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

Fish Out Of Water

Fish Out Of Water 2019

1

Anxious about a new school and his relationship to his brother, a boy with Cerebral Palsy meets an alien who helps him cope with his fears.

2019

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

Life Doesn't Frighten Me

Life Doesn't Frighten Me 2012

5.60

Insecure thirteen year-old Esther Weary is on the brink of puberty and must come to terms with the realities of becoming a woman with her well-meaning grandpa and his pet pug.

2012

Lavenza

Lavenza 2024

1

When Lavenza, a 19th-century noblewoman, overhears her husband complaining about her looks, she turns herself into his ideal wife by thrifting the body parts from all the women he desires.

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

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

Poltergeist Punk

Poltergeist Punk 2021

1

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.

2021

In the Wake

In the Wake 2021

1

Two estranged sisters reconnect at a funeral for their father.

2021

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

Firecrackers

Firecrackers 2013

1.00

Lou and Chantal are gonna blow up. One day. Somehow. But girls don't get out of Coberge, Ontario by playing nice. All they've ever wanted, was to feel what it's like to be free.

2013

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

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

Guion

Guion 2018

1

a short, narrative biopic that tells the story of Guion Bluford, as he grapples with the reality that he is to become the first African American man in space.

2018

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

Nothing Grows Here

Nothing Grows Here 2016

1

An 11-year-old Rachel has just discovered she no longer has a heartbeat. After seeking help from her unfazed mother, a useless doctor, and an eccentric spiritual healer, Rachel surrenders to the unsolicited aid of her homework partner, Charlie, who is determined to get to the root of her problem.

2016

Midnight Marathon

Midnight Marathon 2019

7.00

When the whole world is hypnotized by an unexplained celestial event, a young boy must face his fear of the unknown in order to keep his brother and best friend from turning to the other side.

2019

Old Country

Old Country 2021

1

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

2021

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

Broken Tulips

Broken Tulips 2008

7.00

Edward Porris attends an appointment at a spa that caters to his specific tastes.

2008