13 min | Drama | Toronto Premiere

Adèle, a somewhat overwhelmed mother, panics when her eight-month-old daughter, Olivia, supernaturally disappears without a trace. When Adèle finds Olivia at a dangerously seductive garden party where a neighbor claims to be her mother, the young woman must fight to stay grounded as the scrutiny of others forces her to confront her own anxieties.

Director: Camille Trudel
Writers: Camille Trudel, Maude Bouchard
Producer: Kelyna N. Lauzier
DOP: Marie Davignon
Production Designer: Mathieu Materio
Editor: Myriam Magassouba
Music: Théo Porcet

Cast: Marjorie Armstrong, Stéphanie Germain

22 min | Drama | World Premiere

When a familiar face moves into the apartment next door, a sexually inhibited couple attempts to overcome their intimacy issues, despite the haunting sounds coming from beyond their thin walls.

Director: Robert Armanyous
Writer: Robert Armanyous
Producers: Robert Armanyous, Dayyaan Jameel
DOP: Anders Nydam
Editor: Robert Armanyous

Cast: Lee Lawson, Jordan Dawson, Steven McCarthy

10 min | Horror, Comedy | World Premiere

A down on their luck Chilean family moves into a Canadian small town and uses an old family recipe to change the locals into Latinos before the town changes them.

Director: Sid Santiago Zanforlin
Writer: Sid Santiago Zanforlin
Executive Producers: Matt King & Andrew Ferguson & Anne Allen
Producers: David J. Fernandes & Lewis Spring
DOP: Greg Bennett
Production Designer: Tiffany Rose Miles
Editor: Sid Santiago Zanforlin
Music: Adrian Ellis and Lo Vos

Cast: Sandra Aguilar, Renzo Garcia, Ry Barrett, Sylvia Neiman, Krista Rowe, Gustavo Tirado, Larissa Da Rossa

12 min | Horror | Ontario Premiere

An insecure teen gains the ability to sculpt her own body by eating a clay sculpture, leading to an obsessive and grotesque pursuit of “perfection”.

Director: Sasha Duncan
Writer: Sasha Duncan
Executive Producers: David Aboussafy, Sasha Duncan
Producers: Eloise Cameron-Smith, Dalila Jovanovic
DOP: Kate Smith
Production Designer: Isobel "Diz" Baker-Smith
Editor: Cody Nelson
Music: Ethan Lawrence, Heather Perluzzo

Cast: Alexis Hope, Sarah Sheehan, Alozie LaRose, Heidi Vincent

11 min | Drama

NAAJI, An Afghan refugee boy hides with his mother inside a moving water tanker trying to cross the border to safety. Losing his mother in the process, NAAJI forever tries to find a way to relive his last memory of her.

Directors: Alireza Kazemipour, Panta Mosleh
Writer: Alireza Kazemipour
Executive Producer: Panta Mosleh
Producers: Sina Nazarian, Panta Mosleh, Alireza Kazemipour
DOP: Mikah Sharkey
Production Designer: Gwendolyn Margetson
Editor: Saeed Vahidi
Music: Mehrdad Jafari-Raad

Cast: Ali Eldurssi, Aixa Kay, Helena Marie, Craig March, Araz Yaghoubi, Daniella Eldurssi, Thomas Cadrot, Hani Mefti

14 min | Drama

After the death of his wife, a South Asian father and his son begin seeing a shadow around the walls of their home, who the son believes to be his mother.

Director: Ian Singh Bawa
Writer: Ian Singh Bawa
Producers: Ian Singh Bawa, Markus Henkel
DOP: Markus Henkel
Production Designers: Tyson Wagner, Leah Borchert
Editors: Ian Singh Bawa, Markus Henkel, John Gurdebeke
Music: Max Walter

Cast: Harkaran Jhinger, Jay Vaidyanathan