to boyhood, i never knew him

to boyhood, i never knew him 2022

1

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.

2022

Frida in the Sky

Frida in the Sky 2023

10.00

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

2023

Noah

Noah 2013

7.20

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.

2013

Bogo the Clown

Bogo the Clown 2017

1

Bogo, a self-deprecating stand-up comedian, struggles to find happiness in a life where his only value seems to be making other people laugh.

2017

Princess Margaret Blvd.

Princess Margaret Blvd. 2008

1

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

2008

Cocoon

Cocoon 2024

10.00

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.

2024

heroes

heroes 2020

10.00

Displaying the faces and voices of transgender youth, the documentary short shows the authenticity of queer and trans people living in Toronto, while simultaneously discussing the struggles for self-acceptance that people who do not conform to cisgender and heteronormative ideals of gender face. Andy Nguyen, trans director and film student, captures his trans friends in their natural state on 16mm film shot on a Bolex h16 camera. Accompanied by narration written and recited by Salem Rao, this film represents that trans people exist and this is what we look like. Regardless of the obvious everyday transphobia, trans people find community and uniqueness within each other and themselves.

2020

Involuntary Wingman

Involuntary Wingman 2022

1

Faced with the threat of blackmail, sixteen-year-old David is forced by Owen the incel to get him a date with his crush Sierra. But when the relationship proves impossible, David teams up with Sierra to take him down.

2022

In the Wake

In the Wake 2021

1

Two estranged sisters reconnect at a funeral for their father.

2021

Limbs

Limbs 2019

1

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".

2019

On The Line

On The Line 2018

1

After being tipped off about the imminent arrival of a food critic, young chef Ryan and his obnoxious French mentor Julian are thrown into an epic tug-of-war for kitchen supremacy.

2018

Away Home

Away Home 2017

1

A man returns to his family home on the East Coast of Canada to say goodbye to his terminally ill mother.

2017

Call It Blue

Call It Blue 2014

1

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.

2014

Parry, Riposte

Parry, Riposte 2019

1.00

The trans-national fencing team arrives to practice to find their studio destroyed. They must fix the studio, go to competition, and process their trauma - all while trying to make space for themselves in the sport of fencing.

2019

Heart Attack Man

Heart Attack Man 2020

1

Roommates Nick and Dave are attacked by a masked, hulking figure that has broken into their house. You'd think that'd be the worst of their problems, right? Yeah. You'd think.

2020

Sludge

Sludge 2024

10.00

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

2024

White Belt

White Belt 2023

1

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.

2023

The Lost Seahorse

The Lost Seahorse 2021

1

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

2021

For Dorian

For Dorian 2012

6.20

A father fears the sexual awakening of his disabled son, a teenager living with Down syndrome, and struggles with the notion of letting him grow up.

2012