Courage
FICTION. Jinman, a shy Korean exchange student studying in Canada, volunteers at a retirement home in an attempt to make a Canadian friend and improve his English.

We Are Wolves ()
/ 2010 / Colour / 10 min / Dir.: Mitchell Stookey
Cast : Kevan Funk, Dustin Wadsworth, Joy Pecknold, Dariya Parakhnevych, Natalie Goyarzu
FICTION. Late at night, walking home from a concert, a group of friends encounter a woman in distress and decide to help her no matter what.