Program 4
Eliza
Romania / Drama / 16 mins
Director: Florin Babei
Writer/Producer: Constantin Cosma
Cast: Anisia Drumea, Iulia Lumanare
Eliza is a short film that tells the story of a 9-year old orphan girl with the Down syndrome, named Eliza, who is taken from the orphanage by Magda over the winter holidays. Magda is a woman with severe health problems and she will have to abandon Eliza for this reason.
Entangled
Canada / Drama / 28 mins
Director: Eric Y. Zhang
Writer: Suber Zhao, Liang Dehui
Producer: Yolanda Li, Shi Xiaolei
Cast: Ludi Lin, August Kwan
It not only encompasses an emotional entanglements, but also brings in the scientific fiction and suspense elements. The story was about two men and one woman, who fall in love, become suspicious and murder each other.
First Night
Denmark / Drama / 20 mins
Director: Darshika Karunahara
Writer: Darshika Karunahara, Eva Maria Mogensen
Producer: Anna Marina Skouros
Cast: Marie-Louise Rakhee Landschoff Meisner, Sheena Melonie Kumaraswamy
First Night is the story of the two Danish-Tamil sisters Devi and Abarna who driven by each of their own sexual curiosity, are determined to experience their first time - the same night. The dutiful big sister Devi has just been arranged married to Ruban and will finally complete the long-awaited wedding night.
FreeBird
Canada / Drama / 5 mins
Director/Writer: Michael Joseph McDonald, Joe Bluhm
Producer: Stefanie Bitton, Jordan Hart
Cast: Tommy Pilling, Maryanne Pilling
Freebird is the coming-of-age story of a boy with Down Syndrome who learns to navigate the world with a loving mother, an absent father, a classroom bully, and a life-long crush.
French Club
Canada / Romance / 12 mins
Director/Writer: Corrine Joseph
Producer: Julian Lung
Cast: Nolwazi Malindzisa, Obi Meano