Toronto Metropolitan University

An exploration of the founding of nature aquariums and the way that they reconnect people with the natural world.

A young woman must confront her inner demons personified as a swamp monster in a battle for self- acceptance.

An impromptu passenger on Benito's routine door-to-door sales trip up north forces him to take his nose out of his insurance folder and take in the view.

Frida, an 8-year-old engineering prodigy, builds an airplane behind her mother's back to follow in her Abuela's legacy.

A timid puppeteer working on Mayor Bobby, a popular puppet tv-show for adults, finds out she's been excluded from being apart of the new spin-off series and struggles to cope with the loss of her tv "family".

In a city notorious for being cold to strangers, several lives intersect one night, oblivious to the loneliness that connects them all.

Archive footage from 2006 - 2010 of a young girl growing up during the ages of four to eight. Only fragments of what is remembered exists. Words from a transgender man float to the surface as fleeting memories go on.

A man is downtown and urgently needs to pee, but a vindictive voice on the phone holds the combination to his pants in this dark comedy of desperation.

After years of being routinely drugged, Sugar Baby finds herself sex trafficked and must try to piece her memory back together in a desperate bid to stay alive and escape the only person she trusts and loves.

A stop-motion short film about a seahorse that is swept away from its coral reef and must survive the journey home.

When Iggy, a traumatized teenager, runs away from her abusive boyfriend and takes the dog, Rosco, with her, she’s forced to choose between justice against her ex and keeping her pet.

An unconfident young man is manipulated into a rural community’s devious scheme and sets out to escape before his life is at risk.

In a story that plays out entirely on a teenager's computer screen, Noah follows its eponymous protagonist as his relationship takes a rapid turn for the worse in this fascinating study of behavior (and romance) in the digital age.

After receiving a gift from a mysterious stranger, 7-year old Alex begins to unravel his own sense of gender expression. Despite living in an unsafe household, Alex finds comfort in his blooming femininity and the confinement of his bedroom, his cocoon.

When he arrives at the unremarkable Ontario town of Paris, a French tourist will have to test his ability and willingness to cross the language barrier.

University student John returns home to his cookie cutter suburban home and begins to notice strange occurrences. After beginning to investigate a mysterious insurance company, he begins to feel like he is being watched, and that the world around him may not be what it seems.

A struggling, up-and-coming punk band rents a cabin in the woods to write and record an album in seclusion, only to find out the cabin is being haunted by a malevolent spirit.

Two estranged sisters reconnect at a funeral for their father.

During a tense family Christmas party, Luci, a queer Peruvian-Canadian woman with a massive chip on her shoulder, slips away to give her beloved nephew the gift of his dreams: a beautiful sequinned dress.

An introduction to Isabelle, as she defiantly confronts the frustration, confusion and loneliness that are the effects of Alzheimer’s.